| 单词 | gun emplacement |
| 例句 | There were a couple of miserable wet soldiers manning the gun emplacements, who waved and shouted as the girls on their bicycles came barreling past, brakes screeching with the steepness of the descent. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z They prepared as best they could but never really thought they’d get hit, given all the ports and factories on the mainland, all much more important targets than Cairnholm’s little gun emplacement. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Then sense came back to Maddie for a minute and she realized that Queenie was dragging her to the nearest antiaircraft gun emplacement. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Even today, hikers can spy defunct radio towers and former gun emplacements. On Long Island, skip the beach and take a hike Tickets are expensive and hard to obtain, and the sparkly new stadia are fenced off behind barbed wire, with anti-aircraft gun emplacements positioned on tower blocks. London 2012 anti-logos 2012-07-12T00:00:00Z In “Dog Company,” Patrick O’Donnell skillfully tells the tale of the 68 soldiers who made up the 2nd Ranger Battalion, assigned the grim task of destroying the gun emplacements. ‘Dog Company’ details vital, valiant D-Day battle 2013-01-02T22:43:52Z Battery Harris, a former concrete Army gun emplacement, offers stunning vistas of sun-dappled waves. Three New York City Waterfront Hotspots This Summer 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Ukrainian troops and residents from Mariupol have been digging trenches and setting up gun emplacements, reinforcing defenses for a Russian-backed attack. Ukraine steelmen hold their ground as frontline marches towards port 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z In the Army during World War II he created camouflage, experimenting with various materials to build scale models of the finished products, which were meant to conceal things like airfields and gun emplacements. Peter J. Hall, Costumer for Opera, Theater, Dies at 84 2010-06-10T05:00:00Z We walked down one of its tunnels, its ceiling beaded with condensation, to one of the former gun emplacements, a large roofed room with an open front. Maine’s Cushing Island delivers a whole lot of wonderful nothing 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z More recent history lies in the second world war ack-ack gun emplacements, still in good shape, but more and more engulfed by the vegetation every year. Great parks and green spaces in the UK: readers’ travel tips 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Excavations also uncovered large lights from another nearby runway, and a Spigot Mortar-type gun emplacement used to defend it from attack. World War Two experimental catapult unearthed by archaeologists 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z The Russians have had months to construct multilayered defenses — minefields, tank obstacles, trenches, bunkers and gun emplacements — in the areas they occupy. Battling Russia, Ukrainian Leaders Also Fight High Expectations 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z The Russians have constructed layers of formidable defenses — with trenches, bunkers, minefields, concrete tank obstacles and gun emplacements — and the flat ground leaves advancing troops vulnerable to Moscow’s artillery and air power. Battles Rage as Ukraine Tries to Retake Russian-Occupied Territory 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Makarena remembered a time he watched a Ukrainian squad get cut down by a heavy machine gun emplacement he had detected but was never attacked because it hadn’t been confirmed. Drones sold at Walmart help keep Ukraine in the battle for Bakhmut 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z He personally engaged in hand-to-hand combat and led four others to destroy the enemy gun emplacements. Biden to award Medal of Honor to Vietnam Vet who rescued team 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z "There were no gun emplacements in the gaps between Pembroke, Swansea and Cardiff." World War Two: Thousands of bombs still left unexploded 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z As the months wore on, both sides dug in, creating miles of trenches and gun emplacements. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Military buffs will delight at the gun emplacements stationed along the Bluff Trail, while beachcombers can enjoy a long sandy walk, especially at low tide, below the bluff. June has 3 free days at Washington State Parks. Where should you go? 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z The barracks, along with the machine gun emplacements, sheltered walkways and tunnels, and were held by Austro-Hungarians who were fighting Italian troops. Historians found a WWI bunker ‘frozen in time’ in the Alps. Climate change makes it a bittersweet discovery 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z “There are no Asian American heroes. Like Sadao Munemori who attacked two machine gun emplacements in Italy, then gave his life diving on a grenade to save his unit. He’s not a hero? Wrong color?” Historians question Trump’s choice of ‘heroes’ for national garden monument 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z As the underwater robot circled the wreck, beaming back real-time video, Thompson counted gun emplacements. New ‘Midway’ movie aims for reality, but the discovery of wreckage brings the battle home 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Mr Hoyle said when he studied the data, he spotted an "extremely circular" feature, which he thought initially might be a World War Two gun emplacement. Bronze Age monument discovered in forest 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Underground bunkers, tunnels, searchlight positions and gun emplacements all protected the British fleet from enemy attack. Exploring Scotland's secret wartime tunnel 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z Like Resistance fighters noting the position of enemy gun emplacements, readers have been sending in reports from the field. Perspective | The butterscotch pudding mix has been located, but other goodies remain elusive 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Grass and flowers grow thick between the oil drums, sandbags and stacked tires guarding the old gun emplacements and concrete boxes. Flowers bloom in war-torn Syria's battered cities 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z He then bayoneted his way to a second gun emplacement and assisted in its operation. New Mexico war hero Miyamura spotlighted in Netflix series 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z About 400 of the nearly 900 Marylanders who were on Long Island that day covered Washington’s retreating army by repeatedly charging a critical British gun emplacement. Newly acquired letters illuminate the lives of Maryland’s ‘Old Line’ soldiers 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z He bayoneted his way to a second gun emplacement and assisted in its operation before running out of ammunition there. 