About 40 percent of the battered building was empty, while water often leaked through its nine miles of windows.

We went into the battered buildings, whenever we could, to look for food.

Not a soul was left in the battered building which had housed the officers responsible for the defense of the town.

He points to a black crematorium smokestack on top of the battered old building.

He too urgently all necessary measures to consolidated the battered buildings of Reims.

But soldiers moving through today clearly did not think all the danger had passed, as they scanned the rooftops and windows of the battered buildings.

Nearby, a battered empty building waits its turn.

He stopped in front of a battered old theatrical building.

The second task is restructuring a battered building known as a library.

Pretty soon, the few battered buildings left in town weren't enough to hold everybody.