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Definition of Harassing fire
1. Noun. Fire designed to disturb the rest of enemy troops and to curtail movement and to lower enemy morale.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harassing Fire
| haramzada haramzadas harangue harangued haranguer haranguers harangues haranguing haras harberous | harbinger harbingered harbingering harbingers harbor harbor master harbor patrol harbor porpoise harbor seal |
Literary usage of Harassing fire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"The guerrillas kept up their harassing fire into the camp, now from one direction
and now from another, giving the Americans no rest for one more night; ..."
2. ... The History of the 33rd Division, A.E.F., by Frederick Louis Huidekoper by Frederic Louis Huidekoper (1921)
"1573 rounds harassing fire for preparation east of MEUSE at 22.7-81.8 21.8-81.1 From
... 7th October—n5 rounds for registration, 47 rounds harassing fire on ..."
3. Regimental History, Three Hundred and Forty-First Field Artillery: Three by Robert Davis, John Joseph Pershing (1919)
"October 9: harassing fire as usual; also 100 rounds on ... October 11: One hundred
rounds harassing fire on Bois de Champs and ..."
4. Illinois in the World War by Illinois State Historical Library (1921)
"1573 rounds harassing fire for preparation east of MEUSE at 22.7-81.8 21.8-81.1 From
... 7th October—n5 rounds for registration, 47 rounds harassing fire on ..."
5. The New York Times Current History (1918)
"... leaving many nests of machine guns there, which afterward kept up a harassing
fire. The Americans several times made big raids into the woods, ..."
6. ... The History of the 33rd Division, A.E.F., by Frederick Louis Huidekoper by Frederic Louis Huidekoper (1921)
"The guns were fired for registration and, during several days prior to the infantry
assault, they dealt harassing fire on roads and trenches and also ..."
7. ... The History of the 33rd Division, A.E.F., by Frederick Louis Huidekoper by Frederic Louis Huidekoper (1921)
"(harassing fire, surrounding fire, and destructive fire, will be included in the
plan of demonstration fire.) VI. AVIATION. ..."
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