minenwerfer

The area was periodically searched by the enemy heavy artillery, and the posts at Proville suffered considerably from minenwerfer fire.

The Story of the "9th King's" in France Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts

Then we were spotted; in a few seconds we were the recipients of a blast of machine-gun fire; a _minenwerfer_ dropped at the foot of the mine shaft, blowing the entire corner away, and it became very evident the place was ours no longer, and we started for the bottom.

S.O.S. Stand to! Reginald Grant

The Hospital or Convent in which one of the companies was located was subjected to incessant minenwerfer fire.

The Story of the "9th King's" in France Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts

June were spent at Cambrin and Cuinchy, this latter place being renowned even in those days for its minenwerfer activity.

The Story of the "9th King's" in France Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts

Quarry was the scene of much minenwerfer activity.

The Story of the "9th King's" in France Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts

So all the German bombardment on the first lines by trench artillery and minenwerfer would be time, labor and ammunition wasted.

Lest We Forget. No Author 1919

He inspected the hole, and, finding it was at the back of the trench, in a crater that was formed nightly by German _minenwerfer_, and that more earth there not only would not block the trench but, _mirabile dicta_, would be an actual advantage, he passed on and shortly came to a passage leading out of the front of the trench.

No Man's Land 1912

He had been awarded the French Croix de Guerre for rescuing under fire comrades buried under tons of earth after German artillery had unleashed heavy minenwerfer mortars on the regiment’s position at Rouge Bouquet in March.

Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

He had been awarded the French Croix de Guerre for rescuing under fire comrades buried under tons of earth after German artillery had unleashed heavy minenwerfer mortars on the regiment’s position at Rouge Bouquet in March.

Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

To the top we crawled, placing our periscope and telephone in position, and were nicely settled and doing good work, the Captain congratulating himself audibly on his bright thought in selecting this spot, when his congratulations were cut short by a shell smashing the periscope glass, followed by a _minenwerfer_ striking the bottom of the slag heap, making another huge excavation and causing the slag at the top to roll down from under us, taking us with it.

S.O.S. Stand to! Reginald Grant