covering fire

"The intruders attempted to move by exploiting the thick jungles close to LoC and were assisted by heavy covering fire of high calibre weapons such as Mortars and Rocket Launchers from the Pakistani posts," the statement said.

Anna News Agency reported on Saturday that the Russian Special Forces were behind the scenes in Eastern Sweida, providing the Syrian army important covering fire around Toloul al-Safa region.

Summary: The structures and signs were found covering fire extinguisher nozzles, light poles, pavements, traffic signs and stormwater drainage covers

During the campaign, the Municipality detected 269 eyesores covering fire extinguisher nozzles, lighting poles, pavements, directional traffic signs, asphalt & road markings, and stormwater drainage covers.

* Covering fire. When an area is well defended, supporting units can provide covering fire and converge on the enemy defenses, engaging the defenses (hopefully) long enough for the goal to be reached.

"It was significant that the attack was preceded by covering fire from Pakistani posts in Battal sector.

INDIAN Army destroyed two Pakistani posts along the Line of Control opposite the Krishna Ghati sector for providing covering fire to the Pakistani border action team that killed and mutilated two Indian soldiers on Monday.

He covers the time he spent in Vietnam in six roughly chronological chapters devoted to his first six weeks in the country, his hospitalization for a malaria-type fever and assignments covering fire stations and supply drops from October through December of 1970, his first two months in the jungle in 1971, the shrinking of the press corps throughout 1971, the lead up to the end of the conflict, and his last months in the country.

Brodeur and Roberts were able to lay down covering fire while actively advising the pilot and co-pilot on the location of the tail rotor section to keep the aircraft from hitting the surrounding tree line.

We quickly reloaded our magazines, which took us a couple of seconds, turned around, and ran towards our trench, each of us in turn halting to fire five rounds covering fire at the enemy's trench.

However, the Russian Defense Ministry description of the rescue said nothing about Soleymani, saying the rescue was mounted by Syrian troops advancing under covering fire from Russian helicopters.