- less accurately—as a "trench".
During the
American Civil War the term "
rifle pit" was
recognized by both U.S. Army and
Confederate Army forces. A protected...
- the 'lower redoubt',
which was
actually a
series of trenches, and a
rifle pit. The main pā was
built in the
style of a redoubt, as
commonly used by...
-
Dandy led the 100th New York
Infantry in a rush
toward Fort Wagner's
rifle pits. The New
Yorkers quickly established a
temporary picket line but their...
- own,
attacked and
captured a
Russian rifle pit situated among the
rocks overhanging the
Woronzoff Road. The
pit was
occupied every night by the Russians...
-
troops had been trained, they
thought that it
would make an
excellent rifle pit in
which to take cover. They
therefore moved down into the
crater itself...
-
George Henry Thomas, to move
forward and
seize the
Confederate line of
rifle pits on the
valley floor and stop there, as a
demonstration to ****ist Sherman's...
- A
rifle is a long-barreled
firearm designed for
accurate shooting and
higher stopping power, with a
barrel that has a
helical or
spiralling pattern of...
- walls.
Coupure Covertway Defensive fighting position; for example, a
rifle pit,
sangar or fox hole. Demi-lune Ditch: a dry moat. Dragon's teeth: Triangular...
-
taking cover under a rock,
dislodged two
Russians who were
occupying a
rifle-
pit. The
official citation was as follows: For
courageous conduct when emplo****...
- regiments, and on one day they
launched 23 attacks.
Every trench, pillbox,
rifle-
pit and ruin in the area was
turned into a
strongpoint with its own direction...
