Although heavily shelled, they dug in and held their position.
It was the most heavily shelled of all the French positions.
Over the course of 13 days, the garrison was heavily shelled and attacked with small arms.
On 30 May, the 11th Battalion's position was also heavily shelled.
Tskhinvali was also heavily shelled during daytime hours on 8 August.
The capital was surrounded and heavily shelled, with Shevardnadze himself trapped in the city.
They surrounded and heavily shelled the capital, where Shevardnadze was trapped.
Since Friday, the village had been heavily shelled by the government after the mine blast had killed the eight soldiers near there.
This led to the cemetery itself being heavily shelled and the sites of most of the original graves were lost.
I am sure they are being shelled heavily.