| 单词 | emplacement |
| 例句 | They prepared as best they could but never really thought they’d get hit, given all the ports and factories on the mainland, all much more important targets than Cairnholm’s little gun emplacement. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z An army lieutenant then climbed up onto the roof of the station where there were four machine-gun emplacements aiming at the crowd and called for silence. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It was a raw, violent, guzzling saturnalia that spilled obstreperously through the woods to the officers’ club and spread up into the hills toward the hospital and the antiaircraft-gun emplacements. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Threads of red light ascend from anti-air emplacements up and down the coast. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There were still caves and isolated emplacements holding out, but the battle had been won. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The mayor, Charles Smith, ordered the chief of police to set up machine-gun emplacements at Pier 91; the chief refused and handed the mayor his badge. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Then sense came back to Maddie for a minute and she realized that Queenie was dragging her to the nearest antiaircraft gun emplacement. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z There were a couple of miserable wet soldiers manning the gun emplacements, who waved and shouted as the girls on their bicycles came barreling past, brakes screeching with the steepness of the descent. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z They swarmed across our emplacements and redoubts, observing us with the temerity of the conqueror. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Concealed partly by the raised barrels and their concrete emplacements, partly by my tilted umbrella, I kept hidden, but still managed a good look. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Ukrainian troops and residents from Mariupol have been digging trenches and setting up gun emplacements, reinforcing defenses for a Russian-backed attack. Ukraine steelmen hold their ground as frontline marches towards port 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z The men — Frank Baker, Shepard Mallory and James Townsend — were field hands, forced by the Confederacy to build an artillery emplacement at Sewell’s Point. Enslaved, Terrorized, Disenfranchised: Black Americans Still Found Ways to Change America 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z A few yards below on either side were more networks of German trenches, some trailing off to pits that had once held machine-gun emplacements or howitzers. 100 Years of Gratitude 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z More recent history lies in the second world war ack-ack gun emplacements, still in good shape, but more and more engulfed by the vegetation every year. Great parks and green spaces in the UK: readers’ travel tips 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z In “Dog Company,” Patrick O’Donnell skillfully tells the tale of the 68 soldiers who made up the 2nd Ranger Battalion, assigned the grim task of destroying the gun emplacements. ‘Dog Company’ details vital, valiant D-Day battle 2013-01-02T22:43:52Z Battery Harris, a former concrete Army gun emplacement, offers stunning vistas of sun-dappled waves. Three New York City Waterfront Hotspots This Summer 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Tickets are expensive and hard to obtain, and the sparkly new stadia are fenced off behind barbed wire, with anti-aircraft gun emplacements positioned on tower blocks. London 2012 anti-logos 2012-07-12T00:00:00Z We walked down one of its tunnels, its ceiling beaded with condensation, to one of the former gun emplacements, a large roofed room with an open front. Maine’s Cushing Island delivers a whole lot of wonderful nothing 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Even today, hikers can spy defunct radio towers and former gun emplacements. On Long Island, skip the beach and take a hike In the Army during World War II he created camouflage, experimenting with various materials to build scale models of the finished products, which were meant to conceal things like airfields and gun emplacements. Peter J. Hall, Costumer for Opera, Theater, Dies at 84 2010-06-10T05:00:00Z I could also have done without some of Lasdun's own psychic self-dramatisations, the "ruins of ancient prejudices … like … decommissioned artillery emplacements" he finds in his own mind. Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked – review 2013-02-07T07:00:01Z “There was a station up there. And they had four machine-gun emplacements: there, there, there and there.” 100 Years of Gratitude 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Once Eley's curiosity was piqued, he sought further information on the camouflage techniques used to protect artillery emplacements. Review: Suyama Space installation shows the handmade doing battle with the high-tech 2011-02-24T20:44:06Z Excavations also uncovered large lights from another nearby runway, and a Spigot Mortar-type gun emplacement used to defend it from attack. World War Two experimental catapult unearthed by archaeologists 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z For example, the scientists identified a U.S. artillery emplacement in the lidar readings based on its distinctive “U” shape and eastward placement, which would have faced advancing German troops. Laser mapping reveals detailed secrets of one World War II’s most notorious battle 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z That involves talking to communities, learning what they have seen, heard and experienced, and sifting through reports and records of battles and emplacements, Komorowski and Pistriuha said. Ukraine faces the deadly threat of land mines as Russians retreat The Russians have had months to construct multilayered defenses — minefields, tank obstacles, trenches, bunkers and gun emplacements — in the areas they occupy. Battling Russia, Ukrainian Leaders Also Fight High Expectations 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z The Russians have constructed layers of formidable defenses — with trenches, bunkers, minefields, concrete tank obstacles and gun emplacements — and the flat ground leaves advancing troops vulnerable to Moscow’s artillery and air power. Battles Rage as Ukraine Tries to Retake Russian-Occupied Territory 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Makarena remembered a time he watched a Ukrainian squad get cut down by a heavy machine gun emplacement he had detected but was never attacked because it hadn’t been confirmed. Drones sold at Walmart help keep Ukraine in the battle for Bakhmut 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z He personally engaged in hand-to-hand combat and led four others to destroy the enemy gun emplacements. Biden to award Medal of Honor to Vietnam Vet who rescued team 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Today, the lakeshore is home to a Chinese military base and, U.S. experts believe, new radar facilities and a base housing artillery emplacements for the People’s Liberation Army. Age-old cashmere trade ensnared in military tensions high in the Himalayas 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z "There were no gun emplacements in the gaps between Pembroke, Swansea and Cardiff." World War Two: Thousands of bombs still left unexploded 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z After ordering his men to withdraw, he remained behind to provide cover and dismantle the gun, preventing it from being taken into enemy hands, and scrambled to reach another U.S. emplacement. Hiroshi Miyamura, Medal of Honor recipient from Korean War, dies at 97 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z As the months wore on, both sides dug in, creating miles of trenches and gun emplacements. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z A magmatic deposit is one in which the metal concentration takes place primarily at the same time as the formation and emplacement of the magma. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Forces involved in tectonic processes as well as gravity and igneous pluton emplacement produce strains in rocks that include folds, fractures, and faults. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Military buffs will delight at the gun emplacements stationed along the Bluff Trail, while beachcombers can enjoy a long sandy walk, especially at low tide, below the bluff. June has 3 free days at Washington State Parks. Where should you go? 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Nearby, a bulldozer had scraped away the topsoil to build berms for artillery emplacements and a half-dozen foxholes. Russian blunders in Chernobyl: ‘They came and did whatever they wanted’ 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z There were burnt out military vehicles and military emplacements - once held by the Russians, we were told, but now manned by Ukrainians. Ukraine War: 'Russian soldiers held us as human shields' 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z On the northern edge of town were the abandoned berms that had sheltered Russian artillery emplacements, surrounded by green boxes and hundreds of empty shell cases. Russia in Broad Retreat From Kyiv, Seeking to Regroup From Battering 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z The emplacement where the tank was dug in has a clear arc of fire across the area where the 13 bodies are lying. Ukraine war: Gruesome evidence points to war crimes on road outside Kyiv 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z That suggests that Mr. Putin, if he chose, could begin attacking cities and military emplacements before he moved any troops over the border. U.S. Warns of Grim Toll if Putin Pursues Full Invasion of Ukraine 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z Housing them in places purpose-built for the display of historical articles allows for context and curation, which were generally absent from the original emplacement. Opinion | We need innovative solutions for relocating Confederate statues 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z As he spoke, an emplacement of mobile field guns in the greenery close by fired off repeated volleys. As government offensive pushes forward, scars of war dot Ethiopia's Amhara region 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z The barracks, along with the machine gun emplacements, sheltered walkways and tunnels, and were held by Austro-Hungarians who were fighting Italian troops. Historians found a WWI bunker ‘frozen in time’ in the Alps. Climate change makes it a bittersweet discovery 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Using commercial satellite imagery, the report identified PLA missile emplacements on both reefs as well as on both ends of Fiery Cross Reef, the third of the Spratly Islands. EXCLUSIVE: China begins military flights from disputed South China Sea bases 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z The new system is intended to increase airflow at the repository so that mining operations and waste emplacement can occur at the same time. Contractor sues over work at US nuclear waste repository 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z “There are no Asian American heroes. Like Sadao Munemori who attacked two machine gun emplacements in Italy, then gave his life diving on a grenade to save his unit. He’s not a hero? Wrong color?” Historians question Trump’s choice of ‘heroes’ for national garden monument 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z Despite the effort we put into stopping IED — that is, roadside bomb — emplacement, we neither stopped them, nor created anything that might have passed for "progress." Celebrated to death: Memorial Day is killing us 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z Without adequate ventilation, they say mining, maintenance and waste emplacement operations are limited since diesel equipment produces exhaust that needs to be flushed out. Appeal: New Mexico ignored rules in OK of nuke site work 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z The APL report was published in March and provides the first public details on