| 单词 | enfilade |
| 例句 | The guns to the right, on the Rocky Hill, would enfilade the line. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The next charge struck die angle at the boulder, at the colors, lapped around it, ran into the new line, was enfiladed, collapsed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He braced himself for one of Lillian’s cold, puissant lectures to enfilade the dispirited citadel of his self-respect. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Up ahead, the plesiosaur riders were probably readying their artillery, or simply loading their muskets to enfilade them as soon as they were in range. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z They had flanked us with ease—they fired upon us from the side—and we, enfiladed, fled—hearing cries as men fell behind us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z After more than 1,500 online battles, I now find myself daydreaming about obscure military concepts with vaguely suggestive names like gun depression, defilade and enfilade. Video Game Review: World of Tanks, Armored Combat Video Game - Review 2011-09-16T21:51:48Z Display cases running down the center of one long gallery form a double-sided enfilade of items grouped by texture, pattern and color. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Reopens 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z “The Wolf House undermined the axial enfilade of reception rooms of the 19th-century bourgeoisie,” Mr. Neumann added. A Push to Rebuild a Mies Van Der Rohe Modernist Gem 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Traveling there, Ireland photographed enfiladed rooms in knotty pine, and glass-front built-ins abandoned to a lone rifle and scant rows of books. A Photographer Follows Paul Revere Williams Into the West 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z From there visitors arrive in the Gallery’s central hall, a soaring, colonnaded room off of which lead symmetrical, barrel-vaulted passageways lined with enfiladed boutiques showcasing various aspects of RH’s far-flung product line. Step Inside RH’s New West Hollywood Location 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Wright put a winter garden on one of the terraces, which, he explains, “made a space for entertaining in an enfilade with the breakfast room and the elliptical dining room.” 2009-12-21T05:00:00Z Two of them, “The Old Temple” and “The Fountains,” probably flanked an interior doorway leading to a long “enfilade” of rooms. Hubert Robert, the painter for the ‘don’t go there, live there’ crowd 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Arabesque patterns are carved into walls, and enfilades of arched pavilions lead through atmospheric public spaces. Morocco’s Hot New Hotel 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Others are escort sprints where you have to guide a vulnerable ally through enfilade fire. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Is a Strategy Masterpiece 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z "They’re simple and not enfiladed, so the progression from one to another never feels monotonous. You always pass through a connective space with natural light." Frank Gehry's Masterful Fondation Louis Vuitton Debuts in Paris 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Anybody in the enfilade of dove gray salons, where Christian Dior himself once trod, could feel the hand of history. 2010-01-26T04:40:00Z Brodsky, future winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, lived in a single room that had been part of a palatial enfilade. Joseph Brodsky Slept Here. The Great Poet’s Cranky Neighbor Couldn’t Care Less. 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z The towers, rounded to deflect incoming boulders, will project outward — the better to hit illegal immigrants with enfilading fire from crossbows. Opinion | Trump’s wall isn’t evil. It’s medieval. 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z At regimental headquarters, the general received reports of bad sniping and enfilading machine gun fire from the forward units. AP WAS THERE: 75 years ago, reporter lands on Attu Island 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z The facts tell you that in houses like Buckingham Palace, rooms are arranged in an enfilade, connected via doorways that frame the rooms beyond, one leading to the next and so on. 'The Crown' production designer Martin Childs shares how he creates those lavish sets 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Patrolling southern Afghanistan in column formation limited maneuverability, made it difficult to mass fire, and exposed us to enfilading machine-gun bursts. The folly of the next Afghan “surge” 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z The Vermont Senator is now the target of a familiar enfilade of deceptive attacks, misdirection and character assassination—even if liberals don’t like seeing this divisive style deployed against one of their own. Honest and Dishonest Socialism 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z The gigantic rampart was unflanked, and the covered ways in the face of it subject to enfilade from end to end. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z In a single night we had carried our sap some thirty yards beyond theirs, and at such an angle that we enfiladed their sap, while only eighty yards divided the pair. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Within pistol-shot distance, grape and canister enfilading the dense lines of men and horses, carried destruction through their ranks. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z The Gunners, as usual, behaved with the utmost gallantry, but they too came under the same enfilading fire as the Dorsets and every man of the detachment except Captain Boscawen fell either killed or wounded. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z All three blockhouses were constructed as bastions, so as to enfilade the northern and eastern faces. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z Their position was thus enfiladed, and they retired. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z They had taken up their position behind the eastern wing of the kopje, engaging a body of the enemy whose flank fire enfiladed our position. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z The advantage of the position was entirely ours, for my men on the flank, enfilading the parapet, shot down all who attempted to dislodge us, while upon our side we rendered them the same service. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z From here the Germans could be plainly seen advancing diagonally across the fields in innumerable short lines, which the cavalry fire was able to enfilade and materially check. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z Two cars found the enemy massing up a road, and their machine guns enfiladed the field-gray men and killed them in large numbers. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z Baffled but not beaten, they too sought shelter under the embankment on either side, and some of them, at the extreme horn of the arc, so placed themselves that they could enfilade the defenders. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z Their rifle fire stretched from the extremities of either flank and enfiladed the interior trenches of the kopje. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z A quick march of less than three hours brought us before its walls, and, advancing my little battery, I prepared to enfilade the parapet and cover the advance of our stormers. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z In the moment of victory, however, they were heavily enfiladed from the trenches recently occupied by Captain Burnett's company, and numbers fell. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z Long lines of attacking infantry were caught by our machine-gun fire in enfilade, and were shot down in line as they advanced. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z They were now protected by the embankment except where the machine-gun still enfiladed them, but Jackson's ammunition was running short, and fired less rapidly than before. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z Porter’s masses were in almost direct line from the point at which I stood, and in enfilade fire. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z The enfiladed page fell face down on the desk. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z It thinned our line and laid us open at all times to the risk of enfilading attacks from north and south. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z Yes; two figures rise from the rank weeds, and flashing barrels enfilade the flock. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z They had prepared for an attack from the east, but when they found the Spaniards arriving in great force upon their right flank, enfilading their strong entrenchments, they became demoralised and took to flight. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z As the fire came from an enfilade direction, the troops assumed that they were under enfilade fire, and General Anderson changed position without reporting. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z These were formed in zig-zag fashion, the object being to form shelter sections along the entire trench, so that those within would not be subjected to what is called an enfilading fire. The Boy Volunteers with the French Airman 2011-11-07T02:00:17.100Z The Camerons were enfiladed at close range by the German artillery on the other side of the Factory, and had lanes torn through their ranks. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z The Argentine troops would be enfiladed in the close gut before they could form in line of battle. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Who can forget Colonel Funston’s gallant exploit in crossing the Rio Grande on a raft under fire with two companies of Kansas Infantry and enfilading the Tagals’ position? The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z “General Wheeler: “Lieutenant-General Longstreet orders you to proceed down the road towards the enemy’s right, and with your artillery endeavor to enfilade his line, with celerity. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z So necessity, the mother of invention, suggested to him a formation which poured something like two crossing enfilades into the head of the cavalry column. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z The left flank of the Dorsets was now exposed to enfilading fire from the ridge on which Givenchy stands, and their position was distinctly precarious. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z Gradually the enemy began to work round to the British right, till the thin line of bluejackets was in danger of being enfiladed. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z Then from the brush to the right, the trench's enfilading murder—it was pretty indeed. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z They placed their machine-guns here and there behind walls and new barricades, so that they could enfilade the approaches to the bridges and the streets on the opposite side of the river. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z They failed to realize that with the Allied line pressed they were in danger of being enfiladed. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z It was nearly the middle of October that the two redoubts projecting beyond the British lines and enfilading the American intrenchments were taken by storm. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z Thereupon the horse-batteries on the flank enfiladed the enemy's wing with such effect, that the farm was set on fire and General von Orff found himself able to take possession of it. