sentences:  The sappers destroyed a number of structures near the pad, killing or wounding a number of Headquarters personnel in the process.After the initial shock of the attack, some men began to mount effective resistance to the sappers.Shortly after Col Doyle and Capt Spilberg reached the partly destroyed Charlie Company CP, the base's quad .50 began firing, "walking bursts down the hill and into the valley - and straight across into the next hillside".