defensive fire in a sentence

Examples

1. No defensive fire from the Iraqis was detected, and all the coalition warplanes returned safely, defense officials said.
2. Cutinha maintained this position, refused assistance, and provided defensive fire for his comrades until he fell mortally wounded.
3. USAAF raids were by daylight, the closely massed groups of bombers covering each other with defensive fire against fighters.
4. They dismounted and took up a defensive firing line at the gap between the wagons they had just entered.
5. Directed onto a formation of Do 17s soon after he damaged one bomber before taking hits from defensive fire.
6. No reconnaissance of the Canadian positions was done and the infantry met intense defensive fire from firmly established positions.
7. At the " Cactus Farm ", the British infantry was faced by fierce defensive fire from well-concealed German paratroopers.
8. The Greeks were halted by mines and heavy defensive fire from the east side of the airfield and nearby houses.
9. The prohibition of USAF flights over Route 46 did not prevent defensive fire on civilian airplanes by Chinese antiaircraft gunners.
10. Several torpedoes were detonated by strafing aircraft or defensive fire from the carriers, and the rest failed to strike a target.