field battery
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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High overhead on the tower of the church, two soldiers and two officers with field glasses were stationed, signalling to their field battery.
From Young Hilda at the Wars by Gleason, Arthur
A field battery, consisting of 2 six-pounder field-guns and 2 howitzers, was also organised.
From The History of the First West India Regiment by Ellis, A. B. (Alfred Burdon)
A field battery I shall take for service for the army, but the heavy metal must be collected and left here for the present.
From General Scott by Wright, Marcus Joseph
This officer was to embark with a siege train and field battery, in season to reach his destination when the army would be in the vicinity of Point Isabel.
From History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 by Mayer, Brantz
On the amount of ammunition that should be carried with a field battery there was formerly a considerable diversity of opinion.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
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