Chinese missile emplacements based on open-source information. EXCLUSIVE: China begins military flights from disputed South China Sea bases 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Similarly, renewable energy is not a silver bullet; from development to emplacement to disposal, renewables have issues of their own for humans and wildlife. Opinion | Climate change, like the coronavirus, requires hard choices and leadership 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Ties between the northeastern neighbors nosedived in 2017 after Seoul accepted the emplacement of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, system in southern South Korea. China, South Korea look to improve ties with Beijing summit 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z As the underwater robot circled the wreck, beaming back real-time video, Thompson counted gun emplacements. New ‘Midway’ movie aims for reality, but the discovery of wreckage brings the battle home 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Mr Hoyle said when he studied the data, he spotted an "extremely circular" feature, which he thought initially might be a World War Two gun emplacement. Bronze Age monument discovered in forest 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z "The operation will target only terrorists and their hideouts, shelters, emplacements, weapons, vehicles and equipment," he said. Trump authorizes sanctions against Turkey amid Syria incursion, calls for end to its 'destabilizing actions' 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z “The operation will target only terrorists and their hideouts, shelters, emplacements, weapons, vehicles and equipment,” he said. Turkey says it is acting in self-defense in Syria 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z But rogue quadcopters are a newly plausible threat for the military, and there aren’t many solutions that don’t involve large-scale jamming emplacements. Watch Anduril’s Anvil take down an off-the-shelf drone in midflight 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Airstrikes destroyed Taliban heavy weapon emplacements dug into the mountains, local commanders said, turning the tide of battle. A Desperate Battle, and a Victory for Now, at a Remote Afghan Outpost 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Underground bunkers, tunnels, searchlight positions and gun emplacements all protected the British fleet from enemy attack. Exploring Scotland's secret wartime tunnel 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z Like Resistance fighters noting the position of enemy gun emplacements, readers have been sending in reports from the field. Perspective | The butterscotch pudding mix has been located, but other goodies remain elusive 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Along the beaches were underwater barriers, barbed wire, emplacements, concrete houses with 88-mm. guns covering the beach approaches. AP Was There: Allied troops land in Normandy on D-Day 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Grass and flowers grow thick between the oil drums, sandbags and stacked tires guarding the old gun emplacements and concrete boxes. Flowers bloom in war-torn Syria's battered cities 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Their tasks will include "a mobile surveillance capability through the end of September 2019, as well as the emplacement of approximately 150 miles of concertina wire between ports of entry". US boosts troop numbers at Mexico border 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z The Pentagon “is transitioning its support at the southwestern border from hardening ports of entry to mobile surveillance and detection, as well as concertina wire emplacement between ports of entry,” the statement said. Pentagon extends mission on southern border through September 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z He then bayoneted his way to a second gun emplacement and assisted in its operation. New Mexico war hero Miyamura spotlighted in Netflix series 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Israel has carried out scores of attacks against suspected Iranian and Hezbollah emplacements or arms transfers in Syria, with Russia, Damascus’s big-power backer, turning a blind eye. At Dimona reactor, Netanyahu warns Israel's foes they risk ruin 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Bob Chambers said one of his memories is of seeing an American mortar emplacement outside their window, and his father showing him the Sherman tanks close up. Book focuses on trailblazing Colorado missionary physician 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z About 400 of the nearly 900 Marylanders who were on Long Island that day covered Washington’s retreating army by repeatedly charging a critical British gun emplacement. Newly acquired letters illuminate the lives of Maryland’s ‘Old Line’ soldiers 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z He bayoneted his way to a second gun emplacement and assisted in its operation before running out of ammunition there. 3 Medal of Honor recipients visit University of Arkansas 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z On a ridge southeast of Bidnija stands an old gun emplacement known as the Targa Battery, a relic from fortifications the British built in the 19th century. The silencing of Malta's anti-corruption campaigner 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z He destroyed the German gun emplacement but was killed by a shell fragment. Iowa American Legion post fundraising for building repairs 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Modeling tsunami propagation and the emplacement of thumbprint terrain in an early Mars ocean. Timing of oceans on Mars from shoreline deformation 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z The last fifty years of the voyage were spent formatting an emplacement strategy. Aliens watch the rise of humanity in an excerpt from Peter F. Hamilton’s sci-fi novel, Salvation 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Markers showing the locations of unit headquarters and gun emplacements are visible in the downtown area and along Fort Hill Drive, which leads to another entrance to the military park. Mississippi editorial roundup 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z So far I’ve counted 212 such vehicle emplacements within the five square kilometres of the ancient city, not including the many more which are visible immediately outside the ramparts. On the Iraq border archaeological digs are a minefield – in every sense 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z That’s a bit like the People’s Liberation Army building gun emplacements on Long Island. Why Trump's $1.42bn Taiwan arms sale could backfire with China 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Helicopter gunships were assisting the ground thrust, firing at insurgent emplacements in the Old City, a Reuters correspondent reported from a location near the front lines. Iraqi forces free hundreds of civilians in Mosul Old City battles 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z French intelligence networks spied on the coasts of Normandy and other parts of France, sending back information and maps of German coastal emplacements and defenses. Britain's Secret Weapon Against the Nazis? Refugees. 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z The mosque, souk and adjoining districts were transformed into World War I-style front lines, featuring trenches lined with sandbags, fortified tunnels, sniper emplacements and near-daily shelling. A sad pilgrimage: Returning to Aleppo's once-gleaming mosque, now ravaged by war 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z They were to toss grenades into his emplacement when he received a fresh supply of ammunition. Wilburn Ross, who received Medal of Honor for heroism in WWII, dies at 94 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z As a platoon leader, Mr. Michel was severely wounded in his right arm and leg during a mission to capture a German emplacement along the Ruhr River. Robert Michel, longest-serving minority leader in U.S. House, dies at 93 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Days earlier, newly publicized satellite photographs revealed new Chinese military installations on several reefs, specifically hexagon-shaped naval gun emplacements on several islands and reefs that pose threats to U.S. and allied ships. Berlin truck attack follows U.S. warning of ISIS Christmas terrorism 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z China claims the weapons are defensive; it described the emplacements as a “slingshot” to ward off a “cocky and swaggering” stranger “at the door of your home.” Satellite photos are worth more than a thousand unreliable words from China 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Battery Gadsden is the name of one of the old gun emplacements at the fort. Charleston doctor, surrealist painter discusses his art 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z In recent weeks, the military built sandbag emplacements with armored vehicles outside key tunnels connecting parts of the capital. Venezuelans Mobilize for Vote to Recall President Nicolás Maduro 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Turkish F-16 and F-4 warplanes struck positions of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, in northern Iraq, hitting the rebels’ shelters, ammunition depots and weapons emplacements, the agency also reported. World digest: May 8, 2016 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Each gun emplacement is made up of either large-caliber guns or, on some reefs, a small missile battery along with an adjacent fire control radar. Berlin truck attack follows U.S. warning of ISIS Christmas terrorism 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z What the images showed were tank emplacements and a military garrison. Museum of Lost Objects: Tell of Qarqur - BBC News 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Other likely radar sites, some that might have gun emplacements, are on Gaven Reef, Hughes Reef and Johnson South Reef in the Spratlys, the report said. Possible Radar Suggests Beijing Wants ‘Effective Control’ in South China Sea 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Hawking specializing in healing wounded soldiers on the procedurally generated battlefield, while Curie used her UAV for offensive duties, hacking gun emplacements and electrocuting enemies. XCOM 2 review: Sci-fi strategy that’s deeper and more daunting 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z The goal is to resume waste emplacement operations. Plan calls for operations to resume at nuke dump in 2016 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z The objective: to destroy Islamic State emplacements on both sides of the city to allow Kurdish forces to march in, take outlying villages and then mass for an assault on Sinjar. Kurds seize Sinjar, city in northern Iraq, from Islamic State’s clutches 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Dana Bryson, acting manager for the Department of Energy's Carlsbad Field Office, said in a statement on Friday: "We are disappointed that we will not meet the original target date for beginning waste emplacement." Officials delay reopening of New Mexico nuclear waste site 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z Bonnyman crawled 40 yards forward and set demolition charges near a Japanese emplacement. Fallen Medal of Honor recipient may finally come home from World War II 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z In 1945 it was a Japanese fortress, a warren of tunnels, bunkers and gun emplacements. Return to Iwo Jima 70 years on 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z After a brief tour of the front lines, he paused at one of his northernmost emplacements, just to check the temperature of his troops. On Front Lines in Ukraine, Rebels Are Upbeat and Eager to Advance 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z The missiles caused no damage, and Israel responded by destroying a Syrian army emplacement. Tel Aviv Diary: Netanyahu Loses His Security Edge Broughton labeled Johnson and McNamara as “Washington weenies” and asserted that pilots and other aviators died because they were prohibited from