单词 | barrage fire |
例句 | Afterwards the mule drivers and leaders were splendid, bringing up supplies under heavy barrage fire. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Prompt and effective barrage fire, hindering the advance of the infantry, prevented the Austrians from gaining any advantage. 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. Beyond the French barrage fire was falling like a curtain. Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret It was not barrage fire: it was individual firing against two individual moving targets and its success spoke well for the training which that brigade of American artillery had received. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" I continued exposing on various sections which gave me the most comprehensive idea of barrage fire. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. She was direct herself, very direct, but her advances were made under a barrage fire. At the Crossroads Meantime American barrage fire swept no-man's-land, catching many running Germans who had turned tail from fighting at close quarters. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. The British troops following the barrage fire penetrated the German position on a front of 500 yards. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Behind them the German barrage fire, beating time methodically, entirely hid from view the attacking columns. 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 Their favorite method was to break into defensive sectors with heavy artillery, and then completely surround them by barrage fire. 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 one battalion it is estimated that 90 per cent. of the casualties in the Ancre fighting were caused by the closeness with which the sailors clung to the barrage fire. Some Naval Yarns The rescue party passed through a severe barrage fire, but eventually reached the village, where they tended to the wounded for many hours under a heavy enemy fire. 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. Notwithstanding a violent barrage fire from the Austrian batteries, Italian reenforcements at once reoccupied the position. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources When the Germans did awake to their danger and loosed their barrage fire, it fell to the rear of the attackers. 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 Shortly, we ran into a solid wall of barrage fire. 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 They stuck right on the heels of the barrage fire, and in less than twenty minutes from that time the Germans had been driven from their stronghold of Beaucourt. Some Naval Yarns The American barrage fire cut them off, but the German officers drove their men through the exploding shells until a few succeeded in penetrating the American front line. 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. Dense masses of Austrians preceded by a heavy barrage fire counterattacked in an attempt to stop the Italian progress, but each time were driven back with heavy loss. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources A hot barrage fire of shrapnel accurately directed followed the British troops as they advanced over no-man's-land. 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 Melvin and his party were exposed to a very heavy artillery barrage fire. With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917 The barrage fire which had been called for began at once. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion He could hardly hear his own voice for the noise, and the very earth seemed to shake under the heavy barrage fire which protected them. Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer To accomplish this they traversed an open ground through a German barrage fire. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights The German barrage fire in the rear of our front lines is so frightful that one must not dream of going through it. 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 barrage fire had lifted, biting deeper into the ranks and trenches of the Germans. The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films If machine gun barrage fire is to play its role successfully at the moment of assault, the guns must survive the bombardment. Military Instructors Manual It is said that the pheasants in a Sussex wood awoke and screamed on Sunday night during the barrage fire around London. The Pleasures of Ignorance With the greatly increased number of heavy guns it became possible to develop the famous curtain of barrage fire, also known as drum fire, with this type of ordnance, as well as with shrapnel. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights The barrage fire kept up right up to zero, as per schedule. A Yankee in the Trenches The American gunners were sending over a barrage fire—a veritable rain of bullets that would keep the Germans from advancing, and which would also cause them to abandon their machine-guns. The Khaki Boys over the Top Doing and Daring for Uncle Sam Half an hour later the shell-fire against the front-line trenches abated, though the barrage fire still continued to fall between the first and second lines. Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche At the same instant, the Allied artillery opened up and laid a heavy barrage fire over the heads of the onrushing troops. Army Boys in the French Trenches Or, Hand to Hand Fighting with the Enemy Fighting has been a question of trench raids, and barrage fire, followed by the infantry charge through shell holes. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Their entanglements had been flattened by our barrage fire, but we had to get up to pick our way through, and they saw us. A Yankee in the Trenches When it gets dark, the Italians direct their barrage fire farther back, and give you a chance to climb out. Men in War But a barrage fire is being laid down between our first and second lines. Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche The prophecy was speedily realized, for again the enemy came forward, with undiminished ardor, protected this time by a deadly barrage fire behind which they marched with confidence. Army Boys in the French Trenches Or, Hand to Hand Fighting with the Enemy A barrage fire is such a focusing of shot and shell that it forms a veritable descending curtain of projectiles. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights It was carried out in brilliant moonlight, and despite a terrific German counter barrage fire and a sea of mud. America's War for Humanity It was too much a matter of mere words, too much mere sound for him to think that it could fool his soldiers, who looked forward to the barrage fire in dread, with homeward-turned souls. Men in War Directly after that they started the hottest barrage fire you've seen in a month of Sundays. Our Pilots in the Air The barrage fire swept the ground so completely that the Allies were forced to abandon their hastily seized positions in the open and retreat once more to the shelter of their trenches. Army Boys in the French Trenches Or, Hand to Hand Fighting with the Enemy The lieutenant in command made a heroic attempt to reach the main fighting line, but was caught in the barrage fire and rendered unconscious from shell-shock. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights While this was going on the British field guns came into play with a shrapnel barrage fire which completed the demolition of the entrapped enemy. America's War for Humanity During the last raids before the moon disappeared, by a new and ingenious system of barrage fire the Germans were driven off. A Traveller in War-Time We see and hear and understand that our wave, rolling here through the barrage fire, has not encountered an equal breaker. Under Fire: the story of a squad The Germans had not even that source of comfort, for whatever it might be worth under barrage fire. Now It Can Be Told Cut off from the main line of the Allied forces, the Americans were stormed under the protection of a heavy barrage fire by a German raiding party and engaged in a desperate hand-to-hand encounter. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights The moment of attack arrived, and as the British guns dropped their protecting barrage fire in front of the Canadian trenches, the clouds parted and the yellow crescent moon appeared. America's War for Humanity The French set to work to turn over the captured trenches and organise themselves against any counter attack that may face the barrage fire. War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war The barrage fire continues to increase its infernal discharge behind us on the ground that we have crossed. Under Fire: the story of a squad They flung themselves into the German lines in the wake of a heavy barrage fire, smashing through broken belts of wire and stumbling in and out of shell-craters. Now It Can Be Told With the new shells experiments were being made in barrage fire—costly experiments now and then; but the Allies were apt in learning the ugly game of modern war. The Amazing Interlude Under the light of this beacon the Canadians leaped over the parapets and began their methodical advance behind their barrage fire. America's War for Humanity Quickly the enemy discovered their whereabouts and laid down a barrage fire which, with deadly accuracy, plowed up their old front line and tossed it about on the pitchforks of bursting shells. Now It Can Be Told We discovered at last the cause of the maddening inactivity of the detachment's tail—"There's a barrage fire beyond." Under Fire: the story of a squad Some of them had been four days hungry, cut off from their supplies by our barrage fire, and intense hunger gave them a kind of vitality when food appeared. Now It Can Be Told |
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