The mine is then exploded by rifle or machine-gun fire.
But each one of the houses was shelled within fifteen minutes of the time he opened fire from it, which shows the importance that the Germans attached to machine-gun fire.
They would not surrender, and from their hidden recesses they could pour out a deadly machine-gun fire.
But the meaning and significance of the hissing bullet sounds were made swiftly plain as the rifle and machine-gun fire grew, and the riflemen and machine gunners steadied to their aim and task.
In the early morning of March 2nd smoke-bombs were loosed from the trenches as though in prelude to an attack, and a great blare of musketry and machine-gun fire roared up and down the line.
Its rims are higher, but the Germans so dominate it from their trench in front that our garrison has to keep their heads down; the rims are constantly swept by rifle and machine-gun fire.
While trying to cross two planks over a canal that was being peppered with machine-gun fire, the youngster received a flesh wound, and was about to fall.
Despite rifle and machine-gun fire, a small force crossed the river by this perilous path, and as it pushed forward the engineers were able to strengthen and enlarge the frail bridge for the passage of the remainder.
Meanwhile British and French guns played upon the German trenches, and to some extent kept down the rifle and machine-gun fire.
But the men of the 15th Division answered by volleys of rifle-fire, machine-gun fire, and bombs.
He, by some strange freak of psychology, was brave under machine-gun fire.
The enemy held the ridges across the valley and from them directed an accurately ranged machine-gun fire in enfilade.
The night was fairly quiet, though continuous rifle and machine-gun fire went on all night, but as the bullets were nearly all going beyond our left we surmised the Turks' next position did not face us.
The Turk it was observed was spending his time in much the same way and at first exposed good targets for our machine-gun fire; latterly, however, as a result of our fire his work was carried out under cover.
Our line of advance was to be round the southern face of Nebi Samwil, but heavy machine-gun fire from a Turkish position at Beit Iksa prevented this.
They also mistook us for Bosches, possibly because of the four prisoners in front, and subjected us to rather severe machine-gun fire.
They were caught by the full fury of the German artillery barrage, and those who got through the village were swept down by a most intense machine-gun fire.
The wire had been cunningly arranged so that all these re-entrants formed “culs de sac” into which heavy machine-gun fire could be poured by the defenders.
I had, however, to change my mind when at noon van Rooyen, who was very reliable, returned from a hunting expedition and reported that he had certainly heard continuous machine-gun fire.
Captain von Kornatzky was just in time to open effective machine-gun fire on the small English vessels as they passed out by the narrow English harbour entrance.
In the darkness Captain Koehl’s two companies had pursued with energy and opened machine-gun fire on the enemy when he tried to make a stand.
The enemy, consisting mainly of the 11th South African Infantry Regiment, had fought well, and had repeatedly brought effective machine-gun fire to bear on our companies.
The left platoon was swept away by German machine-gun fire before it reached its objective.
In moving up to our fire-trench the relieving troops had to cross a high bank which was fully exposed to the rifle and machine-gun fire of the enemy in the positions opposite.
The Germans, retiring before them, were caught by our machine-gun fire.
At the same time the Fort Garry Horse, attacking from the north, made their objectives in spite of heavy machine-gun fire.
There was a short period of confusion, and some of our men were caught in the open by German rifle and machine-gun fire.
The bit of road he had to "slip across" was catching most of the shells which the cottage did not, and was also the channel for a steady stream of rifle and machine-gun fire.
This fog and the British machine-gun fire, which caught the German waves, checked the pace of their onslaught and caused heavy losses.
They advanced in dense masses, and never faltered until shattered by the machine-gun fire.
Sinn Fein the previous day, and was trying to escape from the awful machine-gun fire when he was shot down and fell back on to the seat.
We have been bombarded during the evening and night by shrapnel and machine-gun fire, but without material damage to our position, which is of great strength.
After the Green had been raked by our machine-gun fire he strolled up, in his casual way, to see the result!
In case any pilot objects to attacking the observers with machine-gun fire, he is to strew their parachutes with autumn leaves and such field-flowers as the season affords.
But she was not really a wicked submarine, as she did not sink passenger liners or hospital ships with torpedoes or gun fire, but only laid mines, which is a legitimate act of war.
So he and the other two pilots swooped down and swept the decks with machine-gun fire.
Once a flying-boat attacked a submarine from a low altitude and was met by machine-gun fire.
The officers determined to hold on though under heavy machine-gun fire, and called on Colonel Snider, the nearest commanding officer, for help.
In the first rush they won a section of trench, but the machine-gun fire was so intense in the redoubt that to attempt an advance, or to hold on would have caused needless sacrifice of life.
The Germans prepared an infantry attack in the afternoon, but were driven back by the Canadian artillery and machine-gun fire.
Those who participated in the advance on the wood described the havoc wrought in the Canadian ranks by the enemy's machine-gun fire, and, though many fell, others took their places and the line never for a moment wavered.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gun fire" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