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z Their defenders were now treated to the enfilade fire of a number of Hanoverian batteries that galloped down to Little Waltham. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z The enemy retired, and our men, though mowed down at every step, rushed on at double-quick, until at length the brigade on the right of Brown broke in confusion, exposing him to an enfilading fire. Chattanooga and Chickamauga Reprint of Gen. H. V. Boynton's letters to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, August, 1888. 2011-05-10T02:00:58.760Z This unfortunate quarter was now taken in enfilade from the front and the flank by nearly a hundred ordnance pieces. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z The two trouées or openings, in particular, already mentioned, by which it was foreseen the Allies would endeavour to force an entrance, were so enfiladed by cross batteries as to be wellnigh unassailable. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z Great care should, however, be taken not to expose the trenches to oblique or enfilade fire; or at least to protect them, if so exposed, by traversing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z It was necessary to carry out both these flanking attacks in order to prevent the main attack from being enfiladed from right and left. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z On the left was the long enfilade of reception rooms, with the vast audience chamber and milor's own withdrawing room beyond. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z The main arch is walled up to stop the projectiles that enfiladed it. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z These provided flanking fire along the front; they also afforded refuges for the garrison in case of a successful escalade, and from them the platform could be enfiladed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Trenches give much less protection against oblique or enfilade fire than they do against frontal fire, although the main purpose of 'bays' is to lessen the effect of enfilading. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z He led the way through the large folding doors and thence along the enfilade of gorgeous reception rooms, the corridors, landings and staircase which Lydie herself had traversed just now. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z At the Place des Fêtes two of our pieces enfiladed the Rue de Crimée and protected our right flank. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z It was now well inside the French position, and no longer felt the enfilade fire that swept the crest it had passed over. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Traverses to protect the terreplein of the ramparts from enfilade. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z We were in a sack and the foe was pouring an enfilading fire upon us. The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry 2011-03-28T02:00:23.133Z She only wanted to get away, to put the whole enfilade of the next reception rooms between herself and the scene which had just taken place. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z And some of both, distributed round the house, already enfiladed it. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z The enfilading line is broken, and through its riven ranks the camp animals sweep as a hurricane. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z Traverses are used for the first time on the covered way to guard against enfilade fire; and the re-entering place of arms, to which Vauban attached considerable importance, is large. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z In Glencorse Wood the Lancashire men were enfiladed by machine-guns when a large part of the wood was no longer in our hands. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Unhappily, their unit, the Rifle Brigade, was enfiladed and forced to fall back on its old lines. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z For there was more than one army left free to enfilade them. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Their intention is first to enfilade the animal at long distance off, then contract the circle, so as to have him sure. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z He provides a very large re-entering place of arms, also with a keep, the ditches of which are carefully traced so as to be protected from enfilade by the salients of the ravelin and bastion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Here the enemy held his line in strength, and protected it with a fierce machine-gun barrage and enfilade fire from many batteries which were quick to get into action. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z A heavy enfilading fire was at that time raking the trench. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Once again, and soon, was it enfiladed by an armed force, not for siege or leaguer, but instant assault. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Then other detachments follow these, as if to form an enfilading line when the time comes for it. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z On 20th October the Manchesters were surrounded, and their trenches were enfiladed by German fire. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z Far out in front of their line was a place called Whitechapel—a curious coincidence that Londoners should attack in its neighbourhood—and nearer to them, scattered about in enfilade positions, were other "pill-boxes." From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z It was folly to break through the enemy's line on a narrow front, for the troops which entered the gap were at once enfiladed and exposed to a murderous fire on their flanks. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z The enfilading fire shattered the timber-work, and the bombs set fire to the tents made of macaw-tree foliage, which the negroes threw flaming into the ditch. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z It's just what I told you ... enfiladed from that high ground over there—two machine-guns....' The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z By means of these traverses each section of the trench becomes a separate trench, and the whole of it cannot be enfiladed. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z Here and there the men crossed more easily, and that led to some parts of the line getting farther forward then others and so to being enfiladed on the right or left. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z If any considerable body of men changes front, it immediately lays itself open to enfilade from the enemy whom it originally faced. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Four of these were exposed to enfilade fire. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z The second one—the Valley of Death—was about as near to Inferno as I wish to see, for it was enfiladed from both ends, and you had shell-fire from three directions. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z Furiously counter-attacked, and enfiladed by machine-gun fire, the Guards were finally driven back to the two short sections of trench which they had won. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z Their field-guns are now able to enfilade Houthulst Forest on the western side, and the German guns north of that must be making their escape. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z This height of land commanded almost every portion of the field occupied by the Union army, and from it Sickles' line, as it stood at daybreak, could be completely enfiladed. Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 A history of Company F, First United States sharp shooters 2011-01-28T03:00:21.780Z From Caribou Ridge the Turks could enfilade parts of our firing line. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z He was full of 'the high ground on the right' from which his party would 'obviously' be enfiladed and shot down to a man. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z When our front line was hung up by enfilading machine-gun fire Captain Bell crept forward and shot the machine gunner. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z Would Meade move directly across the Rapidan and attack Lee in front, with every passage, every hill and ravine enfiladed by Rebel cannon? The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The rest were put out of action in taking some trenches; they won their trenches, but were enfiladed. With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War The fire is, of course, almost always frontal, though enfilade and oblique fire, when opportunities occur for their employment, are more deadly than ever, because of the depth of the cone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" “To be sure they are, and if you sit still you will be able to enfilade them as they retreat.” A Double Knot The result, however, was that the Irish Tynesiders were exposed on their right to a deadly enfilading fire that swept across from Oviliers, which was not yet in British possession. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z They were on Meade's left flank and enfiladed his lines, throwing shells directly up the road. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z They soon cut down the palisades, and, throwing their grenades before them, erelong got into the covered way; but there they were exposed to a dreadful fire from two ravelins which enfiladed it. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 Still stronger than these were the traverses, which prevented an enfilading fire. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document All of these works were open in the rear, and could be enfiladed and some of them taken in reverse by an enemy approaching on the lake. Battle of Fort George A paper read on March 14th, 1896 On the 8th General Outram was firmly established on the north bank of the Goomtee, with a siege-train of twenty-two heavy guns, with which he completely turned and enfiladed the enemy's strong position. Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude The guns in the forts by the house of Mr. Dunn give a direct front fire, while those by the house of Mr. Osborn on the north enfilade the line. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z From the position they had won the Sikhs could enfilade the main wall itself. The Unveiling of Lhasa The other ships were to fire at angles with the fort so as to make an enfilading fire as much as possible. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document We took their firing trench, but had to vacate it because it was subject to an enfilading fire from the enemy. The Black Watch A Record in Action Rifle pits are being dug completely around it, enfilading all the principal streets of the town. An Artilleryman's Diary South, and on higher ground, was a redan,—a strong work with two guns, which enfiladed the ravine. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z On the morning of the 18th bullets from a new direction were whizzing in amongst us, and partly enfilading our traverses. The Unveiling of Lhasa These precautions enabled the defenders to enfilade the approaching enemy. The Greater Republic A History of the United States The ships opened a fire to enfilade and dislodge them. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Then set up to enfilade if they try to come up over there. Triplanetary Howard's guns in the cemetery would trouble them most by enfilading the lines. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z From this spot Tibetan riflemen were enfilading our troops held in reserve. The Unveiling of Lhasa The heights were soon captured, and a position secured from which the rebel lines could be enfiladed. