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Batteries of German cannon and machine guns, perched on the cliffs and hidden in caves, could turn an enfilading fire on the beaches, which bristled with barbed wire.

From Time Magazine Archive

The forts near Dunn's house had direct front fire, and those on the north an enfilading fire on the line of advance.

From The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War by Wilson, Joseph T. (Joseph Thomas)

Trenches give much less protection against oblique or enfilade fire than they do against frontal fire, although the main purpose of 'bays' is to lessen the effect of enfilading.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

Thus one party could assist the other by enfilading the attacking force, unless they were in sufficient strength to pursue both together.

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Lever, Charles James

The other ships were to fire at angles with the fort so as to make an enfilading fire as much as possible.

From The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document by Anonymous