Sentence examples for compound under gunfire from inspiring English sources

With as few as four armed Americans and three armed Libyans guarding the mission as the attack began, Mr. Stevens's own bodyguard was so far away that he needed to sprint across the compound under gunfire to reach the building where the ambassador was working at the time.

There were unconfirmed reports late on Wednesday that the security forces had tried to storm the compound and had retreated under gunfire from the hostage takers.

Last year, the police also came under gunfire from dissident republicans during the rioting.

The police officers and firefighters who arrived to extinguish the flames came under gunfire.

"He would follow tanks and film them, go under gunfire to film the regime's violations".

Well, one of the first things we witness is bodies under gunfire — faces split wide open, and breasts sheared off.

9.10pm: Ben talks about being really good at leading a team under gunfire.

The police came under gunfire from "heavy weapons", according to the French interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve.

Just before 3 a.m., they went ashore and had begun to climb onto land when four helicopters appeared overhead and they came under gunfire, she said.

The problem with the electrical power supply, he said, is that technicians approaching a central control room had come under gunfire.

"That's quite a lot of weight when you're running up a hill under gunfire," he said.