artillery-fire

There was only the usual artillery-fire and small raids to deal with.

Archive 2009-04-01 Victoria Janssen 2009

There was only the usual artillery-fire and small raids to deal with.

Excerpt from a War Nurse's Diary: The Operation-Theatre Victoria Janssen 2009

A heavy artillery-fire opened along our whole line, and was replied to by the rebel batteries, and soon the infantry-fire opened heavily, especially on A.J. Smith's front, and in front of General George W. Morgan.

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

As the battalion approached Springfield, the sound of artillery-fire greeted it, and our shrapnel could be seen bursting against a hill which was evidently on the left bank of the Tugela.

The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland Cecil Francis Romer

Our lines are now in close contact, and the fighting is incessant, with a good deal of artillery-fire.

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

There was no enemy artillery-fire to disturb the calmness, and each day gave the same opalescent eastern sky at dawn and the same fast-dropping sun falling below the sea at night.

The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 F. L. Morrison

Sufficient experience has already been gathered, however, to prove the salient fact that the airman is destined to play an important part in the direction and control of artillery-fire.

Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

The "thin red line" held back -- not for days, but for weeks, -- an immensely superior force, and the soldiers of England unflinchingly bared their breasts to the most destructive artillery-fire that the world at that time had ever known.

Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy

When the aerial craft has been entrusted with the especial duty of directing artillery-fire, a system of communication between the aerial observer and the officer in charge of the artillery is established, conducted, of course, by code.

Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

He maintained the enthusiasm of the citizens by patriotic speeches, so that they did not despair, but bore their sufferings patiently, and provided compassionately for the men standing on the ramparts in the storm and cold, in the face of an uninterrupted artillery-fire.

Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia F. [Translator] Jordan