The belated arrival of the Glengarries was pre-empted when they were enfiladed by the riflemen and forced to join in the general retreat. |
The slopes were swept by machine-gun and rifle fire, and the beds of the wadis were enfiladed. |
From this point, either the enemy's or our line could be enfiladed. |
On 'B' Company's front another company was allowed into an enfiladed ravine and then decimated by crossing machine-gun fire. |
Flanked by sheer precipices, it was reached only by two narrow paths enfiladed by watch-towers, eyries, and batteries of boulders. |
The overall design of each battery was that of an irregular pentagon surrounded by a deep ditch, which was enfiladed by three caponiers and a counter-scarp gallery. |