It is now an overgrown pile of demolition rubble, having been used for artillery practice during the second world war by our allies.

Its engines took on a curiously flat sound, like artillery practice on a cold morning.

Some inventive historians imagined the men treating the pale limestone face as an oversized target for artillery practice.

Most intelligence analysts now believe that the trailers were to produce hydrogen for weather balloons used in artillery practice.

"We are not doing much good here, except giving them artillery practice."

Military bases, with their tank exercises and artillery practice, might not seem promising sanctuaries, but these martial activities keep worse influences away.

The artillery practice is a case in point.

The Americans would conduct eight days of artillery practice a year at each of four ranges.

As Larkhill range was specifically set aside for artillery practice, many of the units were artillery batteries.

Donald was in the middle of a crater that had obviously been caused by artillery practice.