Between November 11 13, 1995, at least 57 unarmed civilians were killed and over 150 injured when rockets and artillery barrages fired from Taleban positions south of Kabul pounded the civilian areas of the city.
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Barrage fire may be defensive to deny or hamper enemy passage through an area or offensive to provide covering fire that neutralises the enemy in an area through or towards which friendly forces are advancing.
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At 0730 the 46th ( Highland ) Infantry Brigade of the 15th ( Scottish ) Infantry Division, supported by the 31st Tank Brigade moved off their start lines behind a rolling barrage fired from 344 guns.
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Delegation forward was demonstrated by the next " Instructions " on 10 September, which gave a framework for the creeping barrage fired by the divisional artillery, the details being left to the divisions, as was harassing fire on German positions.
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There was no preliminary bombardment : the advance began at 04 : 30 in moonlight behind a barrage fired by the field artillery, trench mortars and machine guns onto the enemy front line, while the howitzers and heavy artillery fired on specific targets behind.
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The artillery of this force consisted of the 102nd Bty ( with 18-pounders ) and the 1107th ( 2 / 3rd Devonshire ) Bty ( with creeping barrage fired by the 18-pounders while the howitzers of the Devonshires bombarded the fort and its outlying towers.
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Among naval historians, the 5 " / 38 gun is considered the best intermediate-caliber, dual purpose naval gun of World War II, However, the planes were normally killed by shell fragments and not direct hits; barrage fire was used, with many guns firing in the air at the same time.
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Improvements in French artillery tactics, were foreshadowed by the pauses in the creep of the 77th Division barrage on 9 May, which enabled the infantry to keep up and capture, the fanning-out barrages and hybrid barrages fired on 16 June, the use of chemical shells and artillery observation from aircraft equipped with wireless.
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The regiment was deployed east of the Orne for three weeks after Goodwood, and suffered a number of casualties from night bombers, but participated in unseen barrage fire directed by the AA Operations Rooms against night attacks . 3rd Division moved back west of the Orne on 31 July to participate in Operation Bluecoat.
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The British had made better use of their artillery and although German artillery ammunition consumption in September rose to shells from the fired in August, much of the ammunition was wasted on unobserved area bombardments, while defensive barrage fire was limited to three-minute periods; up to of the German guns became unserviceable in battle, due to mechanical failure.
