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At the same time the commander of the artillery of the 1st Corps, General Pernetti, with thirty cannon of Campan's division and all the howitzers of Dessaix's and Friant's divisions, will move forward, open fire, and overwhelm with shellfire the enemy's battery, against which will operate:

Dangerous Adventures The Laughing Horse at Finnegan's Wake, Thur-Sun Author, adventurer and former journalist, Ruth Elliott-Smith, survived shellfire, mortar attacks, minefields and encounters with piranhas, anacondas and vampire bats in her travels.

He rescued survivors from Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany, and was injured by shellfire.

Over the next few days, Consort at-tempted to re-float Amethyst but was forced back by intense shellfire, with further casualties to the crew.

In 1917 Major Methuen of the King's Royal Rifles was honoured for saving horses under shellfire on the battlefield in France.

As they made their way inland, they came across a field of cattle that had been killed by shellfire.

He was also seriously wounded by shellfire in the fall of 1918, not long before the war's end.

An NLF military vehicle was badly damaged by shellfire in Al-Atarib, in western Aleppo.

In his testimony, Jefferies recalls his experience of the Korean War, describing the harassing shellfire that kept him alert during the day and the unfamiliar environment that complicated nightly patrolling duties.

Then in early November 1917, he was awarded a bar to his Military Medal after he threetimes rescued men wounded or buried by enemy shellfire at Passchendaele, near Ypres.

Then in early November 1917, he was awarded a bar to his Military Medal after he rescued men wounded or buried by shellfire at Passchendaele, near Ypres, no less than three times.

Both young men lived in Newton, Porthcawl, attended New Road School and, sadly, died on the same day as a result of persistent enemy shellfire.