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  1. Battle of Break Sound on 9 April 1940. * MS Seattle: a cargo ship damaged in, crossfire ,on 9 April 1940 and sunk at Dvergsnestangen on 13 April 1940. * FM Gaul: a
  2. Save their lives. When Kent tries to open the front doors, he is killed in the, crossfire , Butch is told that Morgan was the" stole" who tipped off the warden and
  3. Grenade, although some believe this to be an accident. Another was shot in the, crossfire ,of the only surviving attacker Bozo Nakamoto. It has been claimed that the PFLP
  4. These crossfire s were set up. " Caught in the crossfire " To be" caught in the, crossfire ," is an expression that often refers to unintended casualties (bystanders
  5. Sandy again accosts Sid on stage with the paternity suit. During a later tragic, crossfire ,scene, Sid braves the crazed Heidi's automatic fire to save his baby. His
  6. To control their own religious seminaries; the Christians were caught in the ", crossfire , " However, in 2004 Patriarch Bartholomew, with the help of the Turkish
  7. The ridges, with each ridge fortification supporting the other with deadly, crossfire , The Marines took increasingly high casualties as they slowly advanced through
  8. Gunner fired back. Butch O'Hare's F6F Hellcat apparently was caught in a, crossfire , Seconds later Butch's F6F slid out of formation to port, pushing slightly
  9. That the civilians were used as human shields, nor had they been shot in, crossfire , The Israeli 'human shields' charge against Hamas was called" full of holes "
  10. Quickly, running down the flanks of the column and putting it under a murderous, crossfire , Braddock's troops reacted poorly and became disordered. Braddock, rallying
  11. A fabricated account of rescuing a young girl from My Lie from" intense, crossfire ," Thompson threw his medal away. He later received a Purple Heart for other
  12. And changes sides. A final gunfight ensues where Frenchy is killed in the, crossfire , and the rule of law wins the day. Songs Marlene Dietrich as Frenchy performs
  13. While the other engaged the seaward side of the French fleet. Trapped in a, crossfire , the leading French ships were battered into surrender during a fierce
  14. Any weapon cannot inadvertently hit any other friendly unit (this is known as, crossfire ,). Waiting Having set up the ambush, the next phase is to wait. This could be
  15. However, when combined with land mines, snipers,barbed wire, and air cover, crossfire ,became a difficult tactic to counter in the early 20th century. Trench warfare
  16. Prohibited the use of air strikes, but thousands of civilians died in the, crossfire ,or Japanese massacres. He also refused to restrict the traffic of civilians who
  17. Would have to fire over to hit Pittman’s tank, With the Tigers caught in a, crossfire ,between the Northamptonshire Yeomanry and the Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment, it
  18. 2007 film Tanzania is based on the true story of a Paris family caught in the, crossfire ,of the 2002 Ahmedabad riots. The film is named after the utopian world of one
  19. Fire against a patrol, and a 15-year-old Palestinian boy who got killed in the, crossfire , In Bulkier, one man was killed when he tried to escape arrest. According to
  20. Operation Reservist—failed as the two Ban ff class sloops were shattered by, crossfire ,from the French vessels there. The French Navy broke from the harbor and
  21. Head of the French line, allowing the unsupported vanguard to be caught in a, crossfire ,by two divisions of enemy ships. Furthermore, not all of his captains had
  22. Banking City as a result of the Japanese invasion,150,000 through bombing and, crossfire ,in the five-day battle, and 190,000 in the massacre, based on the evidence
  23. Northern part of the CAR. Thousands of refugees fled their homes, caught in the, crossfire ,of battles between government troops and rebel forces. More than 7,000 people
  24. Across the no man's land where these crossfire s were set up. " Caught in the, crossfire ," To be" caught in the crossfire " is an expression that often refers to
  25. In the power and influence of the Church. The Church was also caught in the, crossfire ,of the Russian Civil War that began later the same year, and many leaders of
