strafe

• “One was shot in the leg and another bayoneted through the hip, and all were sent back to camp, where they were awarded six weeks in the punishment camp, known as the strafe barracks.”

  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

• “Some days we would "strafe" him with trench mortars; on others we would give him a touch of our artillery.”

  Over the top with the 25th Chronicle of events at Vimy Ridge and Courcellette

• “I glanced up at the pollard willow over head, against which I had been leaning to steady my field glasses as I watched our artillery "strafe" the Germans who were attacking the Ghurkas.”

  "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders

• “I _won't_, it's sheer waste -- still, I suppose one ought to be prepared -- oh, yes, give them one -- give them the word 'strafe'; nobody's got that.”

  Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 7, 1917

• “On this occasion the usual stoppages and checks were multiplied by a brisk artillery 'strafe' upon the front, accompanied by all manner of coloured lights and rockets.”

  The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

• “When this playful little "strafe" was removed by an order from Hanover the accumulated parcels nearly caused the death of the Germans working in the distributing room.”

  'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany

• “Almost every afternoon, about 4-30 p.m., the usual trench mortar "strafe" would commence, and would last for an hour or so.”

  The Story of the "9th King's" in France

• “One night was marked by a very intense "strafe" for a short time with rifle grenades and trench mortars.”

  The Story of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry France, April 1915-November 1918

• “It's true that he does jolly good work when the Huns 'strafe' his wire and he has to go out and mend it, but he doesn't go forward in an attack; he sits in his dug-out and telephones like blazes for reinforcements while the Germans pepper his roof for him with 'whizz-bangs.”

  Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France

• “When a concentration begins on a battery, either the gunners must go to their dugouts or run beyond the range of the shells until the "strafe" is over.”

  My Second Year of the War

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