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Major Majoribanks and his troops could still enfilade the left flank of the Americans from their covert among the thickets on the border of the stream. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools As they came near the French earthworks, a French battery right upon their flank at the edge of the wood opened upon them, enfilading whole ranks and doing, in the shortest time, terrible execution. Malplaquet The Fifth Maine battery was in an exceedingly favorable position, at an angle of the earthworks, east of the hill, and cut down the Rebels with a destructive enfilading fire. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z We received their fire from the north, south and west of the Redoubt, completely enfilading our ditches, and rendering it almost impracticable for a man to expose his person above the parapet. The Battle of Allatoona, October 5th, 1864 He had thrown up a redoubt on the edge of the river, and mounted it with cannon so as to enfilade the ditch in front of his line. Elsie at Viamede The batteries on Province Island enfiladed the works. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools A shot from the enemy entering the store, enfiladed a long line of barrels, scattering the staves and their contents. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 The guns by Deep Run, in front of Pender's brigade, enfiladed the line from the right, while in reserve were two full brigades,—Thomas's and Gregg's,—to fill the gap. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z We crossed at United States Ford, going in position on the surrounding heights, which enfilade the other side. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery In front of Crittenden’s corps across the river was high ground, the occupation of which would enable an enfilade fire to be brought on the remainder of Polk’s corps. The Battle of Stone River Not one escapes the dreadful havoc of the guns, which from a distance of less than two hundred yards enfilades the bridge. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II Thus one party could assist the other by enfilading the attacking force, unless they were in sufficient strength to pursue both together. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I Russell moving along the road received an enfilading fire from artillery and musketry. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The batteries from our side were playing from a hill on the east side of Antler's Run, pouring a galling enfilading fire into the rebel Une. Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles Twice their flank was turned, their line enfiladed, and themselves driven with the loss of about thirty, from two successive cattle walls. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Reid found his regiment in the enemy's enfilading fire, and they swept his line. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War Then, with a wild yelling, to give the rebels the impression that a large body had come over, they pushed forward to enfilade the enemy’s trenches as first proposed. The Campaign of the Jungle or, Under Lawton through Luzon On this day, the 16th, when we hear of his leaving Grierson for the third time, his headquarters should have been in Scarlet, and his guns should have enfiladed the weak posts of Piffle. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers We would have massacred them to a man, were it not for one of their batteries before Mockern, which enfiladed us and forced us to give up the pursuit. The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 Both ridges were completely swept by the enfilading fire, which each now poured upon us. History of Morgan's Cavalry The attacking force had flanked the works and was pouring in a deadly, enfilading musketry fire. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War We went to work, to raise and thicken the little bank already there, in front of our gun, and to build a short “traverse” to the right, for protection from enfilade fire. From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw Our men were exposed to an enfilading fire, not being supported by the divisions intended to co-operate in the movement. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital The whole rear of the Tamaseses was enfiladed by this flank fire; and I have seen a house there, by the river brink, that was riddled with bullets like a piece of worm-eaten wreck-wood. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) It eats up men, eats up rations, eats up priceless ammunition, and it leads to nowhere, enfilades no position, threatens no one. With the French in France and Salonika The forts were connected by a curtain of rifle-pits containing a re-entrant angle, thus providing for a reciprocal enfilading fire in case either was attacked. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War We pushed up, until we got an enfilade fire upon their lines. From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw The enemy annoyed us severely by placing a battery on our left, which completely enfiladed our line. The Battle of Atlanta and Other Campaigns, Addresses, Etc. Subsequently the right flank of the Battalion was not only enfiladed but exposed to fire from their rear. With Manchesters in the East They had exposed themselves to the enfilading fire of the guns on the western slope of Cemetery Hill; that exposure sealed their fate. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry They were met by a murderous enfilading fire, and after an obstinate struggle were forced back. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War I therefore enfiladed the position and took cover. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 25, 1914 Through the enemy lines they swept, enfiladed on three sides, and losing so heavily that only a few escaped from the desperate venture. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War The retreat from the more advanced trenches to the original Turkish firing line, necessitated by enfilade fire and by the absence of reinforcements, proved far deadlier than the advance. With Manchesters in the East The slopes which had to be stormed were thickly wooded, which greatly facilitated their defense, while the main French approach trenches were exposed to a double enfilade fire, rendering their use impossible in daytime. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War The forts near Dunn's house had direct front fire, and those on the north an enfilading fire on the line of advance. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War Deployed on the flank of this position, the Serbian gunners had suddenly covered it with a terrible enfilading fire and men, horses, carts, and wagons lay in a mangled heap. The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources By consulting the map it will be seen that the artillery positions south of Villers direct an enfilading fire on the plateau of Flaucourt and points near by. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War Several of the Turkish trenches could be easily enfiladed from the sea and H.M.S. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources The German batteries posted at Angres were able to enfilade the valley on the north. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War It lay at the foot of a rapid declivity, enfiladed by the fire of Chapultepec, and so situated, that not a shot could be discharged but must fall into an assailing column. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 Finding the fort could be easily enfiladed, Gen. Lee advised abandoning it; but the governor refused, telling Moultrie to keep his post, until he himself ordered the retreat. Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 Shells are falling and then cease, and the 'click,' 'click,' of the machine gun's enfilading fire is heard. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War At either end of the bay were small rock positions from which it was possible to enfilade the elaborate system of defenses. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources They found a post from which they could enfilade the breastwork, and at their first discharge of grape sent its defenders into the redoubt for safety. The Siege of Boston But the East Yorks had been unable to advance owing to the wire not having all been cut and the machine-gun fire that enfiladed them from their flanks. From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade I have been given a special job by the general to enfilade a wood over the Mound. “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went Russian machine guns had been placed in such positions that they enfiladed the salient in three directions and made it untenable. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War At Gaba Tepe and on the heights to the north of the beach the Turks posted guns and enfiladed the Narrows beach. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources The gunners spring from their seats, wheel their pieces and throw their shells, an enfilading fire, into the upper works. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field It projected in a salient from their average line and enfiladed the main road running from our position to Messines. From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade Two guns, which began to shoot from a well-concealed spot near the Elandslaagte road, now took the British line in enfilade, and partially in reverse. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government The salient shuts in the end of the valley and enfilades it. Attack An Infantry Subaltern's Impression of July 1st, 1916 This exposed the right wing of the British, which was enfiladed by the Turkish riflemen and machine gun batteries and suffered terrible losses. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources Both were strong works, with bastions and angles, and ditches that could be swept by an enfilading fire. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field A few yards south of the blacksmith shop a dressing station had been fitted up in the ruins of another farm house at a cross-road which subsequently came to be known as "enfiladed cross-road." "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Fusiliers to change direction to their right, extend, and endeavour to beat down the enemy's enfilading musketry, which was pouring across the plain, here smooth as a glacis and as destitute of cover. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government At each corner was a bastion, from which an attacking force could be enfiladed. Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 “There’s another chap creeping away yonder so as to enfilade us from the left.” The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War A week later came a West wind that enfiladed, so that what remained of the little point was caught in the cross-play of the weathers. Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation The gas, shell fire, enfilading fire and machine gun fire they fancied had again done their work, and they ventured out of their trenches and charged against the centre of our line. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders The Scandinavians, posted on the level ground at the junction of the Boer left and centre, had, from the first, enfiladed the British troops. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government Meanwhile our bandoliers were nearly empty, and the Boers were creeping round to our right, which would enable them to enfilade our position. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition Shortly after the monitors and the bow guns of the fleet began firing, the enemy's gunboats and the Tennessee moved out from behind Morgan and took their position enfilading the channel. Admiral Farragut The Austrians were from first to last superior in numbers on the battle-field; their enfilading batteries were able to sweep the French lines for several hours, and the carnage was dreadful. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) The ground on his right which I had crossed was badly enfiladed. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders As the brigade approached the low ridge it was seen that the 1st battalion was in danger of being enfiladed. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government They are very deep and zig-zag in shape so that they cannot be enfiladed. Over the top with the 25th Chronicle of events at Vimy Ridge and Courcellette The others followed obediently enough, while Jeb, in a position to enfilade the column—thus maintaining a command of each file—brought up the rear. Where the Souls of Men are Calling Fire trenches are divided into sections or bays by means of traverses which intercept side or enfilade fire and limit the effect of shells, bombs or grenades, which burst inside of the trench. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Sand bags and port holes were adjusted to this new form of fire and orders were issued to open enfilade fire after nine at night, sniping briskly. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders The Unseen riflemen enfilade the attack. battalions were also enfiladed from trenches on the right and left. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government The first half of his sentry-goes passed quickly enough, but the second dragged a bit, his thoughts being exhausted, and those beastly whirling enfilading bullets seeming to come more frequently. The Tale of a Trooper They had got under cover of a bridge, which, however, after a short delay, we managed to enfilade with a charge of grape and thus cleared them out. The Life of Gordon, Volume I Fixed rests for rifles, giving them the proper aim to enfilade the fence, were prepared at the blockhouses for use at night. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Colonel Burland to the enfiladed crossroads to see what troops were there, and to learn if any word had come through from headquarters. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders But the watercourse not only faded to nothing before it reached the terrace wall, but was open to the enemy's view and enfiladed by his musketry throughout its length. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government Mac set about improving the trench and forming a small right angle to prevent enfilade and to protect the flank. The Tale of a Trooper Soon the fleet found a point of fire from which it could enfilade the forts, and thereafter a perfect hail of shell and grape-shot fell in the trenches. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Troops deployed and under fire can not change front, and thus they suffer greatly when enfiladed. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition The left section was about eighty yards away from the enemy and subject to constant bombing and enfilade fire. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Sir G. White was at that moment himself with the batteries, which were being enfiladed again, this time by some guns on the low ground below and south of Pepworth. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government He will cover the right flank of the general movement, and will endeavour to take up a position on Hlangwane Hill, where he will enfilade the kopjes north of the iron bridge. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Its object is to afford a plunging fire, especially into the near approaches of a besieger, and to shelter adjacent faces from enfilade. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. They were to assault the southeastern face of the Kauwukah system as soon as the bombardment had proved effective, and thence take the remainder of the system in enfilade. World's War Events, Vol. II If we kept our artillery west of the canal where they could not be enfiladed, the shells would not reach where the Canadian battalions were holding the trenches six miles away. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders In pushing on towards this point, the men were much exposed to enfilade fire from their right, and a good many casualties occurred. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government It was unpleasant, and only a question of minutes before they enfiladed our trenches and bagged the lot. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Also, in fortification, a mound, often of parapet form, raised to cover from enfilade or reverse fire. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The opportunities offered by the ground for enfilading the enemy's lines were fully utilized, and did much to secure the success of our attack. World's War Events, Vol. II He was on the extreme left, and if anything happened on that side he was sure to be enfiladed. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders The 2nd brigade division, Royal Field artillery, will move at 4.30 a.m., following the 4th brigade, and will take up a position whence it can enfilade the kopjes north of the iron bridge. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government The Second Brigade Division of the Royal Field Artillery will move, at 4.30 a.m., following the Fourth Brigade, and will take up a position whence it can enfilade the kopjes north of the iron bridge. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 It assists in protecting from enfilade, and affords a plunging fire. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. From Caribou Ridge the Turks could enfilade parts of our firing-line. World's War Events, Vol. I They were also overlooked, and enfiladed by the enemy. Short History of the London Rifle Brigade Every advantage should be taken of cover, and battalion and company commanders should look out for and occupy positions from which they would be able to bring an enfilading fire to bear upon the enemy. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government The situation of the besieged daily grew more critical, the whole encampment was open to assault, and exposed to a constant and enfilading fire. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America Works effected outside the place by the garrison during a siege, to enfilade, command, or otherwise check the approaches of the besieger. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Different from our trench, which was protected from enfilading only by cross walls at intervals, this trench zigzagged; moreover, its parapet was wattled. At Plattsburg On this day, and daily for the next seven days, the Battalion was heavily shelled, and suffered a high percentage of casualties, chiefly from enfilade fire. Short History of the London Rifle Brigade The worst was the enfilade fire of two batteries on our right which with six-inch high explosive shells tore our front line to fragments so that we were glad indeed to see the night come. 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 The Boers, lying behind the boulders on the crest of Talana Hill, found excellent cover; while from Dundee Hill they could bring an effective enfilade fire on the open space between the two parallel walls. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland The winding trench of approach of a besieger, directed by short turns alternately right and left of the defences of the place, to avoid being enfiladed by them. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Evidently there is no better place to be had, but the part devoted to the wounded runs in such a way that it can be directly enfiladed by gun and rifle fire from Achi Baba. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" The enemy earthworks lined the opposite sides of the gullies at a range varying from 100 to 250 yards from our position—the right of which could be enfiladed from the blockhouse. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula Just such is their design, the fish being what they purpose enfilading. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure Although the attacking infantry could not be seen from the Boers on Hart's or Railway Hill, they were still exposed to an enfilade fire from the left. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland Cannonading a ship, so that the shot shall range in the direction of her whole length between decks, called a raking fire; and is similar to military enfilading. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. It will be dark by 8, and now at 6.45 it is high time we were straightening up our line, otherwise the forward positions will be enfiladed by night. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" Its loss would have severed the Australian line, turned the flank of the Cheshire Ridge, and exposed to enfilade fire most of the ground gained to the northward during the August fighting. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula On the way we passed many small trenches and sniping pits evidently made for enfilading fire. With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service As the right of the four companies was thrown back towards the Tugela, this Boer gun could nearly enfilade part of the line. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland Cervera landed seamen gunners with machine-guns and light quick-firers to strengthen the defence, and anchored one of his cruisers so that her heavy artillery could enfilade an attack on the entrenchments nearest the harbour. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima They soon got too far forward and were at once enfiladed. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" The bomber was firing up at his nearest opponent when Tam took the third in enfilade and saw the pilot's head disappear behind the protective armoring. Tam o' the Scoots Remember, also, that though you may arrange matters so that you cannot be enfiladed by rifle-fire, yet you may be open to it from long range, by means of gun or pompom fire. The Defence of Duffer's Drift Thus, the battle of Chippewa was finally decided by our getting a gun or two in a flanking position, enabling us to enfilade the British line. A Treatise on the Tactical Use of the Three Arms: Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry Some of the enemy had secured a position on our right flank, where they opened an enfilading fire, and it was one of their bullets that had hit me. The Battle of Spring Hill, Tennessee read after the stated meeting held February 2d, 1907 This Gully has been a most uncomfortable place all along, its banks afford little protection from rifle fire; they are too low for cross-fire, and a few days ago we found it could be enfiladed. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" All risk of an enfilade file being thus removed, the whole Union line quickly closed with the Confederates, and the engagement became general with artillery and musketry. History of the Nineteenth Army Corps This, I thought, must be being "enfiladed from a flank." The Defence of Duffer's Drift In addition to this, the flank march being habitually by fours, the subdivisions would offer a tolerable mark for the enemy's artillery, and thus be exposed to a destructive enfilade. A Treatise on the Tactical Use of the Three Arms: Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry The 1st Division had rallied on the line of the woods east of the bend of the Menin road; the German advance by the road had been checked by enfilade fire from the north. 