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But the Dutch had reached the summit, and were enfilading the "nek" and the wholePg 214 extremity of the hill from our left.

From Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege by Nevinson, Henry W.

From this spot Tibetan riflemen were enfilading our troops held in reserve.

From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Candler, Edmund

Men, not so much now to sustain the Manchesters as to force back the Turks who were enfilading them from the "Haricot" and from that redoubt held for awhile by the R.N.D. on their right.

From Gallipoli Diary, Volume I by Hamilton, Ian, Sir