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Definition of Enfilading
1. enfilade [v] - See also: enfilade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enfilading
Literary usage of Enfilading
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"... and directly in front wae ! another, on all of which the rebels had gune which
delivered at once a direct, enfilading, and cross fire. ..."
2. Attack of Fortified Places: Including Siege-works, Mining, and Demolitions by James Mercur (1894)
"enfilading batteries act in conjunction with counter-batteries or independently;
they are designed to take the faces in flank or slightly in reverse, ..."
3. 88 Bis and V. I. H.: Letters from Two Hospitals by Katharine Foote (1919)
"Men have told me stories of attacks under enfilading fire which sickened me with
horror. This advance has been wonderfully prepared and carried out; ..."
4. Elements of Military Art and History: Comprising the History and Tactics of by Edouard La Barre Duparcq, Nicolas Edouard Delabarre-Duparcq, George Washington Cullum (1863)
"... an enfilading lattery, that which fires on the flank in the direction of the
prolongation of the enemy's line—a battery which light artillery can easily ..."
5. The Naval and Military Magazine (1828)
"... and brought The enemy's enfilading fire was continued at intervals, with more
or less activity, from the 13th to the 19th. ..."
6. An Elementary Course of Military Engineering by Dennis Hart Mahan (1865)
"enfilading and Counter.Batteries. These batteries are used for destroying the
... Positions are chosen for the enfilading batteries, from which the ..."
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