1914 A bend in its course gave some companies of the Seventieth Ohio an enfilading fire. From Fort Henry to Corinth Hardly had this been done when the shells began to fall among the guns and to enfilade the lines of the infantry. History of the Nineteenth Army Corps There are few straight trenches that cannot be enfiladed from somewhere, if the enemy can only get there. The Defence of Duffer's Drift Its inconvenience is, the exposure of its flanks to attack, or to enfilade. A Treatise on the Tactical Use of the Three Arms: Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry The enemy, seeing our advance and being torn by plunging shots and shells from so many enfilading directions, were persuaded to surrender. Reminiscences of a Rebel The fresh column charged gallantly, but the deadly line of musketry in front, and an enfilading fire from the well-posted battery, mowed down his ranks; and Gibson's brigade fell back discomfited. From Fort Henry to Corinth On the right, a section of Boone's battery got an enfilade fire on Rails and Chapin, and enabled Miles to draw off and retire behind the breastworks. History of the Nineteenth Army Corps But how had they managed to hit off so well the right spot to go to to enfilade our trench before they even knew where we were? The Defence of Duffer's Drift At the battle of Murfreesboro', in December, 1862, a rebel battery, being taken in enfilade by one of our own, was silenced in about five minutes. A Treatise on the Tactical Use of the Three Arms: Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry Volunteers were to have advanced with us on the right, but misunderstanding the order, they failed to advance, causing us to be flanked and receive a heavy enfilading fire by which we suffered so much. History of the 159th Regiment, N.Y.S.V. The machine-gunner who had enfiladed them passed in his checks, fighting to the end, brained with the butt of a rifle. No Man's Land Before the order to deploy could be carried out, volley after volley was delivered into their ranks, and an enfilading fire was opened by the Boers on their right flank with disastrous results. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 Breastworks with abatis in front through which the mouth of cannon gaped; artillery and infantry on the right to enfilade; siege guns in the fort high above all, to sweep and annihilate. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills It is especially effective in enfilading a line of troops, a battery, or the face of a work taken in flank. A Treatise on the Tactical Use of the Three Arms: Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry A Union battery, however, came to the rescue, and an enfilading fire of but a few moments made havoc unparalleled. Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac On the flank a machine-gun was going, taking them in enfilade. No Man's Land On the opposite side was a chain of forts, and at the farther end an almost impregnable fortress, called Fort République, enfilading it almost within grape-shot distance. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 Points, the capture of which would facilitate enfilade or reverse fire, and would thus render the rest of the position untenable. Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918 In this battle, the Confederate batteries, along the mountain side, were arranged in the form of a crescent, and, when the solid masses charged up the hill, they were butchered by enfilading fires. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War Living men could not stand before that heavy and direct musketry, and the deadly enfilading cannonade from batteries upon the right and left. Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac There is not a break in the enfilading circle through which he might make a dash. The Death Shot A Story Retold Fosse 19 had, among other disadvantages, the reputation of being open to enfilading by machine-gun fire. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 23, 1916 Care must also be taken in consolidating the position that the entrenchments have a general alignment towards the enemy and that they are so sited as to protect from enfilade fire. Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918 We are going to crawl along that hollow on the flank and enfilade the blighters.' Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 26, 1916 Something was said about "flanking" and "enfilading 'em." History of the Second Massachusetts Regiment of Infantry: Beverly Ford. The attack came under artillery and enfilade rifle fire, and the enemy lost heavily. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 With great courage and skill he led his Company up to a position from which he was able to enfilade the enemy at close range, thereby greatly assisting the charge. With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917 The enemy's superiority in artillery gave him a great advantage, and most of the day Ricketts' troops held their position under an enfilading fire from Early's batteries. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 General Stuart, I wish you to ride with me to some point from which those guns can be enfiladed. The Long Roll B Company, on the right, had only gone 200 yards before enfilade fire was directed at them through the darkness from the slag-heaps on the right. The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) At dawn we were able to enfilade with machine-guns the vacated trenches. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 It stood seven or eight hundred yards west of the railway, and the enemy's riflemen from the entrenchments on top brought a deadly enfilade fire to bear on our advancing lines. With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917 The rebels had opened an enfilading fire upon the division, which made fearful havoc. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 At this moment Captain Biddle was ordered to cause a field piece to be posted so as to enfilade the exterior plain and salient glacis. The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 All this sector was, to our great disadvantage, overlooked and enfiladed by the height of Thiepval; and progress, though steady, was for the most part slow and heavily bought. The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) A three-gun battery was situated in the centre, while a half dozen large pieces shelled the right, and enfiladed the regiment front and rear every time it charged the battery on the bluff. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens Both batteries were excavated in the hillside, and the lower had traverses between the guns to protect them from an enfilading fire, in case the boats should pass their front and attack them from above. The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. They rose up as we advanced, and poured showers of leaden hail into our line; but one of our batteries, getting an enfilading fire on the road, sent the gray-coated occupants hurriedly to the rear. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 The breach itself was mined, and loaded with shells and hand-grenades! masked guns, charged up to the muzzle with musket-balls, enfiladed the spot in every direction. Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer It consisted of strong palisades, surrounding nearly half an acre of ground, with wooden towers at the four corners, projecting so as to enfilade each of the sides. Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory The enemy fell back and charged the flanks of the Union columns, and, by an enfilading fire, drove them back toward the river, where they sought the protection of the gun-boats. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens Some trenches had been dug a mile and a half below the fort, but they were untenable in presence of the gunboats, which enfiladed and shelled them out. The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. At length Neill's brigade passed far to the right of the rebel line, and poured an enfilading volley into the gray-coats. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 It could only be assailed either in front or the right side, where it was enfiladed by a projecting tower. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand The last report showing they were enfiladed, three other Arabs bolted from their hiding-places, and made for the higher ground. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War There were thirteen guns pouring a constant fire of shot and shell upon those troops, enfilading the line, cutting it lengthwise and crosswise, 'Yet they stood unmoved for six hours. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens It was hoped thus to outflank and enfilade the hostile line; but the movement was checked by the Riet, which, contrary to the intelligence received, was not fordable. Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900 Then they were met with enfilading fires, from which the carnage exceeded all that had been before. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 In the middle of the din I heard an artillery officer shouting to his "cannoneers" to stand by him, and plant the guns in a proper position for enfilading the lane. Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 They are traversed or zigzagged to escape enfilade. Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 Corrected to April 15, 1917 (Changes Nos. 1 to 19) Added to this, the nature of the enemy's works was such that it allowed an enfilading fire. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens If successful, it was to enfilade the Wylie kopjes from that position. Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900 It was a short-lived triumph; the work taken was commanded by the guns of other forts on either flank, and the enfilading guns with strong bodies of infantry soon compelled a retreat of the enemy. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 The Americans fired a volley; Forest's battery, which enfiladed them, poured in a deadly fire. For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution Troops deployed and under fire can not change front and thus they suffer greatly when enfiladed. Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 Corrected to April 15, 1917 (Changes Nos. 1 to 19) They also enfiladed Geary's division of Slocum's corps, and became very annoying, but Knap's battery of the Twelfth Corps replied effectively and kept their fire down to a great extent. Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI This was strictly a flank attack, and not only shortened by so much the Boer front, but enabled the assailants to enfilade their line in part. Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900 The deepest gorge was enfiladed by a party of tribesmen, with Martinis. Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti The next and still more improved form of work is the bastioned fort, which consists of projecting bastions at the corners, the fire from which enfilades the ditches. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy It was therefore impossible for our guns to fire the normal barrage, and the attack had to be carried out under an enfilade barrage, working forward on the leap-frog principle. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion Spear's column, advancing through a narrow gorge, was broken and enfiladed by the artillery—indeed almost literally swept away—and Spear himself was killed. Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI The flanking parties began immediately to entrench, their lines running, as already intimated, perpendicular to the Boer front, and facing the transverse works which the latter had erected as a protection against enfilading. Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900 The Guides Infantry were directed to ascend the highest point of the western hill and, from this, to enfilade the enemy. Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti Still, the men staggered forward bravely, to come almost at once under fierce enfilade machine-gun fire. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Their shooting was extremely accurate, and as the trenches were enfiladed on all sides, and there was in many cases little parados, we soon had casualties, most of which were sentries shot through the head. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion In the advance Colonel Cross was killed, and the front line being enfiladed in both directions, was soon so cut up that the rear line came forward in its place. Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI Of these, rather more than half were on the northern bank and in enfilading positions. Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900 Half front your line that way so as not to let them enfilade you. Marion's Faith. Machine-guns were manned, which swept the ground with a fierce enfilade fire. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry With machine guns skilfully placed at intervals, so as to enfilade these entanglements, it was thought that the best form of defence had been attained. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion A battery was brought forward to enfilade Sickles' line on the Emmetsburg road, and under cover of its fire Barksdale carried the position, but was mortally wounded in doing so.* Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI The new position, which passed the power of the Boers to force, enfiladed securely their rifle-trenches along the river, and took in rear the advanced works to the north. Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900 A valley was before us, and the infantry had tried to cross again and again, always meeting at a certain place in the hollows an enfilading fire from the forward low hills. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story Heavy firing from Iberian commenced to enfilade our ranks. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Casualties rose rapidly, especially in B Company, whose front line trench was enfiladed from Adinfer Wood. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion The disaster then became irremediable, because every force thrown in after this period, had to contend with a direct fire in front, and an enfilading fire from the right. Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI But the enemy pushed his machine-guns forward and concentrated all his fury on our precarious position, which he enfiladed from the left and left rear. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 The temporary loss of the trenches by the West Yorks exposed the trenches of the D.L.I, to enfilade machine-gun fire, from which they had considerable casualties, including Majors Mander and Robb. A Short History of the 6th Division Aug. 1914-March 1919 As was a customary feature with the Turkish defences, if one position was captured it could immediately be enfiladed from another portion; and very little was left to chance to make the place secure. With Our Army in Palestine Napoleon saw that these guns were placed so as to enfilade the principal streets. Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers They also suffered severely from a battery on Little Round Top, which enfiladed their line. Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI The enemy held the ridges across the valley and from them directed an accurately ranged machine-gun fire in enfilade. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 To this success "B" Company, 6th Machine-gun Battalion, contributed largely by enfilade fire. A Short History of the 6th Division Aug. 1914-March 1919 On the right the "Jocks" managed at heavy cost to seize a hill, known afterwards as Outpost Hill, and were at once enfiladed from every ridge in the vicinity and compelled to withdraw. With Our Army in Palestine I was just going to examine it under the glass when, crack! a bullet hit the sandbags near-by, and he told me the trench was enfiladed. The Great War As I Saw It It overlooked the field, and its possession by the enemy would cut our force in two, enfilade Morrow's and Biddle's brigades, and compel a hasty retreat. Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI The slopes were swept by machine-gun and rifle fire, and the beds of the wadis were enfiladed. With the British Army in The Holy Land Its chief object was to harass a certain portion of a hostile trench which was taken in enfilade by it! Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery This last fort, the bastions of which, from their retiring flanks being too short, is the only one accessible on the land side, but it was enfiladed from a neighbouring height. Sketches The traverses, of course, were for the purpose of preventing enfilade fire. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army Not being able to force his way in front on account of Dwight's position in the railroad cut, Daniel brought artillery to enfilade it, and threw the 32d North Carolina across it. Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI We then realized that General Marshall's Column had joined in, supporting us with enfilade gunfire; we were unable to see their target, and could see nothing of the enemy trenches. The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad In spite of our withdrawal, the line was still saggy to a large extent, and he could bring his guns to bear on any part of the salient and enfilade it. Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery As that big oblong crowd of Turks showed their left flank to Baikie's nine batteries they were swept in enfilade by shrapnel. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I It was a picturesque party that now enfiladed into the wide stretch of sand which in the rainy season forms the bed of the river. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma Archer's brigade, on Jackson's left, which had not been stayed by Keenan's charge, gained the woods and the Plank Road, and opened a severe enfilading fire. Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI He was ranging on the wall, which was an extremely unhealthy spot, particularly in its gaps, and he enfiladed the mounds from the railway. The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad There was desperate fighting for the possession of a few yards of mountain trenches and a half-battalion of Austrian Jaegers—nearly five hundred men—were enfiladed by machine-gun fire and wiped out. Italy at War and the Allies in the West When daylight came we got them enfiladed by machine guns and every single mother's son of them was either killed or captured. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I When night raiding commenced, it was speedily seen that straight trenches exposed whole companies of men to enfilading fire. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War If he obtained possession of it he could plant guns which would enfilade Slocum's line and fire directly into our forces below. Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI At 4.30 the 21st Brigade launched an effective enfilade on the enemy's transport from across the river; the two attacking brigades went in again; the cavalry charged across the Turks' right trenches. The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad In the darkness and confusion occasioned both by a murderous enfilading fire and the fury of the snow-storm, he could scarcely keep his men together. The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 From where we were our guns exactly enfiladed them. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I It was pretty misty, but we could see the smoke of shrapnel and of the big shells from the English ships, which were enfilading the German right. A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium The only thing which could have lost the battle of that day was the abandonment of the position at Hazel Grove, for from this alone was it possible to enfilade Slocum's line. Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI His vigilant eye, ever enfilading the tangled copse to the eastward, had caught through an opening in the bushes the flutter of a blue gown, which he recognized as the kirtle of his idolized Lucrèce. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett Then it was noticed that most of the machine gun fire was from the right flank, and our men were being subjected to a terrible enfilading fire as they moved across the open. The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 We gained quite a lot of ground at first, but afterwards came under enfilade fire from machine guns cunningly hidden in folds of the ground. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I The batteries were calculated to command the beach and the crossing place of the marsh, and to rake and enfilade any column which might be advancing from either of those points towards the fort. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States A tank that conquered machine-gun positions and enfiladed trenches was an heroic comrade surrounded by a saga of glorious anecdotes. My Second Year of the War But the first thing to do was to clear the causeway and shelter our horses from bullets, which might enfilade the street if the fighting bore away towards the left. In the Field (1914-1915) The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry It is also important to note that the Hindenburg system was being taken in enfilade on this part of the front. The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 Already their lines cover quite half the ground between the Aegean and the Straits; whilst, in rear again, we can see wired patches which we guess to be enfilading machine gun redoubts. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I The Sergeant had been killed by enfilade fire. "Contemptible", by "Casualty" They met this condition by fortifying themselves against enfilade in an old German communication trench and rushing other points of advantage to secure their position. My Second Year of the War They came through the village and enfiladed us. In the Field (1914-1915) The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry But while he was moving on along the lane that led from the plantation toward Celey's road and the great highway, he was suddenly assailed by an enfilading fire from the left. Elsie's Vacation and After Events From the moment the Turks drove the French out of the "Haricot" the enfilade fire became murderous. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I By this movement the British escaped the enfilading fire of the Lewiston batteries, the steep ascent of the heights in the teeth of the enemy's field-works, and compelled him to change front. The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 Down the valley of the Ancre at its bend they had more or less of an enfilade. My Second Year of the War From the hillside just below this powder rock I could look back upon the camp en enfilade, as an artilleryman would say. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady These last had moreover the advantage of enfilading the two angles formed by the batteries of the French. Narrative of the Most Remarkable Events Which Occurred In and Near Leipzig Immediately Before, During, And Subsequent To, The Sanguinary Series Of Engagements Between The Allied Armies Of The French, From The 14th To The 19th October, 1813 Men, not so much now to sustain the Manchesters as to force back the Turks who were enfilading them from the "Haricot" and from that redoubt held for awhile by the R.N.D. on their right. