"opening" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- In that capacity, they were kept well behind the crest of the ridge and avoided casualties during the opening French bombardment.
- An hour later, at 0100 hours, the opening bombardment of Blücher-Yorck began, augmented with poison gas.
- At first, however, Bylandt's brigade was placed in front of this ridge, fully exposed to any opening bombardment.
- As the opening bombardment turned to a "lifting" barrage at 4:50am, the British and Indian infantry advanced and quickly broke through the Ottoman lines.
- On 24 July 1944, some 1,600 bombers flew in support of the opening bombardment for Cobra.
- McBryde was present at the opening bombardment of Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
- Such was the intensity of the fighting that during the attack on 24 November, the supporting US artillery fired a total 62 different fire missions including the opening bombardment of the attack.
- Southard participated in the opening bombardment of Florida Island, then joined the minesweeping force in a sweep to the south of Gavutu Island and through Lengo Channel.
- That was the second day of the opening bombardment of the Ottoman Turkish forts guarding the entrance to the Dardanelles and the ship immediately joined the attack.
- As far as I can gather the German batteries made virtually no reply to this opening bombardment.
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