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单词 enfilade fire
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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.)
Machine-guns were manned, which swept the ground with a fierce enfilade fire. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
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
The traverses, of course, were for the purpose of preventing enfilade fire. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army
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 Sergeant had been killed by enfilade fire. "Contemptible", by "Casualty"
"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.
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
These deadly weapons prefer diagonal or enfilade fire. The First Hundred Thousand
From the moment the Turks drove the French out of the "Haricot" the enfilade fire became murderous. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I
And now another brigade charged, and was driven back by an enfilade fire. Who Goes There?
A trench on that side is open to enfilade fire. Action Front
A gallant attempt was also made to get the El Burj ridge which runs south-east from Nebi Samwil, but owing to strong enfilade fire from the right they could not get on. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine
This enfilade fire from the Fosse is most unpleasant. The First Hundred Thousand
The officer held on in a most dauntless way to the position, until almost every man was either killed or wounded, unable to receive support, owing to the enfilade fire of the German machine-guns. Now It Can Be Told
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