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I Then he breasted the rise at a canter, exposed to a galling enfilading fire of artillery, and running the gauntlet of the sniping of some invisible marksmen, reached the redan, half-way to the summit. The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 The infantry which took the position met no fire in front, but had an enfilade at one point from a machine gun. My Second Year of the War It was essential to establish Artillery on the right bank of the Tigris, so as to support, by enfilading fire, the attack of our Infantry against the Hannah position. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years If they can enfilade us here, we can certainly enfilade them on the rising ground above. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood Instead, a German machine gun crew returned to the now empty "wall and corner" position and started to enfilade our left flank, making the hill side almost uncrossable. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. But they rigidly adhered to one military maxim,—that fortifications must not continue in a straight line, because such straight trenches are liable to be enfiladed from either end. A School History of the Great War They would be able to enfilade us with gas before we could don our masks. "Over There" with the Australians No reinforcements reached us, however, and we afterwards heard that the Regiment which should have come up in support of us was enfiladed from their right and was consequently drawn off in that direction. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years They were repulsed by rifle and machine gun fire, and it is gratifying to know that two of the Battalion machine guns caught the enemy in enfilade and executed great havoc. The Story of the "9th King's" in France "D" Company lost two killed and ten wounded, for their position, joining the two flanks, was exposed to a considerable amount of enfilade fire. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. Its assailants, too, could be heavily enfiladed from either flank. Adventures of a Despatch Rider "We now began," says Colonel Wood, "to get a heavy fire from a ridge on our right, which enfiladed our line." The Colored Regulars in the United States Army Then followed a day's hard fighting as the out-flankers had to storm three redoubts successfully before they could properly enfilade the position. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years In the vicinity of this crater there were some overhead traverses to prevent the enemy snipers from enfilading the trench, probably constructed after several casualties had been incurred. The Story of the "9th King's" in France We were running short of ammunition and our position was enfiladed. Private Peat The three vessels assigned to enfilade the main front of the fort did not get into position. The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence As the brigade advanced across a plowed field in front of the enemy's position the latter's sharpshooters in the houses in Caney enfiladed the left of our line with a murderous fire. The Colored Regulars in the United States Army The rebels retired as we advanced, and Walpole, commanding one of our brigades, by wheeling to his left on reaching the opposite bank of the nulla, was enabled to enfilade their position. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief The advantage of this scheme was that it afforded few definite targets to the British artillery, and gave every opportunity to the Germans to ambush and enfilade advancing British infantry. The Story of the "9th King's" in France The works have to be built under shell-fire, but when finished they will be an inestimable advantage to regiments that occupy day and night hill-crests where they might be enfiladed by long-range artillery fire. Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith These six, with their broadsides turned to the westward, prevented a column passing from south to north, the only way one could pass, from enfilading the main line with impunity. The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence At the northern end of them were mazes of cross trenches protecting them in case the Germans got across the bridge there and started to enfilade us. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 Unable to fire a gun from any of the three bastions we were breaching, the enemy brought guns into the open and enfiladed our batteries. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Both of these they enfiladed; also they peppered the roads whenever troops were visible moving in or out. From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War Meanwhile the Boers were getting guns on to a kopje where they might have enfiladed one of our most important lines of defence. Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith Conscious, too, from a knowledge of the post, that there was but a single mode of enfilading his defences, he had made his provision for the guardianship of the all-important point. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia Their trenches are five feet deep, with earthworks in front zig-zagging as a precaution against enfilading. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 The lesson taught us by this severe fighting was the importance of occupying the Sabzi Mandi, and thus preventing the enemy from approaching too close to the camp and enfilading the Ridge. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief While the besiegers are establishing their enfilading batteries, a strong fire of solid shot and shells will be concentrated on the points selected for their construction. Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. We had also, however, lighter artillery bearing on Surprise Hill, and in some measure enfilading its main battery, behind which, and in echelon with it, they had apparently placed a howitzer. Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith Relieving parties had to cover the whole of this distance exposed to the enemy's enfilading fire from two sides of the triangle right up to the apex. A Soldier's Sketches Under Fire The Germans are on our bank enfilading the lines of the Allies' trenches. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 They received the fire of Hawley’s right, and charged with the claymore, but were outflanked and enfiladed by some battalions drawn up en potence. A Short History of Scotland In the first case stone mortar-batteries are established in front of the third parallel, which, on a given signal, will open their fire in concert with all the enfilading and mortar batteries. Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. When Claude got free of the crowd, he enfiladed the line of doorways on the right hand. His Masterpiece But the German artillery has at once opened fire on the Americans, and also a German machine gun has enfiladed the trench. Joy in the Morning They communicate with the firing line by zigzag approach trenches which make enfilading impossible. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 The assailants were enfiladed by Wolfe’s regiment, which moved up and took position at right angles, like the fifty-second on the flank of the last charge of the French Guard at Waterloo. A Short History of Scotland The counterforts or spurs of hills are favorable for artillery, as they enable it to see, with an enfilading fire, the slopes of the principal range. Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. And on the left bank there was a wing of the Institute, the flat frontage of the Mint, and yet another enfilade of trees. His Masterpiece The enemy had an entrenched position on Hart's Hill which enfiladed Wynne's Hill, and which Warren had not been able to take, as Buller hoped, with the 11th Brigade. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans It was the old story over again—that shell fire, unless it enfilades, does not kill men in trenches. With Methuen's Column on an Ambulance Train Here the broken valley runs inland enfiladed by hills on either flank, on which were built strong forts, which defended the entrance to the strait until they were knocked out by our guns. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 These works were afterwards connected by re-entering lines of a weaker profile, which served to enfilade the ravines and to flank the advanced works. Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. The enfilading directed from the houses diminished at once; we were able then to take possession of the house opposite, and thus became masters of the principal street. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 He ordered Talbot Coke with the 10th Brigade of Warren's Division to pass over the Colenso Kopjes on to the open ground beyond, from which the Onderbroek valley could be enfiladed by artillery. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans Some of the Highland Brigade very sensibly withdrew towards the right of the Boer position with the idea of outflanking and enfilading the enemy. With Methuen's Column on an Ambulance Train As soon as the light became good the Turks enfiladed the beach with two field guns from Gaba Tepe and with two others from the north. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 If possible, batteries should be established so as to take the enemy's line in flank, either by an oblique or enfilading fire. Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. They reached the enemy's trenches, but were driven out by enfilade fire, their gallant commander being killed. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 They showed, however, some hesitation with regard to Hlangwhane, a detached hill on the right bank from which the Tugela line could be enfiladed. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans They succeeded for some time and actually captured some prisoners, but were soon afterwards themselves enfiladed and compelled to retire. With Methuen's Column on an Ambulance Train As soon as the light became good, the Turks enfiladed the beach with two field guns from Gaba Tepe, and with two others from the north.... A Source Book of Australian History We hold the perilous breach; on either hand Our foes out-flank us, leap the sheltering wall And pour their deadly, enfilading fire. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems It enfiladed the assailants, sweeping them at a distance of thirty feet; slugs and grapeshot hissed, spreading fan rays of death! Lazarre It was Marshall's plan to drive Garfield along the road, and then, taking him between two enfilading fires, to surround and utterly destroy him. From Canal Boy to President Or the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield Usually posted to enfilade the entanglements of the first line. Military Instructors Manual Their position was such that the French and Indians, well sheltered by trees and bushes, and with the advantage of higher ground, could cross their fire upon the fort and enfilade a part of it. Montcalm and Wolfe On either hand our cannon enfilade, Crushing great gaps along the stalwart lines; In front our deadly rifles volley still, Mowing the toppling swaths of daring men. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems Everything is jumbled under this terrible fire which enfilades from all sides. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front Our guns on the heights or on the bank could sweep it from flank to flank, enfilade and cross fire. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria Lines of the various works are so traced that they bring enfilading fire on troops attacking adjacent positions. Military Instructors Manual But the enfilading artillery smote asunder the solid ranks which were to follow up the victory and left their advantage a barren triumph. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 By this method, unexpectedly but none the less jubilantly, he recovers his queen—only to see it laid low again by enfilading fire from a perfectly obvious redoubt. