Nonetheless, the Tigers pushed the Yankees back through what one soldier called a "murderous fire which thinned our ranks at every step".
"I knew that if we ceased firing at once, & undertook to go down the ravine as we came up, that the rebels would pour up over the fort and open a murderous fire upon us".
Stafford's men stood under this murderous fire for 15 minutes, but then the Virginia brigades on their left withdrew and Yankees poured into the gap, forcing the Tigers to pull back as well.
But the American crew was ready and kept the British off while the small-arms men poured in a murderous fire.
Napoleon then allegedly ordered Nansouty to assault a redoubt, under the most murderous fire.
Meanwhile, the retreat of Viceroy Eugène's Corps had left Montbrun's II French Cavalry Corps to fill the gap under the most murderous fire, which used and demoralized these cavalrymen, greatly reducing their combat effectiveness.
Many of the stories I share include the civilians who were forced to evacuate their homes, or else were caught in the murderous cross-fire.
"So tenaciously did these men fight on orders to stand firm at all costs that they could not be dislodged despite murderous enemy fire and the breakdown of communications," the citation said.
She was delirious, but the event she was reliving was real: The marines of Company F, cut off and under murderous Iraqi fire, had not meant to kill the Kachadoorians, and when they saw what they had done, they went out into the street to bring them in.
Yet again they were caught in the murderous cross-fire from the artillery in Lutzingen and Oberglauheim, and were once again thrown back in disarray.
