1.   Every wall of the fortress was scarred with large numbers of bullet holes, and the outer walls bore shell holes, indicating a fierce battle.

2.   Most are abandoned ruins that still bear shrapnel marks and shell holes from the Russian bombardment four years ago.

3.   Off dank corridors lighted by shafts of daylight penetrating shell holes in the roof, galleries are littered with the rubble of ancient ceramics, statues, and friezes.

4.   Off dank corridors lighted by shafts of daylight penetrating shell holes in the roof, galleries are littered with the rubble of ancient ceramics, statues and friezes.

5.   Sheets of glass have been fitted into the high rises and the shell holes have been plastered over.

6.   Sheets of glass have been fitted into the high rises, and the shell holes have been plastered over.

7.   Some made forays to the galleries upstairs to hammer plywood over shell holes and sweep out the snow.

8.   Spotted, he threw a grenade at the Germans and jumped into a shell hole for cover.

9.   The fighting left parts of the area once held by al-Qaida a shambles of shattered stone bunkers, gaping shell holes and scraps of military equipment.

10.   Trenches, foxholes and shell holes are like wounds that will not heal.