He did give us trouble, though, with that devilish Minenwerfer which sent over a wheel-barrow load of high explosive at each shot.
In particular all preparations should be completed so that, the moment a gas cloud appears, fire may be opened by artillery, infantry, machine guns, minenwerfer and hand grenades.
The combined fire of our Artillery, Infantry, Machine Guns, Minenwerfer and Hand Grenades breaks up the gas clouds, and the respirators then afford complete protection against such gas as may reach our position.
Our first morning the Boche started just before midday, and for four hours rained heavy minenwerfer shells on these two Companies, and particularly on the new trench.
The Boche, however, thought more of the new trench than we did, and the day after it was built, bombarded it with heavy minenwerfer shells until it was unrecognisable.
Pearson, who had severe concussion, as the result of being knocked down by a Minenwerfer bomb.
A field-gun is banging away round the corner, and that heavy boom is a minenwerfer shelling the Alexanderplatz.
The famous Brickstack area was a centre of great mining activities; raids were the order rather than the exception, and big trenchminenwerfer were daily in action.
By a great stroke of fortune, ten minutes before the bombardment was due to begin, the minenwerfer in question started its nightly bombardment.
The remainder of the month of May and the month of June were spent at Cambrin and Cuinchy, this latter place being renowned even in those days for itsminenwerfer activity.
The area was periodically searched by the enemy heavy artillery, and the posts at Proville suffered considerably from minenwerfer fire.
At Tincourt a pleasant week was spent, after which the Battalion returned to the Birdcage sector, the portion of which immediately in front of Eagle Quarry was the scene of much minenwerfer activity.
The Hospital or Convent in which one of the companies was located was subjected to incessantminenwerfer fire.
Another was thrice buried by the effects of the much-vaunted minenwerfer shell--which ploughs up the surrounding earth--and thrice dug out by a passing officer.
And in this sector the enemy employed minenwerfer with the utmost enterprise.
It was unique by reason of the brick-stacks, and damnable by reason of the Minenwerfer and the Railway Triangle.
It was assumed that the Germans must have intentionally exploded a Minenwerferbomb store, as shortly after the explosion six Germans voluntarily emerged from a dug-out.
Minenwerfer sentries were posted who, whenever they saw or heard a "minnie" fired, blew a whistle.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "minenwerfer" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