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 24, 1917 But the pheasant was alarmed, and rose before we could properly enfilade the little copse, where we should most certainly have had him. The Amateur Poacher The army suffered some loss from the Boer artillery, particularly the automatic guns, which were well served, and which enfiladed many of our positions on the slopes of the low kopjes. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria The wheel of the British artillery to the left after it passed the line of the redoubt, secured to it an enfilading fire, which insured the reduction of the redoubt and cut off retreat. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 5, May, 1884 If guns can be so placed as to enfilade a line of troops, a most powerful effect is produced. The Art of War The trench was one that was seldom used, being thoroughly exposed to enfilading fire. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 24, 1917 Any attempt to enfilade his front by passing along the other flank was met by the broadsides of the six or eight ships drawn up en potence to the rear. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 The spurs which started at right angles from it were, of course, now enfiladed and commanded. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria I can blow away the shells in front and the shells from the right, but if Master's map is correct we're going to get enfiladed from the left as well, and one can't be everywhere. The Sunny Side When we fell back the news would be, "Hood's line is being enfiladed, and they are decimating his men, and he can't hold his position." "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show The enemy now being re-enforced by Porter's Corps, his batteries enfilading our ranks. History of Kershaw's Brigade The breach itself was mined, and loaded with shells and hand-grenades; masked guns, charged up to the muzzle with musket-balls, enfiladed the spot in every direction. Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer The tower of the church is a little advanced, so as to enfilade it, in a manner, and the paving-stones had been used to make barricades, as in 1830. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland He forgot the chance—the certainty—of an enfilading fire from the two bastions. The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales They felt that they could enfilade the valley between the two lines so that no troop would or could attack at this weak point. "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show The English, French, and Prussians have nothing to learn about flank, running, enfilading, or point-blank firing; but their cannon, howitzers, and mortars are mere pocket-pistols compared with the formidable engines of American artillery. The Moon-Voyage These deadly weapons prefer diagonal or enfilade fire. The First Hundred Thousand "It's what you call an enfilading movement," said Sherman quietly. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts Almost every spot in either line is overlooked by some adjacent ridge, or enfiladed from some adjacent trench. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand By this maneuver, Cleburne's men were right upon their flank, and enfilading their lines, while they were expecting an attack in their front. "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show They began to enfilade the pits of Company A. All the while, we were engaged in front. Who Goes There? Thank you, we got a dose of our own medicine—machine-gun fire, in enfilade. The First Hundred Thousand The artillery was admirably served, and from one battery which enfiladed the fort, the balls were seen to sweep away at once an entire row of Algerine cannoneers from their guns. The Pirates Own Book The Colonels and the Captains then return to camp, with depressing tales of crumbling parapets, noisome dug-outs, and positions open to enfilade. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand General Hood says they are enfilading his line, and are decimating his men, and he can't hold his position. "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show And now another brigade charged, and was driven back by an enfilade fire. Who Goes There? This enfilade fire from the Fosse is most unpleasant. The First Hundred Thousand Recognising that in the present temper of the House a frontal attack upon Imperial Preference was a forlorn hope the Free Traders sought to destroy it by an enfilading fire. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 14, 1919 It is true that bullets are humming through the air and glancing off trees, but these are mostly due to the enterprise of distant machine-guns and rifle-batteries, firing from some position well adapted for enfilade. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand The explanation was that Hood's line was being enfiladed, his men decimated, and he could not hold his position. "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show The guns of St. Angelo rendered great service all day by raking the attacking forces in enfilade, and especially by breaking up the flank attack from the side of the Grand Harbour. Knights of Malta, 1523-1798 They are muddy—you come to water at three feet—and at one end, owing to their concave formation, are open to enfilade. The First Hundred Thousand This was very, very comforting, especially when German machine-gun fire was not only coming from the front but in enfilade, which is most trying to a soldier's steadiness. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form But how could any troops get through thirty feet of uncut wire, enfiladed by machine-guns? All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand All the way from Rocky Face Ridge to Atlanta was a battle of a hundred days, yet Hood's line was all the time enfiladed and his men decimated, and he could not hold his position. "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show The village and the factory were a maze of trenches, redoubts, caves, stairs up and stairs down, machine-guns, barbed wire, enfilading devices were all ready. Over There War Scenes on the Western Front Volley after volley enfiladed their ranks, and, after each discharge, the mass of men was smaller. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 What its extent was the Colonials could not, of course, know, but at any rate the enfilading guns remained silent and the worst danger was at an end. On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles A trench on that side is open to enfilade fire. Action Front "It's not much of a place for it," he said; "where we ought to have it is to the right of the sap, so that it enfilades the whole front of that trench." Bullets & Billets You fortify yourself against attack from one direction only to be enfiladed by artillery from some ridge to right or left. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them The advanced left of the British recoiled, and, just at this juncture, the legion infantry delivered an enfilading fire, which threw them into irretrievable disorder. The Life of Francis Marion A few moments later they had all four crawled out of the trench, and bending double were making steadily uphill towards the spot from which the enfilading fire proceeded. On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles On our trenches shells were still bursting, maxim and rifle bullets were still pelting from somewhere in half enfilade at long range. Action Front Alan Seeger advanced in the first rush, and his squad was enfiladed by the fire of six German machine guns, concealed in a hollow way. Poems They trailed along the river bank, bent with it almost at a right angle, and the Austro-Hungarian batteries had been so placed that a crisscross fire enfiladed each trench. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them The whole rear of the Tamaseses was enfiladed by this flank fire; and I have seen a house there, by the river brink, that was riddled with bullets like a piece of worm-eaten wreck-wood. A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa And yet I knew you had succeeded in your enterprise, for the enfilading fire ceased very shortly after you left.' On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles Oh, you were all right," said Courtenay carelessly, "bullets can't touch you there, except a few long-distance ones that fall in enfilade over the village. Action Front And through the wide windows we had a view of the Thames; an enfilading view down the Lower Hope Reach. Falk A Reminiscence At each corner a tall flanking tower enfiladed the approaches. The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War At this winding of England's noblest river, would he establish a pontoon bridge; the approaches to which he would enfilade, by a battery placed on yonder height. A Love Story To make matters worse, another machine gun had been mounted on rising ground to the north and its fire was enfilading the trench. On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles The American batteries now opened with a heavy cross-fire, which enfiladed several of the works. True to the Old Flag A Tale of the American War of Independence The batteries were calculated to command the beach and the crossing place of the marsh, and to rake and enfilade any column which might be advancing from either of those points toward the fort. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched Sometimes it prevents enfilading fire by the enemy. Over the Top The three batteries planted by the Kentuckian, Rousseau, on the railway embankment suddenly opened a terrible enfilading fire upon the Southern advance. The Sword of Antietam A Story of the Nation's Crisis The road leading back from it and up the hill was gleaming white—a direct enfilade for the Hun, and always under observation. The Glory of the Trenches The defences unbroken by artillery were impenetrable by human bodies, and the defenders were also able to enfilade the troops which had got through farther south and were now attacking the second German line. A Short History of the Great War Those fellows will be certain that I am up here, while I enfilade them from the western end with this fine binocular. Erema — My Father's Sin It was Desaix and his division, come down upon them at short range and enfilading the enemy with the fire of his guns. The Companions of Jehu Thus proceeding, enfiladed by an animated but lessened fire, we came to the first barrier, where Arnold had been wounded in the onset. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present A good many of our trenches were directly enfilade; shells burst just behind the parapet, when they didn't burst on it. The Glory of the Trenches For two days the Turks disputed the passage, but a force, transported to the right bank of the Tigris, enfiladed their position on the Diala and captured their trenches at Shawa Khan on the 9th. A Short History of the Great War In crossing the Neck, which was enfiladed by the enemy's ships and batteries, Captain Dearborn, who was by his side, suggested a quick step. Life of George Washington — Volume 01 The result of this skirmish, however, allowed the enemy armoured train to advance to a point dangerously near our defensive works, which, with a little more enterprise and determination, he might easily have enfiladed. With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia Its batteries enfiladed mine along their whole length. Three Frenchmen in Bengal The Commercial Ruin of the French Settlements in 1757 Works erected on this height would enfilade the whole road either way and totally obstruct the approach of an enemy. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 |
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