3 Medal of Honor recipients visit University of Arkansas 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z On a ridge southeast of Bidnija stands an old gun emplacement known as the Targa Battery, a relic from fortifications the British built in the 19th century. The silencing of Malta's anti-corruption campaigner 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z He destroyed the German gun emplacement but was killed by a shell fragment. Iowa American Legion post fundraising for building repairs 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Markers showing the locations of unit headquarters and gun emplacements are visible in the downtown area and along Fort Hill Drive, which leads to another entrance to the military park. Mississippi editorial roundup 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z That’s a bit like the People’s Liberation Army building gun emplacements on Long Island. Why Trump's $1.42bn Taiwan arms sale could backfire with China 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Days earlier, newly publicized satellite photographs revealed new Chinese military installations on several reefs, specifically hexagon-shaped naval gun emplacements on several islands and reefs that pose threats to U.S. and allied ships. Berlin truck attack follows U.S. warning of ISIS Christmas terrorism 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Battery Gadsden is the name of one of the old gun emplacements at the fort. Charleston doctor, surrealist painter discusses his art 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Other likely radar sites, some that might have gun emplacements, are on Gaven Reef, Hughes Reef and Johnson South Reef in the Spratlys, the report said. Possible Radar Suggests Beijing Wants ‘Effective Control’ in South China Sea 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Hawking specializing in healing wounded soldiers on the procedurally generated battlefield, while Curie used her UAV for offensive duties, hacking gun emplacements and electrocuting enemies. XCOM 2 review: Sci-fi strategy that’s deeper and more daunting 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z In 1945 it was a Japanese fortress, a warren of tunnels, bunkers and gun emplacements. Return to Iwo Jima 70 years on 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Each gun emplacement is made up of either large-caliber guns or, on some reefs, a small missile battery along with an adjacent fire control radar. Berlin truck attack follows U.S. warning of ISIS Christmas terrorism 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Debris from fishing boats and ships lie between machine gun emplacements. The war that never ends between the Koreas 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Omaha Beach was littered with such obstructions, as well as enemy mines, machine gun nests, bunkers and gun emplacements. Seventy years later, a D-Day veteran believes a guardian angel shielded him from death Those trenches, gun emplacements and other bases were then linked by a narrow gauge railway line. WW1 defences being destroyed by sea 2014-02-28T06:07:57Z Many of the spots chosen for Peace Camp – including Dunstanburgh Castle, built in the 14th century and set about with gun emplacements and a minefield in the second world war – have a history of militarisation. Artists reclaim British coastline with love poetry camp and moving island 2012-07-20T15:50:00Z The ditch was choked, the gates were unprotected; the tumbled mass of irregular mud buildings which constituted the city clung tightly to the walls; there were no gun emplacements. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Roads have been cut across the rear face of the hill, a breastwork of stones and earth encircles the Reservoir, and gun emplacements flank either extremity. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z He was standing on top of the gun emplacement and the historic seventy-five and a few others were being used every little while to fire other shots at the German lines. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z "Sitting in the caravan, there was this terrible 'earthquake' and it was one of the gun emplacements falling on the beach," she said. WW1 defences being destroyed by sea 2014-02-28T06:07:57Z Returning to the barrier at the entrance of the tunnel, the Sub wriggled cautiously over the obstruction until he could command a fairly extensive view of the gun emplacement and its surroundings. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z On the northwest coast, there is a preserved concrete gun emplacement outside a military museum, which praises the Kuomintang victory in the 1949 Battle of Guningtou. Kinmen Seeks to Evolve as China and Taiwan Improve Ties 2011-09-17T01:50:22Z During Sunday the town put the finishing touches to the earthworks, lunettes, and to the gun emplacements, which will form a more or less complete chain of fortifications around the town. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z We could see the earth fly up from hits close to the gun emplacements. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z In trenches and gun emplacements feverish work was in progress. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z It will need something big, for though we can scourge their gun emplacement with mitraille fire, the merit of their plan is that the gunners lie hid in a ditch. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z At its farthest tip, situated on a stone cliff that rose some hundred feet above the entrance to Carlisle Bay, were the breastwork and gun emplacements. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Against a mere gun emplacement and forty-four men, shell fire from four guns was directed, and the services of eight hundred men utilised. