Aerial attacks Attack had failed to hit Attack the Le Hamel strongpoint , which had its embrasure facing east to provide Supply enfilade fire along the beach and had a thick concrete wall on the seaward side .

It had failed Confronting_problem by midday ; the Turks were caught Body_movement by enfilade fire from the defenders ' rifles and machine-guns , which caused Causation around ten thousand casualties Catastrophe , including three thousand deaths .

By late December , the completed Process_end Austrian batteries connected Connect with the captured Arrest French fortification called Statement `` Bonnet de Prêtre '' ; from these positions , the Austrians bombarded Attack the French defenses Defending with enfilade fire .