hitting antiaircraft emplacements and other “sanctuary” sites in North Vietnam. Jack Broughton, Vietnam combat hero turned military critic, dies at 89 Analysis revealed that at Bravo Dome, 10% of the total gas at the reservoir dissolved after the initial emplacement. Storing greenhouse gas underground—for a million years 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z But Kobani remained under intense bombardment from Islamic State emplacements, within sight of Turkish tanks at the nearby frontier that have so far done nothing to help. Renewed assault on Kobani; 21 dead in Turkey as Kurds rise 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z The strikes destroyed six Humvees, two IED emplacements, one mortar tube and two armed trucks all controlled by the Islamic State. Further U.S. Strikes Follow James Foley Execution, Islamic State Threats 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Debris from fishing boats and ships lie between machine gun emplacements. The war that never ends between the Koreas 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Omaha Beach was littered with such obstructions, as well as enemy mines, machine gun nests, bunkers and gun emplacements. Seventy years later, a D-Day veteran believes a guardian angel shielded him from death In Berlin, Adolf Hitler watched and wondered; and along the northern shores of France, the German army was ready with miles of barbed wire, machine gun nests, and artillery emplacements. D-Day: Lead Like Ike 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Those trenches, gun emplacements and other bases were then linked by a narrow gauge railway line. WW1 defences being destroyed by sea 2014-02-28T06:07:57Z But as we reach the emplacement, we fall silent, reverential. Looking for your family hero 2013-08-07T00:09:44Z The 2001 USA Patriot Act mandated a 300% increase in Border Patrol personnel on the northern border, as well as the emplacement of more surveillance technology there. The Canadian border: A Constitution-free zone 2013-02-07T16:42:00Z After the Indian military discovered the tunnel, it built emplacements to prevent its use. Indian Officials Advise Preparations for Possible War 2013-01-23T01:21:43Z Although shot in the stomach, he ran forward and destroyed one emplacement with a hand grenade and another with his submachine gun. Daniel Inouye, Hawaii’s Quiet Voice of Conscience in Senate, Dies at 88 2012-12-18T00:27:42Z "Sitting in the caravan, there was this terrible 'earthquake' and it was one of the gun emplacements falling on the beach," she said. WW1 defences being destroyed by sea 2014-02-28T06:07:57Z His experience as a mortar crewman taught him patience; in Bayji, he would sit by the mortar emplacement on the Joint Security Station's roof, spending shifts that lasted hours waiting for something to happen. At War Blog: In War, Moments Worth Remembering 2012-08-02T17:17:38Z Many of the spots chosen for Peace Camp – including Dunstanburgh Castle, built in the 14th century and set about with gun emplacements and a minefield in the second world war – have a history of militarisation. Artists reclaim British coastline with love poetry camp and moving island 2012-07-20T15:50:00Z But those emplacements violated the terms of the cease-fire with Pakistan, and Pakistani soldiers repeatedly warned their Indian counterparts to desist, which the Indians ignored. Indian Officials Advise Preparations for Possible War 2013-01-23T01:21:43Z Now mortally injured, he crawled towards the enemy emplacement and, when in position, threw a grenade into the bunker. Obama honours Vietnam War soldier 2012-05-16T22:01:30Z "I thought I'd better come, Adam," he said, "and see about the emplacement for that gun." The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z The ditch was choked, the gates were unprotected; the tumbled mass of irregular mud buildings which constituted the city clung tightly to the walls; there were no gun emplacements. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z We have made balls for it, and are intending to manufacture shells, in the hope that we shall at least be able to reach the emplacement of "Big Ben." The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z That they had so soon been got into position seemed to show that their concrete emplacements had been prepared long before. A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z He was standing on top of the gun emplacement and the historic seventy-five and a few others were being used every little while to fire other shots at the German lines. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z This was done without their moving their heavy guns, probably not even their mid-calibre guns, from their emplacements. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z It had burst on the embankment a few yards below the emplacement from which the machine-gun had repelled the last attack: the enemy was clearly ranging on that spot. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z From the town, those guns which were not already in position moved to their stations—one, the Hotchkiss, being despatched to an emplacement which had only been completed the preceding night. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z He looked at it now with its steep wooded slopes, scarred by roads and catchments and the emplacements of guns. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z We could see the earth fly up from hits close to the gun emplacements. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z For our ships to go up against such emplacements would be like putting a blind prize-fighter up against an antagonist who can see and who has arms twice as long as his enemy's. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Two new emplacements, well masked, had been prepared within a short distance of each other and connected by a shallow trench. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z Then we set out to visit the outposts and the different emplacements. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Notwithstanding the comparatively favourable emplacement of the camp, the troops and their officers suffered severely from the effect of the climate upon frames weakened by over-exertion, by indifferent nourishment and by sleeping on the ground. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Although knocked to the ground when an enemy grenade exploded close by, he immediately recovered himself and, again moving forward despite the intensified barrage, quickly located, attacked and destroyed the occupied emplacement. Veterans Day 11-11-11: NFL honors those who served 2011-11-11T16:21:14Z Meanwhile, my mother was busily drilling a hole in the rock to make a firm emplacement at a distance for leg number two. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z As soon as their intentions became clear, Burnet withdrew the machine-gun from the second emplacement to the third, which was well retired from the shore and beyond the enemy's immediate objective. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z Across the veldt, those who cared, might have seen the enemy engaged upon some enormous earthwork, which the general consensus of opinion very quickly determined to be the emplacements for the siege guns. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Confederate sappers constructed a number of artillery emplacements covering the avenues of approach to Atlanta. The Civil War Centennial Handbook 2011-10-15T02:00:27.210Z Gun emplacements from a battery known as Hill's Point can be seen from spots on the course. Civil War Links 2011-10-12T04:00:00Z In the town and villages soldiers were urging the population to make the emplacements. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z As Burnet expected, the Turkish gunners again changed their objective, directing their fire upon the neighbourhood of the second machine-gun emplacement. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z As the big shells sped across the town to drop within the laager beyond, the enemy's signallers heliographed their direction to the emplacement of Big Ben. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Dodging Confederate shells which whizzed dangerously close to the Intrepid, Professor Lowe telegraphed information on emplacements directly from his balloon and made sketches of the approach routes to Richmond. The Civil War Centennial Handbook 2011-10-15T02:00:27.210Z Returning to the barrier at the entrance of the tunnel, the Sub wriggled cautiously over the obstruction until he could command a fairly extensive view of the gun emplacement and its surroundings. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z On the northwest coast, there is a preserved concrete gun emplacement outside a military museum, which praises the Kuomintang victory in the 1949 Battle of Guningtou. Kinmen Seeks to Evolve as China and Taiwan Improve Ties 2011-09-17T01:50:22Z He had reason to be thankful for the precautions he had taken when the enemy, after sending shell after shell into the vacant emplacement until it was thoroughly demolished, got to work on the bridgehead. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z Roads have been cut across the rear face of the hill, a breastwork of stones and earth encircles the Reservoir, and gun emplacements flank either extremity. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z We were engaged in the work of digging trenches and making emplacements for guns until the 20th, being assisted during this time by the peasantry: and fighting went on continuously at the front. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z I was prepared for all sorts of cunning and picturesque screens and emplacements, and indeed had looked for them. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z An observer has great responsibilities at times: one cannot help remembering that a missed obstruction, a forgotten emplacement may mean a terrible toll of suffering. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z Seeing that the second emplacement was outside the enemy's present zone of fire, Burnet had the machine-gun quickly restored to its former position. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z By the time that their herald had returned two emplacements had been prepared and their locality partially concealed by a quantity of small bushes and scrub with which they had been covered. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Suddenly out of a very clever camouflage of tree branches and shrubbery a German machine-gun emplacement was revealed. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z But a gun of that size needs some sort of emplacement, and an approach to the doorway must be contrived. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z In trenches and gun emplacements feverish work was in progress. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z A few succeeded in reaching the demolished bridgehead; the rest were caught by the fire of the machine-gun from its new emplacement. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z When the advanced trenches of the enemy started, volleys came also from the ridge of the acclivity leading from the river-bed to the emplacement of the nine-pounder Krupp. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z The enemy were soon removed from the emplacement which they held; but they rushed towards the west, and were there as dangerously fixed as ever. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z It will need something big, for though we can scourge their gun emplacement with mitraille fire, the merit of their plan is that the gunners lie hid in a ditch. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z From beneath the foliage covering the emplacements men peeped timorously. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z In a race with death, the battery horses galloped up and away went the guns, with the German shells smashing the emplacements which had just been vacated. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z While Lieutenant Daniels arranged the emplacement of the gun, he permitted me to try my hand at superintending native labour. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z At its farthest tip, situated on a stone cliff that rose some hundred feet above the entrance to Carlisle Bay, were the breastwork and gun emplacements. