If an intact reserve remains, it should be placed in a covering position, preferably on a flank, to check the pursuit and thus enable the defeated troops to withdraw beyond reach of hostile fire.
Every effort must be made to restore the organizations, regain control, and form column of march as soon as the troops are beyond the reach of hostile fire.
Troops in close order formation may suffer heavy losses in a short time if subjected to hostile fire.
If an intact reserve remains it should be placed in a covering position, preferably on a flank, to check the pursuit and thus enable the defeated troops to withdraw beyond reach of hostile fire.
They were, however, overwhelmed by the volume of hostile fire.
This statement was confirmed by the fact that the corps heavy artillery, though they were continuously in action during the day attempting to counter the enemy's batteries, could not diminish the volume of hostile fire.
The sappers had constructed for him on a little eminence, out of the usual line of hostile fire, a sort of look-out place from which was visible a great sweep of the scene of action.
The latter seem to regard a battle as an affair the ruling principle of which is, that the participants should have for their single aim the non-exposure to hostile fire of their more or less valuable persons.
The return journey from the first was much molested by hostile fire, many of the native bearers bolting, and leaving the doolies to be carried by the escorting Europeans.
The balloon can be inflated with greater ease at the base, where it is immune from interference by hostile fire.
Furthermore it is not a conspicuous object for the concentration of hostile fire.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hostile fire" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