  26. Whilst the enemy was struggling in the marshes, they would be caught in, crossfire ,from Blenheim and Oberglauheim. The plan was sound if all its parts were
  27. Fight, it is the grass which suffers" tells of bystanders caught in the, crossfire , Myths A folk myth about grass is that it refuses to grow where any violent
  28. Of the victims were poor highland countryside inhabitants caught in the, crossfire ,between the military and insurgents. The final report of the Peruvian Truth and
  29. In Eureka broke when Eureka City Councilman David Kendall was caught in the, crossfire ,of two rival Chinese gangs and killed. This led to the convening of 600
  30. To pound Russian support columns, while Marshals Na and Devout set up a, crossfire ,with artillery positioned on the Semyonovskaya heights. Barclay countered by
  31. Australasia. The Arturo, in Colombia, have drug plantations, associated with, crossfire ,from guerilla wars between cartel and government interests. The Again, in Kenya
  32. The director pointedly depicts the vulnerability of patients caught in the, crossfire , One particular long take follows two characters for an elapsed time of 2
  33. In perfect position to receive the Italians, who were exposed and vulnerable to, crossfire , Where the Ethiopians had managed to set up their mountain artillery (so
  34. Kidnapped in 2002. The guerrillas claimed that the deputies had been killed by, crossfire ,during an attack by an" unidentified military group. " The Colombian
  35. A record-breaking eight Grammys. *May 18 – Bobby Ewing finds himself in the, crossfire ,as a rival tries to gun down his brother J. R. on the season finale of Dallas.
  36. Army division to support Humphreys's retreat, but his men were caught in a, crossfire ,and pinned down. By 4 p. m., Hooker had returned from his meeting with Burnside
  37. An incoming train were forced to take cover as they had arrived in the midst of, crossfire , with the train taking hits on both sides. Small groups of whites made brief
  38. To this formation and were initially repulsed. After ordering his artillery to, crossfire ,through the center of the French line, Wellington ordered a second assault.
  39. A political tactic in which the closeted would find themselves trapped in a, crossfire , The article" Forcing Gays like Mike Howe's Out of the Closet" by William A.
  40. To the death of six people, including a woman aged 80 and a child, killed in, crossfire ,that allegedly came from three machine-gun posts of the then Yugoslav Army. In
  41. Eliminated from the plot. Earth goes from being potentially destroyed in the, crossfire ,between the two races into being possibly destroyed by the Arquillians to
  42. Characters, but when her indigenous family tried to meet her, she was caught in, crossfire ,between her two“ families ”. * Shirley was removed from her parents and had
  43. Three MOVE members, and three bystanders were injured in an unrelated, crossfire , As a result, nine MOVE members were found guilty of third-degree murder in the
  44. Moved to Sudan Bay War Cemetery. Many civilians were killed in the, crossfire ,or died fighting as partisans. Many Cretans were shot by the Germans in
  45. The town's citizens were not warned, so many are needlessly killed in the, crossfire , Pike rides off with Dutch Angstrom (Ernest Borg nine),brothers Lyle (Warren
  46. From Seyne-sur-Mer. The Chandlers" A" and" B" companies were caught in the, crossfire ,;" B" Company lost almost an entire platoon when a German 88 mm scored a
  47. Stood up and opened fire with machine guns and a BAR. The family members in the, crossfire ,were not hit, but not so the outlaws: a single BAR slug penetrated the car—and
  48. As the other landing craft approached the beaches, they were caught in a, crossfire ,when the Japanese opened the steel doors guarding their positions and fired
  49. Rate in South Asia after Bangladesh and Bhutan. In the year 2011 there was a, crossfire ,between National Advisory Council of India (NAC) & Planning Commission of
  50. Hostage, intending to put president Betancourt on trial. In the ensuing, crossfire ,that followed the military's reaction, scores of people lost their lives, as

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