On the first day of the fire a fire engine was overwhelmed by a rolling barrage near Neudorf-Platendorf.
During this battle, the tactic of the rolling barrage was employed.
The bombardment took place over two days, included gas shells and concluded with a rolling barrage behind which the infantry was to advance.
At 23:30, the armoured columns began their advance behind a rolling barrage.
At least one Berliner claimed to have actually seen Zhukov's rolling barrage.
The plan calls for a rolling barrage across the entire infidel position.
The artillery would provide a rolling barrage shifting every four minutes.
H Hour was set for 07:45, so on schedule the artillery switched to a rolling barrage that would creep ahead of 11th Armoured's advance.
On the Canadian front, Operation Atlantic began at 08:15 with a rolling barrage.
After a rolling barrage, the division kept moving ahead.