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z The three fugitive slaves, before their escape, were helping build a Confederate gun emplacement. Magazine Preview: How Slavery Really Ended in America 2011-04-01T17:48:58Z In the center bodies of infantry penetrated Senecat Wood and cleared up the gun emplacements which defended the approaches to Castel. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. Every trench, redoubt, and dug-out; every hedge and ditch was recorded, and every gun emplacement shown. The Romance of the Red Triangle The story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y.M.C.A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British Empire Though the original Jamestown gun emplacement had been built two decades earlier, as a precaution against Spanish attack, that threat had faded over the years, and gradually the planters of Barbados had grown complacent. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z In the heart of the woods several companies of Belgian troops were frantically building up machine gun emplacements, stringing out barbwire, and moving light field pieces into place to bear on the winding dirt road. Dave Dawson at Dunkirk He skirted it, climbed over a twisted girder, pushed his way past other debris, found himself at the gun emplacement. Voyage To Eternity Back of these shell-hole nests were gun emplacements commanding the openings between the shell holes. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. There were mysterious noises from the gun emplacements that run along the roadside, and mysterious shapes loomed up ahead of us from time to time as we overhauled and passed transport wagons and the like. The Romance of the Red Triangle The story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y.M.C.A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British Empire But with luck the breastwork could be overrun and its gun emplacements seized before the militia had a chance to set and fire its ordnance. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Right opposite this entrance there is a stairway, and at its top another room—one of a series of gun emplacements now empty. With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front So Colonel Ibrahim fumed, demanded further orders from mum superiors, and put his legionnaires to work on bigger and better gun emplacements, trenches and pillboxes surrounding Fort Laperinne and Tamanrasset. Border, Breed Nor Birth Such bits of ruined buildings that remained standing had been used for gun emplacements. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. He accepted the command almost abstractedly, and hurried away to pick gun emplacements. The Fifth-Dimension Tube It was a heavy brick fortification designed to protect the gun emplacements against cannon fire from the sea. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z He spoke of the gun emplacement as being in a swamp and I have a strong idea that it is submersible. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 Reckon that each gun emplacement represents three months' constant labor with drill, hammer, and mine. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Later on the Russians got it and worked seven years on the fortifications and gun emplacements and really felt that they had it secure. Birdseye Views of Far Lands The three gun emplacements visible upon the crest were empty. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government Winston leaned against the doorjamb, half in and half out, exhausted from a day-long ride reviewing gun emplacements along the shore. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z They had fortified Aubers by using the lower or basement storeys of houses for machine gun emplacements, and a large redoubt with wire had been constructed in the woods. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Every gun emplacement was inspected to see if orders had been faithfully carried out—and woe betide the man who failed. The Fight for the Argonne Personal Experiences of a 'Y' Man This protection is very satisfactory for communications, machine gun emplacements, etc., but, is of doubtful value in fire trenches as it does not permit an easy offensive by the defenders. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Scores of miles of deep communication trenches had to be dug, as well as trenches for telephone wires, assembly and assault trenches, and numerous gun emplacements and observation posts. World's War Events, Vol. II Now, after the surprise attack on the gun emplacement, they were splashing ashore, holding their muskets high. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z A large number of wooden ammunition huts were erected along the roads near Dranoutre, and heavy gun emplacements were being made about Kemmel. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 The first object one would think of is that it is a big gun emplacement, but, as they say at H.Q., they have made it on the wrong side of the hill. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" The above plate shows a typical machine gun emplacement, constructed in the field. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Actually they did little damage and, except on one occasion when a direct hit was secured in a machine gun emplacement, no one was injured. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula He was in a machine gun emplacement which was hit by a small H. E. shell. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Some of the gun emplacements, too, were very cleverly concealed. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 We have plans of their trenches and gun emplacements, but these can only be roughly correct. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" The complete absence of H.E. was severely felt, as shrapnel were of little use for destroying trenches, machine gun emplacements, etc. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 Coming toward the ship out of the east, now, was a vast desert of crumbling concrete—landing fields and parade grounds, empty barracks and toppling sheds, airship docks, stripped gun emplacements and missile-launching sites. The Cosmic Computer On the railroad the 3l0th Engineers were busy as beavers building, with the assistance of the infantrymen, blockhouses and barracks and gun emplacements and so forth. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 She traveled up and down the line but never stayed anywhere except in one of the machine gun emplacements. The Emma Gees Near the middle of the aerodrome a large gun emplacement—or whatever it is—is being dug, which, it is hoped, will draw some of the fire away from here. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" No machine gun emplacements had been touched and not a single gap made in the wire, which was very strong, and we had to manipulate it as best we could. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion With consuming energy, in armies of thousands, they worked with pick and shovel till every yard of ground commanding a landing place was trench or rifle pit or gun emplacement. Winning a Cause World War Stories Their job is to keep a close watch on hostile trenches, watching for any unusual movement or for the appearance of new constructive works, such as machine gun emplacements or new saps. Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery Then crawling along the outside of the parapet, stopping often to listen, he soon found the loophole of the new gun emplacement. The Emma Gees A bombing party working up toward the mole in search of the enemy destroyed several machine gun emplacements but not a single prisoner awarded them. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War It consisted of a strong barbed wire entanglement and a double line of shallow trenches about a foot deep, with concrete machine gun emplacements every 50 yards. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion These pill-boxes were machine gun emplacements made of concrete, and our heavy shells had no effect on them. Into the Jaws of Death I repeat: first, the fire control center, then each gun emplacement. The Universe — or Nothing Why had they permitted the Austrians to build their big gun emplacements on the Danube without interruption? The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia Months had been spent on its preparation and in making concrete machine gun emplacements and belts of barbed wire, and its fall in one day was remarkable. The Story of the "9th King's" in France Armentières in those days was practically a network of our gun emplacements. Private Peat Under cover of the so-called "factory" he had built a secret gun emplacement for a large gun, to train on this same fort and demolish it when the occasion arose. Fanny Goes to War I want to check your weapons control center, and every gun emplacement. The Universe — or Nothing Presently we were creeping through seas of mud down into the gun emplacement, so carefully concealed that no aeroplane overhead could guess it. The War on All Fronts: England's Effort Letters to an American Friend Besides this, innumerable rifle racks, bomb stores, machine gun emplacements and other works of a similar nature were completed. The Story of the "9th King's" in France The concealment of machine gun emplacements is important. Military Instructors Manual A train of the Militar-Personenzug variety bore me next morning through a country of barbed wire, gun emplacements and fields seamed with trenches to Tapiau, a town withered in the blast of war. The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War At each gun emplacement, Rimov, his guards and Scarf watched Brad and Kumiko inspect sector guides, range and directional interlocks and power drives. The Universe — or Nothing There were suggestions of huge gun emplacements above there, and nearer were piles of mighty cylinders that were perhaps ammunition. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth You can still see the trenches and gun emplacements; I cleared them out yesterday. This Is the End Shell-holes may be imitated for machine gun emplacements, but in any case they should be connected by underground passage with the trenches. Military Instructors Manual I handed over all my gun emplacements to the incoming machine-gun officer, and finally collected my various sections with all their tackle on the road as well. Bullets & Billets "It may slow us down a bit, but we'll need to look at gun emplacements that have minimal air or none at all." The Universe — or Nothing He dwelt seriously upon the difficulty of rendering permanent gun emplacements and heavy artillery invisible to the airman by resort to the usual type of gun shields. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War He explained to Andrew what places had been British gun emplacements, pointed to the white chalk lines that had been British trenches. The Mountebank To provide for this resistance to a finish, the machine gun emplacements must fulfil the following conditions: 1. Military Instructors Manual The gun emplacements that fired them were all along the coast� of Europe and it wasn't long before they were sending them over at� night. The Biography of a Rabbit Strong redoubts, mine-fields, concrete gun emplacements—everything that the best brains of the German Army could devise for our destruction—had been lavished on the German lines. Towards the Goal They had no sooner got over the enemy trenches, and were peering about for the possible location of the machine gun emplacement, when they were greeted with bursts of fire. Air Service Boys in the Big Battle Or, Silencing the Big Guns At the same time the camp began to swarm with men, and crowds of tiny figures were observed clambering on to the entrenchments and gun emplacements, eagerly watching the development of the fight. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Has the Foreign Office warned you that you are being pursued by a female spy who is determined to obtain possession of a certain list of gun emplacements? Augustus Does His Bit I can't remember why I didn't take any pictures during flight training but Bill Haynes, from Chicago, and I took a lot around the base, of the planes, gun emplacements, etc. The Biography of a Rabbit For a number of reasons he thinks that will be a new machine gun emplacement; here at the centre of the farm wall they have been making another. War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war Then there were the fortresses and gun emplacements and covered ways in which one's soldiers went. The New Machiavelli I am not at all sure that this list of gun emplacements would receive the smallest attention. Augustus Does His Bit Then you think this list of gun emplacements doesn't matter!! Augustus Does His Bit We would haul it around on a truck and set it up at a gun emplacement. The Biography of a Rabbit |
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