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z After it exploded, he shot the remaining soldiers, then turned and attacked the second emplacement. Paul J. Wiedorfer, Hero of the Battle of the Bulge, Dies at 90 2011-05-30T04:01:28Z Fairly in the centre of an emplacement fell the twelve-hundred-pound shell. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z In front of the IInd and IIIrd Corps shelter-trenches had been thrown up, battery emplacements and covered ways of communication constructed, and the farmsteads lying out to the front converted into little forts. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z And so we returned to town talking upon the strength of the emplacement and upon its strategic value. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Though the original Jamestown gun emplacement had been built two decades earlier, as a precaution against Spanish attack, that threat had faded over the years, and gradually the planters of Barbados had grown complacent. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z At once the horses were driven up and the remaining guns whirled away to a new emplacement, while a passing motor ambulance was stopped to pick up the wounded. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z Panic-stricken they doubled back and disappeared in the dug-outs close to the wrecked emplacements, and the Eureka, having been accordingly informed, ceased firing. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z The battery emplacements had long been finished, and with the dawn of the new year 100 guns of the largest calibres stood ready to open fire on the south front of Paris. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z From where we were we could see the gun in the river-bed emplacement doing remarkable execution. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z But with luck the breastwork could be overrun and its gun emplacements seized before the militia had a chance to set and fire its ordnance. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z A machinegun emplacement guarding the main entrance was abandoned, although the machine gun and live ammunition was left in place there, unattended. Libyan Rebels Say They?re Being Sent Weapons 2011-04-16T14:16:09Z The three fugitive slaves, before their escape, were helping build a Confederate gun emplacement. Magazine Preview: How Slavery Really Ended in America 2011-04-01T17:48:58Z Wytschaete village was a fortress position, with machine-gun emplacements made for defence on all sides, but the Irish closed round it and captured it easily. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z The smoke of our own hung heavy upon us, mingling with the dust from the Maxim shell, as the enemy continued to pepper our emplacement. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z An open shelling with their big ordnance would be foolhardy; right now it's too dark to try and fire on our emplacements. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z It was a likely site for a machine-gun emplacement and, in that case, would receive special attention from a battery of 4.7’s. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Climbing on to the top of the parapet, he hurled a bomb on to the roof of the emplacement. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Machine-gun fire came crackling from it, and bullets were also sweeping the ground from hidden emplacements. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z In the intervals between the shells from "Big Ben," the Maxim, and quick-firing nine-pounders, the enemy swept our emplacements with their rifle fire. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z It was a heavy brick fortification designed to protect the gun emplacements against cannon fire from the sea. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z But there are many opportunities to get a bomb’s design or emplacement wrong. At War: In Afghanistan, a Lot of Luck Goes a Long Way 2011-02-03T19:22:08Z At once he climbed up on the other side of the emplacement, and with his left hand threw another bomb. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z It seemed unfordable and impassable, and on the other side of it was the old German trench system with machine-gun emplacements. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z In the beginning of the siege—a date which is now very remote—"Big Ben" hurled its shells into this unfortunate town from an emplacement at Jackal Tree. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Winston leaned against the doorjamb, half in and half out, exhausted from a day-long ride reviewing gun emplacements along the shore. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z His rifle was shot away from him and he was wounded by enemy grenades, but he dispatched five Communist emplacements by tossing grenades at them. Modesto Cartagena, Hero of Korea, Is Dead at 87 2010-03-05T05:30:00Z An enemy machine-gun emplacement which had been annoying the Americans was located and then the battery of "little fellows," as the guns were known along the front, got into action, firing rapidly. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. It was in that way finally that they made the last close dash upon the emplacements and destroyed them. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z For a day this man watched the emplacement of the big gun, and twenty-four hours passed without Mafeking receiving any shells from it. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Worst of all, they appeared to have first-rate gunners manning their shore emplacements. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Eagerly they looked to discover some signs of the emplacement of the big gun. Air Service Boys Over The Rhine Fighting Above The Clouds They secured a number of direct hits and destroyed the emplacement guns. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. One of our flying men attacked and silenced four machine-gun teams in a strong emplacement. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z During Sunday the town put the finishing touches to the earthworks, lunettes, and to the gun emplacements, which will form a more or less complete chain of fortifications around the town. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z There's apt to be some hand-to-hand fighting if their infantry gets wind of what's afoot and tries to rush the emplacement while we're still up there. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z From above the French, American and British airmen were dropping tons of explosives on the emplacements of the big guns and on the railway spurs that brought them to the firing points. Air Service Boys Over The Rhine Fighting Above The Clouds It was found that the Germans had honeycombed the village with outposts and machine-gun emplacements. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. His position was in a network of trenches, tunnels, concrete emplacements, and breastworks of thick sand-bag walls built down from the coast to the south of Lombartzyde. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z From where we were in the town it was quite apparent that the temporary centre of the storm was almost above the emplacements of the enemy's artillery. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Now, after the surprise attack on the gun emplacement, they were splashing ashore, holding their muskets high. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Some of the heavy French shells fell beyond the emplacements of the big guns, and others were short. Air Service Boys Over The Rhine Fighting Above The Clouds In the center bodies of infantry penetrated Senecat Wood and cleared up the gun emplacements which defended the approaches to Castel. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. Most of his shells were at least as large as 5�9's, and for one long hour they swept up and down our front, smashing breastworks and emplacements and flinging up storms of sand. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z From where we were we could see the thin columns of smoke rising, as the bullets burst before and behind the emplacement. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z The mid-afternoon sun seared the Jamestown emplacement with the full heat of the day, and most of the gunners and militiamen were now shirtless and complaining about the need for rest. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z They had journeyed far over the German lines, hoping to discover the emplacement of the gun, if a long range cannon was being used. Air Service Boys Over The Rhine Fighting Above The Clouds Back of these shell-hole nests were gun emplacements commanding the openings between the shell holes. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. The Scots came up against a strong emplacement fitted with machine-guns, and here the German gunners fired rapidly, so that our men were checked. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z The guns remaining do not appear to be able to reach the town from their distant emplacements. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Every trench, redoubt, and dug-out; every hedge and ditch was recorded, and every gun emplacement shown. The Romance of the Red Triangle The story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y.M.C.A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British Empire So that it was comparatively easy, once the location of the big gun was known, to bring up heavy artillery behind the French lines to batter away at its emplacement. Air Service Boys Over The Rhine Fighting Above The Clouds One squadron rode down a battery of German guns, and other bodies swept around machine-gun emplacements and through villages and captured many prisoners. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. The enemy here fought hard, and had cover in concrete emplacements, with underground entries. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Against a mere gun emplacement and forty-four men, shell fire from four guns was directed, and the services of eight hundred men utilised. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z There were mysterious noises from the gun emplacements that run along the roadside, and mysterious shapes loomed up ahead of us from time to time as we overhauled and passed transport wagons and the like. The Romance of the Red Triangle The story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y.M.C.A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British Empire Cautiously he moved around until he could trace that tube to its business end—the carefully-hidden emplacement. Triplanetary Such bits of ruined buildings that remained standing had been used for gun emplacements. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. It is certain that they made no great fight yesterday when our men were near them, except when they still had cover in concrete emplacements. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Up in their high emplacements, the big ballistas creaked and thrummed. Black Amazon of Mars In the heart of the woods several companies of Belgian troops were frantically building up machine gun emplacements, stringing out barbwire, and moving light field pieces into place to bear on the winding dirt road. Dave Dawson at Dunkirk He skirted it, climbed over a twisted girder, pushed his way past other debris, found himself at the gun emplacement. Voyage To Eternity The men constructed emplacements for the guns, cut down timber which might have interfered with good work and awaited orders. The Utah Batteries: A History A complete account of the muster-in, sea voyage, battles, skirmishes and barrack life of the Utah batteries, together with biographies of officers and muster-out rolls. There were two or three machine-gun emplacements which gave us a bit of trouble, but not much. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z It is all this which has made the exact emplacement of Blanchetaque so difficult to ascertain, and has led to the controversies upon its site. Crécy The only demand it makes on the superficial area of the ground traversed is the small emplacements of the standards, which in modern ropeways are few and far between. