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The intense shelling ( 100 – 150 rounds per day ) prompted Westmoreland to launch Operation Neutralize, an intense aerial bombardment campaign of 4, 000 sorties into and just north of the demarcation line.
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The Germans intended to employ the new tactics of a short, intense period of shelling followed by a rapid assault using Hutier infiltration tactics, leading elements attacking in groups rather than waves and bypassing strong opposition.
Wire obstacles can also be breached by intense artillery shelling or Bangalore torpedoes.
Due to intense shelling prior to the assault, the German trenches had been significantly damaged.
This and the nearby airstrip of the Pakistan Air Force were the scene of intense shelling by the Indian Navy during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.
The hill's formerly steep slopes had become flattened in months of intense shelling and bombardment.
During the Battle of Vukovar, the Eltz Manor in Vukovar was destroyed by intense shelling and the bodies in the Eltz tomb desecrated by Serbian forces.
In the following hours, after intense shelling by ERC 90 Sagaie armoured vehicles, the French stormed the post, killing four Serbs and capturing four others.
Throughout the day, in spite of intense shelling and machine-gun fire, this gallant N. C. O.
The advancing enemy were bombarding the area with an intense shelling.
Under pressure from the most intense shelling, Mohnke and his SS troops put up stiff resistance against overwhelming odds.
The Indian troops came under intense shelling and heavy small-arms fire, but they pushed on regardless, and were soon engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
The assaulting troops were subjected to intense shelling and heavy small-arms fire, but they charged onto the objective and were locked in bitter hand-to-hand combat.
On reaching the obstacle at about 8. 30 pm, the Task Force found the situation very confusing on account of intense shelling and small arms fire which was further aggravated because of scanty information about the obstacle itself.
This and the nearby airstrip of the Pakistan Air Force were the scene of intense shelling by the Indian Navy during Bangladesh Liberation War.
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freezing ( but not unusual ) cold ; 50 ° C = among the highest temperatures recorded on Earth, extremely intense, near-fatal heat ; 100 ° C
About 70, 000 – 100, 000 years ago some modern humans began to migrate away from the tropics to the north where they were exposed to less intense sunlight, possibly in part due to the need for greater use of clothing to protect against the colder climate.
On rare occasions, a dust devil can grow very large and intense, sometimes reaching a diameter of up to 300 feet ( 90 m ) with winds in excess of 60 mph ( 100 km / h ) and can last for upwards of 20 minutes before dissipating.
Two decades of intense experimental and theoretical research, with over 100, 000 published papers on the subject, have discovered many common features in the properties of high-temperature superconductors ,< ref name = Legg2006 >
This extremely powerful blast of gamma ray radiation constituted the strongest wave of extra-solar gamma rays ever detected ; it was over 100 times more intense than any known previous extra-solar burst.
The size of a geomagnetic storm is classified as moderate (- 50 nT > minimum of Dst >-100 nT ), intense (- 100 nT > minimum Dst >-250 nT ) or super-storm ( minimum of Dst <-250 nT ).
The first day's fighting was intense: 1st Armored Division lost 100 tanks and 3rd Infantry Division suffered 955 casualties, the highest single day figure for any U. S. division during World War II.
The MK-2 generator is particularly interesting for the production of intense currents, up to 10 < sup > 8 </ sup > A ( 100 MA ), as well as a very high energy magnetic field, as up to 20 % of the explosive energy can be converted to magnetic energy, and the field strength can attain 2 × 10 < sup > 6 </ sup > gauss ( 200 T ).
Under optimum conditions, the most intense thunderstorms can be seen at up to 100 miles ( 161 km ) over flat terrain or water when the clouds are illuminated by large lightning discharges.
Throughout Italy unsweetened liquorice is consumed in the form of small black pieces made only from 100 % pure liquorice extract ; the taste is bitter and intense.
Extremely intense solar proton flares capable of producing energetic protons with energies in excess of 100 MeV can increase neutron count rates at ground levels through secondary radiation effects.
Further, the intense heat usually causes the halogen lamp to fail quickly, often lasting less than 100 hours before failing and requiring replacement.
It took Hannibal's mighty force of 30, 000-40, 000 troops plus 100 armoured war elephants 3 long brutal days and nights of intense non-stop battle against the Taurinis 3800 warriors before the Taurini finally succumbed to the superior numbers of Hannibal's mighty force, it is estimated that Hannibal lost 11000 troops and 17 war elephants in that extremely bloody battle.
In part because of intense public pressure and in part due to patriotic commitment the bond drives proved extremely successful, raising approximately 100 billion marks in funds.
