The concentrated flanking fire they inflicted caused huge casualties among the Mahdists, who were forced to retreat.

The Mahdists were subjected to intense flanking fire and were finally defeated.

The flanking fire ended, the detectives sprang forward en masse.

It was also defended by several guard towers, allowing a flanking fire from which the arquebuses could cover every angle.

Heavily fortified caponiers providing flanking fire were built on places of the front line.

While these towers provided positions from which flanking fire could be deployed against a potential enemy, they also contained accommodation.

Studded along the curtain wall are several polygonal towers from which flanking fire could be deployed.

The tower is believed to be an experiment in improving flanking fire by making more ground visible from the summit of the keep.

Here, there was little to show in terms of defences, but to compensate the line could be protected by a flanking fire from the town.

Though he could have delivered a flanking fire at this moment, The Shadow waited.