battery fire

Then a single tank and yet another battery fired on Hill 317.

This provided the range and bearing data needed for counter battery fire.

O'Neil was about to order the battery fire when he looked hard into his field glasses.

They've got gunpowder enough to keep the whole battery firing for ever.

He could see through the trees a Union battery firing from an orchard on the far side of the road.

The Americans returned 880 rounds of counter battery fire before the action ended.

I have been in her main battery fire control party when her big guns were talking.

Battery fire from the shore could not reach them.

He tried to correct his aim and a different battery fired at a point well behind the targets.

Their batteries fired again, and the wave went down and another came.

The directive came after the second incident of battery fire aboard the aircraft.

I withhold my main battery fire, then, in order to allow the refugees to continue passing me on their way to the west.

He'd cut down his opposition now by a third, but the two remaining batteries fired on him with renewed determination.

On occasion they could deliver effective counter battery fire.

In just 30 minutes, every minesweeper had been straddled with battery fire, though none were hit.

The battery fired no more, and the Impérieuse passed on.

The battery fired too soon on the US vessels, which were able to escape without taking a hit.

Both ships conducted maneuvers in separate areas and delivered counter battery fire.

This positioning of the artillery made it impervious to counter battery fire.

The first battery fired together in one smoking, thunderous discharge and every shot struck home.

She began maneuvering radically and opened counter battery fire.

The battery fired shots across its bows forcing the ship to surrender.

Anti-aircraft batteries fired into the night sky, although no planes were ever sighted.

Main battery fire control had to be shifted aft due to the loss of electrical power to the director tower.

Of the 20 missile battery fired only 16 battery.