86 collocations for bombards

Your Government has bombarded unfortified seacoast towns which Americans know from personal observation, both before the war and during the bombardment, were not defended in any way.

The fortress of Buda was taken after a gallant assault, in the course of which the Austrian commandant bombarded the defenceless city of Pest on the opposite bank of the Danube, and thus the capital, too, was restored to the country.

The functions of a war vessel were these: Defensively, to attack ships that come to bombard our forts, to attack ships that come to blockade us, to attack ships convoying a landing party, to attack the enemy's fleet, to attack ships interfering with our commerce; offensively, to bombard an enemy's ports, to blockade an enemy, to convoy a landing party, to attack the enemy's fleet, to attack the enemy's commerce.

In the mean time, sir, the nation expected accounts of the same kind from the Mediterranean, where Haddock was stationed with a very considerable force; but instead of relations of ports bombarded, and towns plundered, of navies destroyed, and villages laid in ashes, we were daily informed of the losses of our merchants, whose ships were taken almost within sight of our squadrons.

On this a French man-of-war comes, proceeds to Swatow, which is fifty miles from the scene of the occurrence, and informs the people that they will bombard the place immediately unless 6,000 dollars are paid.

The first part of the second phase consisted in reducing the enemy's main line from the Khalasa road to the wadi Saba, though the artillery bombarded the whole line.

Nineteen batteries are bombarding Sumter.

The Germans bombarded the cathedral twice with their heavy artillery.

Look at this morning's paper: 'The enemy bombarded this section of our front with increasing intensity during the day....'

Some thought that the Versaillais were bombarding Paris on all sides.

She was not anchored, though a sheet-anchor hung over at the starboard cathead; she was not moored; and two small ice-floes, one on each side, were sluggishly bombarding her bows.

But she was not prepared to bombard Washington with Ann.

A French battleship when bombarding a Turkish port of military importance had two of our machines to spot the effect of her gunfire.

I forgot I had a gun, in fact, being so anxious to get my hands on that chump who bombarded our camp.

Had they not bombarded Algiers?...

Years ago, a European squadron threatened to bombard Tangier, unless their demands were instantly satisfied; and the then reigning Sultan sent down from Fez this imperial message: "How much will the enemy give me if I myself burn to ashes my well-beloved city of Tangier?

Mr. Wells bombards the broadcaster.

On the 18th British and French airplanes again bombarded Ostend, dropping 180 bombs, and once more raided Zeebrugge.

The American seamen continued to bombard Tripoli and blockaded their ports, until the terrified Bashaw made a treaty of peace.

"My ship is bombarding St. James, and I am going to take you from the island!" Not until then did Marion free herself from his arm and then so gently that when she stood facing him he felt no reproof.

Germany's retort, eight days later, by bombarding Scarborough and Whitby, reveals the normal Hun: Come where you willthe seas are wide; And choose your Daythey're all alike; You'll find us ready when we ride In calm or storm and wait to strike; Butif of shame your shameless Huns Can yet retrieve some casual traces Please fight our men and ships and guns, Not womenfolk and watering places.

She bombarded the Directors with petitions, till at last, two years after her arrival in England, they tardily awoke to the fact that they themselves had substantial claims against her.

As the Chinese ambassador pertinently remarked when reassured by Whitlock that the Germans would not bombard the embassies, "Ah!

For hours it bombarded that suffering field energetically, and at the end of that time, when they were satisfied the shelling was over, the Blue Marines climbed from their cellar.

Their fleets bombarded the Baltic fortresses with small result.

86 collocations for  bombards