Bombardment
an attack with bombs. Specifically, the act of throwing shells and shot into a town, fort, or ship.
Sometimes carcasses, stink pots, rockets, hot shot, and other incendiary missiles are used for this purpose. The bombardment of a town takes more effect upon the civilians than the garrison, as the latter, in any well constructed for tified place, are lodged in bomb proof buildings. Before bombarding a town, it is customary to give notice thereof, to allow women, children, and non-combatants to leave it. Bombs and bombing reached a high point of development during the World War. See EXPLOSIVES: ARTILLERY. proof