flanking fire in a sentence

Examples

1. By 15 : 30, the attack had bogged down in the face of frontal and flanking fire.
2. The concentrated flanking fire they inflicted caused huge casualties among the Mahdists, who were forced to retreat.
3. Infanterieregiment ", became delayed by flanking fire from Dutch outposts, the position of which had not been correctly determined.
4. Enfilade fire, a gunfire directed against an enfiladed formation or position, is also commonly known as " flanking fire ".
5. It was also defended by several guard towers, allowing a flanking fire from which the arquebuses could cover every angle.
6. A measure of surprise was gained, despite losses to German flanking fire from beyond the southern flank of the attack.
7. The M6 Linebacker outside the gate and truck drivers on the dirt ramp a hundred meters along the wall provided flanking fire.
8. They were raked with head-on and flanking fire; of 673 charging cavalrymen, 113 were killed and 134 wounded, with 475 horses dead.
9. Later four Humvees of F Battery, 202nd Air Defense Artillery returned to the gate and added their flanking fire to the fight.
10. Heavy flanking fire from these strong points prevented any further advance, but the 2nd Shock Army penetrated the German defenses between these points.