The Baltic area witnessed both the most extensive and intense killings of all the Einsatzgruppen with 90, 000 – 100, 000 Jews killed between July and October 1941, which led to the almost total decimation of the Jewish communities in that area.
Equipped with a 100 hp Continental O-200 engine, the Lancer easily outflew anything powered by the same engine and generated intense interest at Oshkosh ' 85.
The burning of the gates was probably the result of an attack, and the charnel pits dating from the end of the intense period of Danebury's occupation contain about 100 bodies, many with injuries that appear to have been inflicted by weapons such as spears and swords.
Supported by intense artillery and mortar fire, the 1057th Grenadier Regiment and the 100th Panzer Replacement Battalion ( 100. Panzer Ersatz und Ausbildungs Abteilung, a training unit with captured French tanks, including 19 R-35, 8 Hotchkiss H38, 1 CharB1 bis and 1 Somua as well as 3 obsolete German Pzkpfw III tanks.
It was an episode of quick and intense ( of up to 7 ° C in high latitudes ) warming which lasted less than 100, 000 years.
The liquid is usually either an intense red colour ( for particles less than 100 nm ), or a dirty yellowish colour ( for larger particles ).
Due in part to Atkinson's intense personal secrecy and extensive use of pseudonyms, he is now largely forgotten, despite having written more than 100 books in the last 30 years of his life.
In July 1918 the Regiment took part in the Ghurabeh raid that saw intense fighting and over 100 Ottomans taken prisoner.
* The El Niño Southern Oscillation, which refers to patterns of warming and cooling in the Pacific Ocean that affect weather worldwide, could within 100 years change to a persistent warm or cool pattern, or change so that warm El Nino patterns are more intense, leading to more intense droughts in some area, and likelihood of flooding elsewhere.
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In 2008 the rivalry became more intense when in the last game of the year in which both teams could clinch a playoff spot with a victory, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Cowboys 44 – 6, and clinched a playoff spot, where they would go to lose the NFC Championship game to the Arizona Cardinals.
IR spectra for esters feature an intense sharp band in the range 1730 – 1750 cm < sup >− 1 </ sup > assigned to ν < sub > C = O </ sub >.
* 1979 – An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a 1 / 2-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.
By the 1907 – 1908 season, Hellas was playing against regional teams and an intense rivalry with Vicenza Calcio that lasts to this day was born.
Pessimism in the south was more intense after the Cossacks ' Uprising ( 1648 – 1654 ) under Chmielnicki and the turbulent times in Poland ( 1648 – 1660 ), which violently ruined the Jewry of South East Poland, but did not much affect that of Lithuania and Estonia.
* 1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Rorke's Drift – 139 British soldiers successfully defend their garrison against an intense assault by four to five thousand Zulu warriors.
Out of it he drew his comprehensive statements in support of his reformatory views – after intense study and many spiritual conflicts.
They were of intense interest to Agassiz, and formed the subject of a special monograph by him published in 1844 – 45: Monographie des poissons fossiles du Vieux Gres Rouge, ou Systeme Devonien ( Old Red Sandstone ) des Iles Britanniques et de Russie (" Monograph on Fossil Fish of the Old Red Sandstone, or Devonian System of the British Isles and of Russia ").
The early part of Coughlin's tenure produced inconsistent results ( a 25 – 23 record and two playoff appearances — both losses, before the 2007 season ) and spawned intense media scrutiny concerning the direction of the team.
* 1942 – World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal – U. S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
* 1965 – Vietnam War: Just miles from Da Nang, United States Marines repel an intense attack by wave after wave of Viet Cong forces, killing 56 guerrillas.
* 2005 – Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
In 1860 he also met and married Eliza Brightwen ( 1813 – 1900 ), a kindly, tolerant Quaker who shared Gosse's intense interest in both natural history and the well-being of his son.
* ' Irene ' – low and lax, trailing, intense blue flowers
The intense debate over the Jay Treaty in 1794 – 95, transformed those opposed to Hamilton's policies from a loose movement into a true political party.
* August 24 – After an intense power struggle, Sultan Abd al-Aziz IV of Morocco is deposed, and is succeeded by his brother Abd al-Hafiz.
* December 9 – The Pokémon Trading Card Game is blessed by the Vatican for its love-thy-neighbor notion of " intense friendship ," for being " full of inventive imagination ," and its lack of " harmful moral side effects.
* February 13 – The intense February 13, 1979 Windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a 1 / 2-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.
* February 22 – Following intense nationalist agitation after World War I, Great Britain proclaims Egypt formally independent but continues to occupy the country militarily and control its politics.
* June 17 – Huguenot rebellions: Alès surrenders after an intense siege.
* November 23 – French mathematician, scientist, and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal experiences an intense mystical vision that marks him for life.
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