Sentence examples for shift fire from inspiring English sources
Seeing no activity, the commander of the Russian II Corps ordered all his cannons to shift fire onto the 14 guns under Józef Bem.
At 4 23, a 13.5 inches shell from struck near Von der Tanns rear turret, starting a fire among the practice targets stowed there that completely obscured the ship and caused New Zealand to shift fire to Moltke.
By this time, Bismarck had found the range to Hood, so Lütjens ordered Prinz Eugen to shift fire and target Prince of Wales to keep both of his opponents under fire.
If the wind shifts, fire officials said, 400 more houses could be threatened.
They then shifted fire to.
At 05:18, the British battlecruiser shifted fire to Scharnhorst, which maneuvered to avoid the falling shells.
Scharnhorst shifted fire to Ardent while Gneisenau engaged Acasta; both ships sank their targets.
She disabled the destroyer and then shifted fire to Canterbury, which turned away into the mist.
The Japanese battleline immediately shifted fire to the oncoming ships, badly damaging both and forcing them to turn away.
Shortly after, Helgoland shifted fire to an unidentified destroyer; Helgoland fired five salvos from her 15 cm guns to unknown effect.
Seydlitz was hit five times before the battlecruisers were rescued by the pre-dreadnought battleships of Rear Admiral Mauve and the British shifted fire to the new threat.