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" Protective shields made it impossible for anything but a direct hit on the emplacement to do them any harm, only Temple had never set the shields in place. Voyage To Eternity The two guns of Battery A moved to this point the following morning and took possession of the emplacements already constructed. The Utah Batteries: A History A complete account of the muster-in, sea voyage, battles, skirmishes and barrack life of the Utah batteries, together with biographies of officers and muster-out rolls. They made a dash for those scarred tree-trunks, from which a stream of bullets poured, and fought their way through to the German machine-gun emplacements, though a number of them fell. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z If we did present the larger target, we had—in our steady emplacement—a better platform from which to direct our fire. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The top of the ridge swarmed with men, and to the rear of the gorge guns were massed in emplacements to sweep every foot of the passage. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign If Temple left the gun the ship would come in close enough to hit the emplacement despite its protective shielding. Voyage To Eternity Corporal Hanson was in charge at the time, and the rifle was at once rushed to the emplacement. The Utah Batteries: A History A complete account of the muster-in, sea voyage, battles, skirmishes and barrack life of the Utah batteries, together with biographies of officers and muster-out rolls. It was once a French ch�teau, surrounded by a park and outbuildings, long destroyed but made into a strong point with concrete emplacements. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z The problem of fitting a 12-pounder on a 4.7 emplacement taxed the department's ingenuity and resource, but few ships were held in port for failure of their prompt action. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Other machines are searching for new emplacements and signs of preparation behind the enemy trenches. Cavalry of the Clouds It destroyed all wire communications and flooded battery emplacements and machine gun posts with every brand of poison gas known to German kultur. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" Majors Bell and Young, later in the evening, went forward to locate a position for constructing emplacements for the guns. The Utah Batteries: A History A complete account of the muster-in, sea voyage, battles, skirmishes and barrack life of the Utah batteries, together with biographies of officers and muster-out rolls. Trenches had disappeared, concrete emplacements had been overturned, breastworks had been flung like straws to the wind. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z New types of armament were issued to them and there was less adaptation for emplacements to be considered. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Their all-seeing lenses penetrate through camouflage to new trenches and emplacements, while exposing fake fortifications. Cavalry of the Clouds Right opposite this entrance there is a stairway, and at its top another room—one of a series of gun emplacements now empty. With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front A Montana sharpshooter, shot through the head, fell dead at the foot of the half-made emplacement. The Utah Batteries: A History A complete account of the muster-in, sea voyage, battles, skirmishes and barrack life of the Utah batteries, together with biographies of officers and muster-out rolls. Immediately on their right, in front of them, was the ruin of an old estaminet called Au Bon G�te, made into a fortified emplacement and defended by machine-guns. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Around the hospitals and public buildings and along the west side of the line there were additional works and emplacements for guns, though no guns were mounted in them. The Boys of '98 No German trench, no emplacement, no battery position, no line of transport is safe from the R.F.C. Cavalry of the Clouds So Colonel Ibrahim fumed, demanded further orders from mum superiors, and put his legionnaires to work on bigger and better gun emplacements, trenches and pillboxes surrounding Fort Laperinne and Tamanrasset. Border, Breed Nor Birth He accepted the command almost abstractedly, and hurried away to pick gun emplacements. The Fifth-Dimension Tube This particular loophole had been severely sniped all the morning, the Germans evidently thinking it was a new Maxim-gun emplacement. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. The emplacements are often in deep wooded valleys. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone By way of retaliation, I leaned over and shot at what looked like an emplacement. Cavalry of the Clouds He spoke of the gun emplacement as being in a swamp and I have a strong idea that it is submersible. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 But Stan was dusting the concrete emplacements and the gunners did not get their hearts into the job. A Yankee Flier Over Berlin In various sections of the walls were machine-gun emplacements, and the whole being on the top of the hill, formed a most formidable obstacle to the advance of our troops. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. The craters of thirty-two French shells were within twenty paces of the emplacements and the ground was strewn with splinters and shrapnel cases. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone Some kind of sea creature, hidden under the ever-replenished storm waters, had found the concrete emplacements of their trading post to its liking. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 One needs to have scaled a mountainside to an Italian gun's emplacement or lookout post to gauge fully the nature of this warfare. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Was the Teuton simple-minded enough to fancy that he would be in a position to utilize this and the other emplacements for his giant guns within three months after the outbreak of hostilities? England and Germany There was not a vestige of buildings remaining, with one exception, and that was a place called by the Germans "Gibraltar," a reinforced concrete emplacement he had used for machine-guns. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. All dug-outs and practically everything of military value they had destroyed prior to their departure, but a few concrete and steel emplacements and snipers' posts still remained—beautifully made and all in commanding positions. War Letters of a Public-School Boy It was said that the Italian artillery mules could drag a gun wherever there was room for its emplacement. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources The Siegfried division holding the new German line of defense was busy during the last days of March, 1917, in building concrete emplacements, trenches, and dugouts. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources The emplacement was shelled to-day; one shell hit the roof, burst and knocked over one of my men, cutting his head open. “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went I dived under a sandbag emplacement, when the grenades went off with a splitting crash, and after allowing a few seconds for the pieces to drop, looked out. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. It is a fine emplacement with beautiful turf. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 Later on the Russians got it and worked seven years on the fortifications and gun emplacements and really felt that they had it secure. Birdseye Views of Far Lands Farms and woods around were garrisoned and machine-gun emplacements were set up in every available corner. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources The ground for these emplacements was the orchard of a chateau. “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went There may be in a certain sector, before an attack, an enormous preliminary bombardment which is destined to knock out guns, observation posts, dumps, men, and above all, machine-gun emplacements. Life in a Tank The three gun emplacements visible upon the crest were empty. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government They had fortified Aubers by using the lower or basement storeys of houses for machine gun emplacements, and a large redoubt with wire had been constructed in the woods. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Another daring young flyer belonging to the Royal Flying Corps attacked and silenced four machine-gun teams in strong emplacements. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources It will soon be necessary to wear our smoke-helmets to go into the emplacement. “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went I saw artillery pieces and heavy cannon emplacements everywhere back of the line. The Fight for the Argonne Personal Experiences of a 'Y' Man There were two machine-gun emplacements on the ridge, and a murderous fire was opened upon the victorious pursuers. With Haig on the Somme This protection is very satisfactory for communications, machine gun emplacements, etc., but, is of doubtful value in fire trenches as it does not permit an easy offensive by the defenders. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Reckon that each gun emplacement represents three months' constant labor with drill, hammer, and mine. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources I've constructed a fire emplacement amongst the ruins underground; to get to it you have to travel through a tunnel eighteen feet long; inside it's very damp. “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went Every gun emplacement was inspected to see if orders had been faithfully carried out—and woe betide the man who failed. The Fight for the Argonne Personal Experiences of a 'Y' Man Guns, large and small, replied; the heavier ordnance vigorously at first, and then gradually slackening down as the lyddite shells sought out the fixed emplacements. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War The present tendency seems to be to hold them concealed and place them into position in the trenches or emplacements at the moment of combat. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition The British bombardment had been so effective that the German machine-gun emplacements must have been destroyed or were buried under d�bris, for only a few guns spoke out as the Canadians "went over." The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Made another emplacement for one of my machine guns last night; had twenty men digging; surprising how fast men dig when the bullets are flying. “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went The Boers at the time were busily engaged in constructing an emplacement for one of their 40-pounders, but when "Joe Chamberlain" made himself not only heard but felt, there was a stampede. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Our guns were also trained on such objects as headquarters, railroads, heavy artillery emplacements, cross roads, ammunition dumps, aviation hangars, etc., from information that had previously been obtained by the Flash and Sound Ranging sections. In the Flash Ranging Service Observations of an American Soldier During His Service With the A.E.F. in France The above plate shows a typical machine gun emplacement, constructed in the field. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Scores of miles of deep communication trenches had to be dug, as well as trenches for telephone wires, assembly and assault trenches, and numerous gun emplacements and observation posts. World's War Events, Vol. II I'm building a trench to my emplacement and we have a stinking cow in the direct line; this will have to be buried before we can cut through. “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went They energetically commenced the building of emplacements for their guns of position, which were fast being forwarded from the Transvaal. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Near by, the well defined emplacement of one of our own batteries inevitably drew to the entire vicinity a heavy fire so that one shell broke fair amongst our sleeping men. The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland Many elaborate emplacements have been constructed in the European war, using steel and concrete, but for a hasty cover in the field the simple emplacement shown in the figure is recommended. