This engagement was the first successful sniper engagement against an enemy mortar in Task Force Baghdad.
Cleland's accident, four soldiers were killed near that spot by enemy mortar.
The 327 took several casualties by enemy mortars.
None of our machine guns could effectively reach the enemy mortars, though some of Erich's gunners tried to jam them by firing at extreme angles.
Kelso made some 20 trips through enemy mortar and artillery fire to carry ammunition from his company to another unit defending an important hill.
In fact, the last enemy heavy mortars that survived the nationalist fire did not finally stop until all of the ammunition had run out.
Sure enough, the enemy mortars were bursting in the fields on both sides of the road.
Darkness has descended and the mosquitoes have taken over from the enemy mortars.
Watson's Company from the launch of the attack came under heavy repeated attacks by enemy mortars, machine-guns and artillery and there were immediate casualties.
Set up an observer post, or better, two, to call in fire on those enemy mortars, if they can be effective.