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(What does 'bombing' mean to you? From air, sea, anywhere?)
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: How about "shelling" instead of "bombing"? The latter I find misleading because it implies (to me, at least) an air attack, whereas this was gunfire from ships. [[User:J. Noel Chiappa|J. Noel Chiappa]] 13:25, 18 March 2008 (CDT)
: How about "shelling" instead of "bombing"? The latter I find misleading because it implies (to me, at least) an air attack, whereas this was gunfire from ships. [[User:J. Noel Chiappa|J. Noel Chiappa]] 13:25, 18 March 2008 (CDT)
::I'd never thought of that. I see what you mean, though to me 'bombing' can be anything. For instance, I commonly heard 'IRA bombing' in the UK during the darker years of the Troubles. [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 00:11, 19 March 2008 (CDT)
::I'd never thought of that. I see what you mean, though to me 'bombing' can be anything. For instance, I commonly heard 'IRA bombing' in the UK during the darker years of the Troubles. [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 00:11, 19 March 2008 (CDT)
:::Bombing can imply something carried and thrown (as in a homemade bomb); dropped from the air (probably bombarding would be more appropriate for that one?); or improvised as in a ''car bombing''.  Shelling I think usually implies an indirect attack by either mortars or from a ship cannon.  --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 09:10, 19 March 2008 (CDT)

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I called this 'bombing' of S/H/W because that was the name I was most familiar with from growing up in the area. Alternatives are 'bombardment' (unnecessary, I think) and 'raid [on]'. The latter is how at least one historical source - and Wikipedia - refer to it. John Stephenson 02:46, 6 March 2008 (CST)

How about "shelling" instead of "bombing"? The latter I find misleading because it implies (to me, at least) an air attack, whereas this was gunfire from ships. J. Noel Chiappa 13:25, 18 March 2008 (CDT)
I'd never thought of that. I see what you mean, though to me 'bombing' can be anything. For instance, I commonly heard 'IRA bombing' in the UK during the darker years of the Troubles. John Stephenson 00:11, 19 March 2008 (CDT)
Bombing can imply something carried and thrown (as in a homemade bomb); dropped from the air (probably bombarding would be more appropriate for that one?); or improvised as in a car bombing. Shelling I think usually implies an indirect attack by either mortars or from a ship cannon. --Robert W King 09:10, 19 March 2008 (CDT)
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