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Back under shelter they tumbled; whistles sounded distantly; a trench mortar crashed; then the accentless tattoo of machine guns broke from every emplacement. Barbarians A large number of wooden ammunition huts were erected along the roads near Dranoutre, and heavy gun emplacements were being made about Kemmel. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 The first object one would think of is that it is a big gun emplacement, but, as they say at H.Q., they have made it on the wrong side of the hill. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" Shaw took these over and also mounted additional guns in secret emplacements, which were constructed by digging through the escarp and tunnelling forward and upward. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula Your machine-gun emplacements will be all blown into smithereens, for this is no ordinary bombardment; it is tremendous, man, tremendous! "The Pomp of Yesterday" Make the colour of your emplacement as much like that of the surrounding ground as possible, including your sandbags, if used. With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service I was looking for an emplacement for a grenade-rifle stand, and I selected a likely-looking spot just behind the front line. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 We have plans of their trenches and gun emplacements, but these can only be roughly correct. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" Actually they did little damage and, except on one occasion when a direct hit was secured in a machine gun emplacement, no one was injured. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula More than once I saw machine-gun emplacements, with the gunners, struck by the projectiles from our great howitzers, and hurled many feet high. "The Pomp of Yesterday" We selected gun positions and got the 37th Company R.E. to make two emplacements for my guns. With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service Some of the gun emplacements, too, were very cleverly concealed. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 Along the Canal were armed men, field guns studded about, and on the other side bigger guns in emplacements. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" Whilst there they had a duel with a Turkish gun and came out victorious—finally calling upon our field artillery to blow up the enemy's emplacement. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula All the sand for the fill around the emplacement was obtained in the same way. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs It is, therefore, necessary to have high-explosive shell to destroy parapets, obstacles, buildings, and many forms of fortified localities that the enemy constructs, more particularly his machine-gun emplacements. 1914 The Tower contained a formidable concrete machine-gun emplacement, facing of course our way, but by General Rees' orders it was blown up by the Engineers. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 Near the middle of the aerodrome a large gun emplacement—or whatever it is—is being dug, which, it is hoped, will draw some of the fire away from here. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" At the estuary are a number of small islets well suited for the emplacement of powerful guns. A History of the United States This particular emplacement was spotted some two months ago by the wily Hun, and he got some direct hits on it with small stuff. No Man's Land He was in a machine gun emplacement which was hit by a small H. E. shell. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 The guns were kept in shelters in a line of reserve trenches and a set of dummy emplacements was dug out a little distance away for the benefit of our aeroplane observers. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 The lighter guns of the assailants found ideal positions in the battery emplacements formerly built by the Russians as part of their siege works when operating against the Austrians in Przemysl. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 The complete absence of H.E. was severely felt, as shrapnel were of little use for destroying trenches, machine gun emplacements, etc. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 Then every one cleared out of the emplacement, while the Sapper took his stand in the trench outside. No Man's Land On the railroad the 3l0th Engineers were busy as beavers building, with the assistance of the infantrymen, blockhouses and barracks and gun emplacements and so forth. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 But sometimes, in order to come as near as possible to the center of population, the tramway boulevard skirts the fortifications of the medieval city, or is built upon their emplacement. Riviera Towns And near the stern, two gaping holes showed the emplacements for two additional guns not yet installed. On the Trail of the Space Pirates Coming toward the ship out of the east, now, was a vast desert of crumbling concrete—landing fields and parade grounds, empty barracks and toppling sheds, airship docks, stripped gun emplacements and missile-launching sites. The Cosmic Computer She traveled up and down the line but never stayed anywhere except in one of the machine gun emplacements. The Emma Gees The galleries which lead upwards and outwards from this underground barracks to the observation posts and machine-gun emplacements in the open air, are cunningly planned and solidly made. The Old Front Line A very nervous Officer would go to his emplacement, fire off a few shells, and then gracefully, but rapidly retire, leaving the people on the spot to put up with any retaliation. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion We could not get enough men across to charge the emplacements.... The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story A bombing party working up toward the mole extension in search of the enemy destroyed several machine-gun emplacements, but not a single prisoner rewarded them. Winning a Cause World War Stories Then crawling along the outside of the parapet, stopping often to listen, he soon found the loophole of the new gun emplacement. The Emma Gees Behind the front line was a wired second line, and behind that, the rising spur on which the village stood, commanding both with machine-gun emplacements. The Old Front Line No machine gun emplacements had been touched and not a single gap made in the wire, which was very strong, and we had to manipulate it as best we could. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion German machine-gun emplacements were in all directions, and our men suffered very severely. The Great War As I Saw It With consuming energy, in armies of thousands, they worked with pick and shovel till every yard of ground commanding a landing place was trench or rifle pit or gun emplacement. Winning a Cause World War Stories This appears to be a characteristic and never-ending joke with artillerymen and so we soon learned to "spot" their emplacements and go behind them, when possible. The Emma Gees Wire cutting was undertaken and carried out by all field batteries, and the heavies pounded enemy emplacements and communication trenches in the rear. Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery It consisted of a strong barbed wire entanglement and a double line of shallow trenches about a foot deep, with concrete machine gun emplacements every 50 yards. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion Going down the trench later on, I came to a place from which I could see, with my glasses, a German machine-gun emplacement and its crew. The Great War As I Saw It We could see clearly the emplacements for the big German guns, which had been secretly laid long before the war began, concealed in cellars and beneath innocent-looking tennis-courts. Fighting For Peace Shell gas was constantly used, generally being fired against our positions in the rear; artillery emplacements and such. The Emma Gees Their job is to keep a close watch on hostile trenches, watching for any unusual movement or for the appearance of new constructive works, such as machine gun emplacements or new saps. Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery The raid was made against the enemy's first and second line trenches nearly opposite North Crater, and was intended in addition to inflicting casualties to obtain identification, and destroy suspected trench mortar emplacements and dug-outs. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion I was in an outpost with one of the companies when I saw in the distance one of our men crawling on his hands and knees up to a German machine-gun emplacement. The Great War As I Saw It At each emplacement there was a range chart giving the ranges to all parts of the enemy's trenches, and to every prominent object both in front of and behind them, within its field of fire. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army The guns were distributed along the line in favorable locations for either defense or offense but, as there were no prepared emplacements, the men had but little protection. The Emma Gees Skilfully concealed, at frequent intervals, were emplacements for both trench-mortars and machine-guns, all heavily concreted and covered on top with turf. Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery Went up to the trenches, to see how the emplacements were getting on, with Kitty. Letters from France "Not a bit", I replied, "I knew that the Devil was not going to destroy one of his favourite machine-gun emplacements." The Great War As I Saw It As a machine gunner I was particularly interested in the construction of the machine-gun emplacements. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army The numerous white spots all about the emplacement are the craters caused by the bombs which were rained upon it. Italy at War and the Allies in the West Not only this, but as the muddy flats and marshy islands did not permit of artillery emplacements the Italians developed an immense fleet of floating batteries. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War We found our emplacements damaged by the bombardment of the night before and had to make one new one. Letters from France These pill-boxes were machine gun emplacements made of concrete, and our heavy shells had no effect on them. Into the Jaws of Death That formidable battery was wrecked, the pieces dismounted and lying tumbled about in their emplacements. Police!!! We then discovered that our valises and stores were still floating in the water-cart emplacement—the Sikhs having turned tail when the storm broke. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 The male tank was designed for dealing with the concrete emplacements for the German machine guns. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War We had a pleasant dinner, and the rest of the evening I have spent worrying over returns, new emplacements, trench maps, &c., and so to a well-earned rest. Letters from France Some of the guns we had captured were in big concrete emplacements with six feet of concrete and steel on top of them. Into the Jaws of Death This bottle is very conspicuous because of its emplacement, because it revolves, and because it is illuminated at night. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' I repeat: first, the fire control center, then each gun emplacement. The Universe — or Nothing A bombing party working up toward the mole in search of the enemy destroyed several machine gun emplacements but not a single prisoner awarded them. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Busy all evening with indents, returns and chiefly with schemes for emplacements. Letters from France There are few cases where some contradiction of emplacement with pose cannot be detected. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres It extended as far as the emplacement of the fire, black and cold now with a gray heap of ashes in the middle. Romance I want to check your weapons control center, and every gun emplacement. The Universe — or Nothing These emplacements were in exactly the right position for use against the fortresses of Germany's foes. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War In the afternoon I received a scheme for construction of six new emplacements, and I had to go to try and find positions. Letters from France In the vast majority of cases modern sculpture is made for undetermined positions, and is fortunate if it obtains a suitable emplacement. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres The western shore is governed by another Malek, whose village lies higher up the river than the emplacement of our camp. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy At each gun emplacement, Rimov, his guards and Scarf watched Brad and Kumiko inspect sector guides, range and directional interlocks and power drives. The Universe — or Nothing The front line—practically the outpost line—marked the limit of the German offensive in April; on the right was Route "A" Keep, one of the old 1915 strong points with two concrete machine-gun emplacements. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. At 9-0 I prospected with Wilson-Jones and found a topping place for a new emplacement, which we set up forthwith, also making on the other two new ones. Letters from France Up till now, our first-line emplacement, which this time is in the village, has been favoured with complete calm, and I have known once more those hours of grace when Nature consoles me. Letters of a Soldier 1914-1915 No indications of a considerable city are however to be found on this island, which is beside too small to have served for the emplacement of a city of consequence. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy "It may slow us down a bit, but we'll need to look at gun emplacements that have minimal air or none at all." The Universe — or Nothing Serjeant Needham stormed a trench mortar emplacement, himself accounting for most of the crew. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. This afternoon and evening we have been doing more work on the emplacements. Letters from France We went down the slopes leading to our emplacement in the village. Letters of a Soldier 1914-1915 Why had they permitted the Austrians to build their big gun emplacements on the Danube without interruption? The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia The whole line was stellated with concrete machine-gun emplacements, which gave a perfect command over the former British front line trenches. The Story of the "9th King's" in France Armentières in those days was practically a network of our gun emplacements. Private Peat Yesterday I inspected the whole of the brigade trenches to see where I could make myself unpleasant to Fritz, and to-day we started making a beautiful emplacement in the salient. Letters from France Happily, in this emplacement we don't live in water as we do in the trenches. Letters of a Soldier 1914-1915 Some thirty yards in front of her, in an emplacement of its own, stands the 12lb. naval gun which has been in that neighbourhood for some days. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege Months had been spent on its preparation and in making concrete machine gun emplacements and belts of barbed wire, and its fall in one day was remarkable. The Story of the "9th King's" in France Under cover of the so-called "factory" he had built a secret gun emplacement for a large gun, to train on this same fort and demolish it when the occasion arose. Fanny Goes to War In the afternoon we worked on another emplacement and got it nearly finished. Letters from France After two bad nights in the billet owing to the lack of straw, the third night was interrupted by our sudden departure for our emplacement in the second line. Letters of a Soldier 1914-1915 The others were still in their old emplacements a mile or so farther forward, being shelled terrifically by the Austrian twelve-inch batteries, but having extraordinary luck. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. Besides this, innumerable rifle racks, bomb stores, machine gun emplacements and other works of a similar nature were completed. The Story of the "9th King's" in France Boers are busy preparing an emplacement for heavy artillery on Middle Hill, south of and flanking Bester's Ridge. Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith In the afternoon they work on emplacements and some go down for rations; they have to carry it all a mile or two, and it takes a long time, mostly through trenches. Letters from France Mattia did not show himself until the soldiers began preparing an emplacement for their gun. The Children of France A Book of Stories of the Heroism and Self-sacrifice of Youthful Patriots of France During the Great War A bombing party, working up towards the Mole extension in search of the enemy, destroyed several machine-gun emplacements, but not a single prisoner rewarded them. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. The emplacements for guns of large calibre have concrete foundations. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 In the meantime he has had his gun's name, "Lady Ellen," neatly carved on a stone and put up on his emplacement. From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War My men do some work every day making emplacements, as those already in the trench do not come up to my standard at all, and we need a lot more to move the guns about. Letters from France Special care was taken with regard to the emplacement of the tower, either its sides or its angles being made exactly to confront the cardinal points. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. The exact emplacement of the second upon the first is also doubtful, while the original mode of access is undiscovered; and thus the plan of the building is in many respects still defective. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Presently we were creeping through seas of mud down into the gun emplacement, so carefully concealed that no aeroplane overhead could guess it. The War on All Fronts: England's Effort Letters to an American Friend The emplacement is a small mountain in itself; the men have run out into holes. From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War That is what we have been working for, for the last week making emplacements to guard against their shells. Letters from France Not far from here was the emplacement of our old friend "Windy Annie," but alas! Five Months at Anzac A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force Its emplacement upon the first story is exact as respects the angles, but not central as regards the four sides. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. They examined all the country over which they were likely to fight, both in Belgium and in France, and wherever they saw good positions for guns they built foundations and emplacements for them. My Adventures as a Spy The great yellow emplacement of their fourth big piece on Gun Hill stood up like a Spit-head Fort. From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War Then I went with my sergeant to see about new emplacements. Letters from France After several weeks of sapping and counter sapping, the Boers, though supported by the fire of the big gun in its new emplacement, were expelled from the Brickfields on March 23. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans We are further, perhaps, justified in concluding, from the careful emplacement of Urukh's temples, that the science of astronomy was already cultivated in his reign, and was regarded as having a certain connection with religion. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. In order to divert suspicion, a German would buy or rent a farm on which it was desired to build an emplacement. My Adventures as a Spy Although the guns and emplacements were shattered the bombproofs and ammunition chambers remained intact, and, running back, formed a perfect network of trenches and entanglements right around the semicircular valley. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 They were then close up to the front of the German line with its network of barbed wire, its machine-gun emplacements, often of concrete, and its underground chambers for sheltering men from the shells. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 The assaulters encircled the emplacement, but could not find the gun. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans This is best done by the following: Place the machine guns under solid cover; make their emplacement invisible; echelon the machine guns in depth. Military Instructors Manual There was nothing to attract attention or suspicion about this, and numbers of these emplacements are said to have been made before war began. My Adventures as a Spy At that date, however, there were practically no carriages upon which to mount these guns and only thirty-one emplacements for guns and sixty-four for mortars. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland He steered the ship low between a gap in the oncoming hills, as unseen emplacements opened fire on his pursuit. Oberheim (Voices) We halted close to the emplacement where one of the Boer guns had been yesterday. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. Enough emplacements should be built to avoid firing daily from the emplacements especially reserved for cases of attack. Military Instructors Manual When war broke out and the troops arrived on the ground, the buildings were hastily pulled down and there were the emplacements all ready for the guns. My Adventures as a Spy Nor were all these emplacements in condition to receive their armament. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland His instructions as to its emplacement were so correct, that the servants found it instantly, but torn in pieces, and the fragments strewed on the floor. The Idler in France Bob attempted to pull his chum back, for it was almost certain death to stand up in front of a machine-gun emplacement. The Khaki Boys over the Top Doing and Daring for Uncle Sam All communicating trenches leading to the firing emplacement must be concealed. Military Instructors Manual The Germans had raffled to the defense of their hiding place and had hurriedly thrown up an emplacement for their machine guns. The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet With a supply of finished guns of large caliber already on hand, to which additions should now rapidly follow, the wisdom of providing carriages and emplacements for their mount can not be too strongly urged. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland The recess is roofed over, heavily protected with sandbags, and lined with iron plates; for a machine-gun emplacement is the object of frequent and pressing attention from high-explosive shells. The First Hundred Thousand From somewhere at the rear, perhaps from emplacements in or near the French support trenches, the steady drumming of machine-gun fire began. Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche Located by the infantry commander, in concealed emplacements behind the first line, to deliver successive barrages from flanking positions. Military Instructors Manual A train of the Militar-Personenzug variety bore me next morning through a country of barbed wire, gun emplacements and fields seamed with trenches to Tapiau, a town withered in the blast of war. The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War The manufacture of heavy ordnance keeps pace with current needs, but to render these guns available for the purposes they are designed to meet emplacements must be prepared for them. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland Positions and emplacements are being constantly improved, communication trenches widened or made more secure. The First Hundred Thousand Dug-outs were bombed, emplacements destroyed, and a respectable bag of captives brought over. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand The concealment of machine gun emplacements is important. Military Instructors Manual They pull up new guns and shift their emplacements. On the Edge of the War Zone From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes Our position was semi-circular in form and about three-quarters of a mile long; its main strength lay in a chain of machine-gun emplacements at intervals of about two hundred yards. