Sentence examples for fired in support of from inspiring English sources

On 11 and 12 October, she fired in support of German troops in Memel.

During the engagement with the gunboats, the guns in the fortress of Gibraltar had not fired in support of Speedy.

Fearing the Australians would be overwhelmed by the persistent Chinese attacks, Taylor ordered the Borderers and Shropshires to detach their Korean porters to resupply the Australians, while a full divisional concentration of artillery was fired in support of 3 RAR.

In the afternoon the US battalion withdrew from Hill 518 and attacked northeast against Hill 490, from which other North Korean troops had fired in support of the North Koreans on Hill 518.

Back in action, the guns from C Battery also fired in support of the British infantry, and after a vigorous engagement in which Gordon-Ingram was wounded the Chinese were compelled to withdraw, leaving many of their dead on the road.

One of the more controversial aspects of the deployment was the formation of the first US/Afghan Joint firing base with Afghan National Army Artillery firing in support of U.S. forces in the Urgun district.

Artillery began to fire in support of the Australians, however it initially fell too far to the rear to be effective, and it had to be adjusted by the B Company forward observer, Captain Jim Ryan, himself under heavy fire.

The weight of indirect fire available to the defenders had been significant and the whole of the 1st Commonwealth Divisional Artillery (80 guns) had also been engaged during the fighting, firing in support of both the Australians on Hill 121 and the US Marines on their left flank, defending Hill 111 and Boulder City.

Three men were wounded during the night but the machine-gunners continued to fire in support, while the remainder of the section repelled a number of Chinese assaults from the left.

It was unsurprising, then, that Democrats fired back in support of what Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt).

AASM made its combat debut on April 20 , 2008 during the War in Afghanistan when a Rafale fighter fired two in support of ground troops.