These great earth-works were connected with rifle pits and they ran, mile after mile, completely encircling the city.

这些连结着散兵壕的大型泥土工事一英里又一英里绵亘着，把整个城市围起来了。

Captain Randall and the occupants of the carriage smothered smiles at this naive explanation of rifle pits.

兰德队长和马车里的人听到这种对于散兵壕的天真解释，都忍不住笑了。

On the steep sides of the mountain they dug their rifle pits and on the towering heights they planted their batteries.

他们在陡峭的山腰上掘了散兵坑，在险峰绝顶上架设了排炮。

He assaulted the Yankees fiercely at Peachtree Creek, hurling his men from their rifle pits against the blue lines where Sherman's men outnumbered him more than two to one.

他在桃树沟对北方佬发起了猛烈的攻击，命令自己的部队从战壕里冲出，向人数超过自己两倍北军冲去。

With those precious twin lines of iron in danger, the Confederates left their desperately defended rifle pits and, under the starlight, made a forced march to Resaca by the short, direct road.

既然铁路面临被切断的危险，南部联盟军便立即离开死守的战壕，星夜抄近路向雷萨卡急速挺进。