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Example sentences for "gun and rifle fire"

  • This position was under exceptionally heavy gun and rifle fire, and his pure daring and bravery were such an inspiration to the men under his command, that they withstood successfully all attacks upon them.

  • Small groups of Germans wandered up in an aimless way, and were shot down by machine-gun and rifle fire.

  • There was a battle of bombs, which was very hot while it lasted, and then the Germans bolted off under machine-gun and rifle fire.

  • The Canadian patrols were most daring during the next few days, but no weak spot was to be found along the enemy front, all attempts at crossing the Canal being stopped by heavy machine-gun and rifle fire.

  • The Canadian line was forced back slightly at first, but six of the tanks were knocked out by the artillery, the assaulting infantry dispersed by machine-gun and rifle fire, and the attack repulsed.

  • At the beginning indirect machine-gun and rifle fire, in addition to shells, swept the whole area day and night.

  • After having taken breath the Germans made a fresh attack in the region of the same village, but the Russian troops repulsed the Germans with machine-gun and rifle fire.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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