That way, if the other infantry attacks, we can rake them with crossfire.
The 40mm guns proved to be effective against massed infantry attacks.
The gunboats were quickly driven off, and the infantry attack was abandoned.
By dawn he expected "German infantry attacks and heavy artillery fire."
Many officers doubted that infantry attack could prevail against them.
The day for the main infantry attack was finally set for the 9 of May.
Very little fighting had yet taken place so far as they were concerned; and the infantry attack was not making much progress.
German infantry attacks followed that afternoon and met little resistance for the first four days.
However, by 10:55 the infantry attack began to develop, moving up the slope of Point 630.
On July 1, this mine was detonated but no infantry attack followed.