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 8, 1917 When the German star-shell had spent itself they crossed the road, to the rear of the redoubt, and marked the other two emplacements—in comparative safety now. The First Hundred Thousand He had stationed himself in a concrete emplacement in the front line, the better to "observe" the fire of his guns when it should be required. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand Consequently, it is only at night or in case of attack that machine gun crews will occupy their defense emplacements. Military Instructors Manual There were suggestions of huge gun emplacements above there, and nearer were piles of mighty cylinders that were perhaps ammunition. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth At last nearly all the men were killed, and on his side of the emplacement the Abbé Armand was left with two men alive. The Soul of the War He has his own emplacements in the line, but he never appears to use them. The First Hundred Thousand In the grounds of another country place were discovered concrete emplacements for the use of the German siege-guns. Fighting in Flanders Trench Armament.—A few machine guns are set in concealed emplacements along the trench to cover important salients. Military Instructors Manual You can still see the trenches and gun emplacements; I cleared them out yesterday. This Is the End With that marvellous foresight which the Germans had shown in all their plans, these had been embedded in cement two weeks before in high emplacements, while their advanced columns were threatening down to Paris. The Soul of the War This necessitated the digging of a sap of about ten yards in length, collecting all the materials for making an emplacement, and mounting our machine gun. Bullets & Billets And so we dug Johnson out from his snug barricade of cigarettes, that hid him as an emplacement hides a gun, and we unstrapped my wee piano, and set it up in the road. A Minstrel in France A trench mortar emplacement is dug in the rear wall of the trench, or a shell hole is utilized, care being taken to conceal it from aerial observation. Military Instructors Manual He dwelt seriously upon the difficulty of rendering permanent gun emplacements and heavy artillery invisible to the airman by resort to the usual type of gun shields. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Meanwhile, bridges had been thrown across trenches and 'boyaux', and the artillery, leaving the emplacements where they had been anchored a whole year, came across and took position in the open, a magnificent spectacle. Poems I went to the end of the traverse alongside the emplacement, and watched the German trenches. Bullets & Billets An unfortunate shell in the 1st killed a sergeant and wounded two men; thanks to the strong emplacements the rest of the crew escaped. In Flanders Fields and Other Poems Each company must provide for emplacements for mine throwers to be served by the artillery and for pneumatic guns to be served by their own men. Military Instructors Manual It will throw up several lines, or still better, tiers of shallow trenches along its front and flanks, with emplacements for artillery and machine guns. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places The lines of hills were made for the emplacement of guns. The Man in Gray At about an hour before dawn we had got as far as making the emplacement. Bullets & Billets He explained to Andrew what places had been British gun emplacements, pointed to the white chalk lines that had been British trenches. The Mountebank Boyaux are sometimes used for lateral defence and often emplacements for automatic guns are arranged to cover stretches of them. Military Instructors Manual Not long after the first digging party, our General decided, after a careful tour of inspection of the communication trenches, upon "an ideal spot," as he termed it, for a machine-gun emplacement. Over the Top The gun emplacements that fired them were all along the coast� of Europe and it wasn't long before they were sending them over at� night. The Biography of a Rabbit Light was breaking across the sky before the job was done, and we had still to complete the top guard of our emplacement. Bullets & Billets In 1684 Monseigneur de Laval obtained this site or emplacement from M. de la Barre for the purpose of erecting a supplementary chapel for the use of the inhabitants in the Lower Town. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present Shell-holes may be imitated for machine gun emplacements, but in any case they should be connected by underground passage with the trenches. Military Instructors Manual This was welcome tidings to us, because— Next day the General changed the dot on his map and another emplacement was completed the following night. Over the Top I can't remember why I didn't take any pictures during flight training but Bill Haynes, from Chicago, and I took a lot around the base, of the planes, gun emplacements, etc. The Biography of a Rabbit We were bound to complete that emplacement, so, at convenient intervals, we crept to the opening, and after saying "one, two, three!" suddenly plumped a newly-filled sandbag on the top. Bullets & Billets And instantly we heard of concrete emplacements in this country—at Willesden, Edinburgh, and elsewhere. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough Make false emplacements to utilize this dirt; also dig dummy trenches about one foot deep, leaving the sides sharp so that they will show clearly on aerial photographs. Military Instructors Manual Several stories had been told about an officer wearing a red band around his cap, who patrolled the front-line and communication trenches asking suspicious questions as to location of batteries, machine-gun emplacements, and trench mortars. Over the Top We would haul it around on a truck and set it up at a gun emplacement. The Biography of a Rabbit We made a very excellent and strong emplacement on the road, and used it henceforth. Bullets & Billets The famous concrete emplacement at Maubeuge will serve as an instance. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough Trench Mortars: Two trench mortars have been assigned to the Central sector and the Commanding officer, Company "C," is charged with the construction of emplacements therefor and the manning of them. Military Instructors Manual After half-an-hour's breather they were to go on to some machine-gun emplacements, dispose of these, wait a further twenty minutes, and then take the town. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 5, 1917 The search-lights and the huge gun positions and the maze of trenches, barbed wire and machine-gun emplacements hewn out of the living rock, of course, to the Teuton mind, do not constitute defence. Sketches of the East Africa Campaign I handed over all my gun emplacements to the incoming machine-gun officer, and finally collected my various sections with all their tackle on the road as well. Bullets & Billets The whole city was undermined with tunnels and dugouts, which had been reinforced with concrete, and most of the ruined buildings had been turned into machine-gun emplacements. America's War for Humanity During the day it is never left in place nor fired from its actual emplacement. Military Instructors Manual Strong redoubts, mine-fields, concrete gun emplacements—everything that the best brains of the German Army could devise for our destruction—had been lavished on the German lines. Towards the Goal I took off the wheels and put the guns on the carriages in emplacements, erecting a sandbag parapet in front as cover during the night of July 4th. History of the Gatling Gun Detachment, Fifth Army Corps, at Santiago With a Few Unvarnished Truths Concerning that Expedition We made a long and exhaustive examination that night, both of the existing machine-gun emplacements and of the entire ground, with a view to changing our positions. Bullets & Billets For 'tis my purpose still to temporize, Not break with him in war till once again I scour the far emplacements of our tribes. Tecumseh : a Drama If this is inconvenient for movement along the boyau, individual emplacements must be made in the side wall for firing. Military Instructors Manual They had no sooner got over the enemy trenches, and were peering about for the possible location of the machine gun emplacement, when they were greeted with bursts of fire. Air Service Boys in the Big Battle Or, Silencing the Big Guns Tiffany, with two of his men, aiding in digging the emplacements. History of the Gatling Gun Detachment, Fifth Army Corps, at Santiago With a Few Unvarnished Truths Concerning that Expedition To have this gun on the road meant making an emplacement there somehow. Bullets & Billets The woods began, a shattered skeleton of woods, full of old artillery emplacements and dugouts, where torn camouflage fluttered from splintered trees. Three Soldiers Machine Gun Emplacements.—Shell-holes with a good field of fire and emplacements along boyaux are the best location for machine guns. Military Instructors Manual Now the cavalry went into action and guns moved away farther to the east for higher emplacement. Red Fleece Straight up to these emplacements they crawled, shoved their noses into the walls, and uprooted them; then crawled calmly over the debris. The Boy Allies with Haig in Flanders Or, the Fighting Canadians of Vimy Ridge The contrast of this with the emplacement of the establishment on his bald head-top was to be the success of the idea. The Beautiful Lady They showed us emplacement after emplacement without a stick of artillery in it. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me Their protection is secured by placing them under shelter during the bombardment and making their emplacements as nearly invisible as possible. Military Instructors Manual The town above and the emplacements adjoining which had kept their secret so well, were now in a blur of sulphur and action directed upon the cavalry charge. Red Fleece Down went emplacements that the Germans had spent days in making secure. The Boy Allies with Haig in Flanders Or, the Fighting Canadians of Vimy Ridge One committee has jurisdiction of the guns, another committee has jurisdiction of the emplacement of the guns. Community Civics and Rural Life For within three weeks from the time we sat there, the general had surrendered in the gulch below the air-tram wire and the Germans had come with their big guns to fill the vacant emplacements! The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me They will frequently inspect their guns, emplacements, etc. Military Instructors Manual The way became steep for the wagons as they neared the emplacements. Red Fleece At the same time the camp began to swarm with men, and crowds of tiny figures were observed clambering on to the entrenchments and gun emplacements, eagerly watching the development of the fight. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Would not it be sufficient to build an after-room on the whole emplacement, to which people might resort from all assemblies? The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 With an arm where a brassard glitters in gold-edged silk and golden ornament, a captain indicates the firing-step in front of an old emplacement and invites the visitors to get up and try it. Under Fire: the story of a squad They are responsible for cleanliness and maintenance of the emplacements. Military Instructors Manual The Russian higher batteries had been trying the same game among the Austrian emplacements, but could not see results. Red Fleece The Massachusetts tore a gaping hole in the emplacement with a 1,000- pound projectile, and the Texas dropped a shell into the powder magazine. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom Has the Foreign Office warned you that you are being pursued by a female spy who is determined to obtain possession of a certain list of gun emplacements? Augustus Does His Bit When night fell Colonel Sim was despatched with a party of Sappers to clear the track and to prepare two emplacements upon the top, but in his advance he met the retiring infantry. The Great Boer War To provide for this resistance to a finish, the machine gun emplacements must fulfil the following conditions: 1. Military Instructors Manual The parapet was evenly built up, the firing step had been partly restored, and in the Snout there were good emplacements for the machine guns. One of Ours |
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