Block 2 suffered from restricted fields of fire to the west and southwest, which were covered only by an automatic rifle dead ground.
12.
The second line consisted of British and Hanoverian troops under Sir Thomas Picton, who were lying down in dead ground behind the ridge.
13.
Two companies moved to clear the kraal and lined the rim of the cliff with a further company to fire into the dead ground.
14.
Standing patrols are usually small ( half section / section ) static patrols intended to provide early warning, security or to guard some geographical feature, such as dead ground.
15.
Consequently, the British planned an assault following insertion by helicopter early on the morning of 31 May, landing in dead ground about away from the house, and attacking the house.
16.
This interesting plan is the result of tactical experimentation that the keep underwent during the mid-12th century to improve the defense of towers against missiles and to reduce dead ground.
17.
If possible, it may reverse away from a crest, and try to find a route forward through the relative safety of hidden low ground ( " dead ground " ).
18.
Dead ground around the landing site forced the British to establish a lengthy perimeter, along which the 29th Division troops were placed in the centre and marines on the flanks.
19.
A few days after its arrival on 26 September, five airplanes were lost out of a formation of seven planes over the lines, and one returned with a dead ground observer.
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The reason for this was to ensure that every bastion could be supported with fire from an adjacent bastion, leaving no " dead ground " for an attacker to take cover in.
