The Germans ceased their fusilade from behind at the empty trenches, and began to press southwards from the road, and westward from the direction of Menin, in great numbers.
Captain Rasch, who was now in command, accordingly decided to withdraw the battalion into the woods to the south, leaving the enemy to continue theirfusilade at the empty trenches.
We continued to exchange shots with the enemy until night fell, when a cessation of hostilities took place, save for an occasional fusilade when either side showed a light.
The first thought of the defenders was that a clever ruse to gain admission to the pa was being practised by Te Rauparaha, and they at once lined the walls, and began a brisk fusilade upon the splashing forms in the water below.
Here they were met by a deadly fusilade from one of Te Rauparaha's detachments, who were quietly waiting for them.
Without staying to question the wisdom of this order, a rush was immediately made by the younger warriors to obey the command; but they were met by a fusilade from the defenders who lined the walls, which worked havoc amongst their ranks.
The continuous fusilade of bullets poured into the serried ranks of the Indians at such close range, together with the loss of their leaders impelled the savages to retreat to the hills once more.
Around the little ranch they rode in a fusilade of shots as they passed and repassed, but all to no purpose.
When I thought I had located them properly I began to blaze away with my winchester, and kept up the fusilade until the chamber of the gun was empty.
Without a moment's delay, he seized his gun and through the open door of the ranch poured out such a deadly fusilade of shot that the invaders were compelled to flee.
When the Indians were within rifle shot, the scouts opened upon them with a fusilade of bullets, with deadly effect.
Frequently a fusilade of shots, harmless enough in themselves, will serve to turn a stampede which stampede, if not stopped, would result in the death of hundreds of animals who would blindly hurl themselves over a cliff.
No one was badly hurt--indeed, bruised faces and hands were about the only injuries, but if you have ever faced a fusilade from a battery of putty blowers or bean shooters you know how disconcerting it is.
The next day, about 3 o'clock, the enemy opened upon us a heavy fusilade with their siege mortars and guns from their gun boats and ironclads in the James.
Longstreet withdrew his forces to the east side, but a continual fusilade of artillery was kept up until night.
The Federal artillery opened a furious fusilade upon the troops, coming down the road with their rifled guns and field mortars.
As soon as he had his lines located, he opened a fusilade upon Petersburg, throwing shells into the city from his long-ranged guns, without intermission.
On reaching Zoar Church, some five miles in rear, we encountered Sedgwick's advance line of skirmishers, and a heavy fusilade began.
As soon as the troops got beyond the big wall and in sight of the tomb and Khalifa's house, a brisk fusilade from Remingtons by the Jehadieh body-guard protecting Abdullah was opened against us.
It was attempted in the face of a bombardment that would have shaken a city, and a fusilade that ought to have mown down every blade of halfa-grass near.
But in spite of the heavy fusilade which followed them back, the Wiltshire, retiring as steadily as they had advanced, rejoined the column with a loss of but ten men wounded.
The upper wall was won, but the heavy and incessant fusilade directed upon it and upon the ground below it, rendered its occupation precarious, and reinforcement a matter of extreme difficulty.
The Boers closed around in force and poured a bitter fusilade upon the troopers.
Perk, crouching there with ready gun, held himself prepared to pour out a hot fusilade if it became absolutely necessary.
They were on a down hill grade and before the driver could check the horses, a fusilade of fireworks struck them and they rushed madly into the square.
Wherever there was a boy there was a fusilade of the evil-smelling things.
After a fusilade of banter and jokes had been discharged at him from all sides, he blurted forth his news.
It whistled in the chimney and hurled a rattling fusilade against the window shutters.
When he discovered that I could comprehend a Latin saying, he gave up all other pursuits for that of riddling me with a fusilade of citations.
He told a doleful story of having had five fair shots at a large bull elk, who stood broadside on, only seventy-five yards away, but who finally became alarmed at the fusilade and fled, leaving no blood on his trail.
The result was that our infantry were compelled to lie prone on the ground, and, without being able to do much by way of retaliation, were exposed for hours to a scathing fusilade from the trenches beside the river.
The fusilade was fearfully severe and what added to its severity was its unexpectedness.
They stuck gamely to their job, and opened a fierce fusilade on the three skirmishing lines, which moved forward after the bombardment.
He opened a fierce fusilade and accounted for almost a hundred of the enemy.
It was the signal for a general fusilade on both sides.
Suddenly there came, from the front and the rear of the Inn, at the same instant it seemed, the sharp staccato of a fusilade of pistol shots, and the lumbering blows as of beams being thrust at distant doors.
In spite of the long-continued, heavy firing, an unremitting fusilade of many hours' duration, there were no casualties.
This was the signal for a general fusiladeby Craig Tolliver, Bunk Mannin and others.
They instantly opened fire on Tolliver, the score or more still at the hotel, also continuing their fusilade upon the fleeing outlaw.
The fusilade was so continuous that an attempt to return the fire from the windows would have meant certain death.
The fusilade continued incessantly for a long time.
A third had already opened fire and continued a fusilade from across the river for the evident purpose of pretending the presence of a large force and thus by intimidation to prevent pursuit.
In the fusilade both men were wounded, one of them crippled for life.
Fusilade continued throughout the day and night and the following morning.
The fusilade continued for some time, but Wallace, in his fort of log walls, drove the enemies from the field.
They settled themselves in a creek two or three miles away from us, and here they used to amuse themselves by letting off now and again a regular fusilade of guns.
So closely were they pressed that the fusilade between their rear-guard and the advance of the royalists was almost incessant.
Nort, as he reloaded his gun and sent another fusilade of bullets into the ranks of the now retreating Greasers.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fusilade" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
