At 8:00 PM on June 14, 1947, the assault on the city itself had begun with five communist artillery battalions with near a hundred large caliber artillery pieces starting to bombard the city, even the 12 anti-aircraft artilleries in the communist inventory were deployed to shell the city.
On June 14, 1947, at 8:00 PM, an assault on the city began with five communist artillery battalions firing large caliber guns upon the city. Additionally, all twelve anti-aircraft guns in the communist inventory were deployed to bombard the city.