field battery

British

noun

a small unit of usually four field guns

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On completing this course he was given a commission as Captain, and placed in command of a field battery, in Brittany.

From Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers by McSpadden, J. Walker (Joseph Walker)

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

Captain Magruder's field battery of twelve and six-pounders, and Lieut.

From Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California by Mayer, Brantz

A field battery consists of 6 guns or howitzers and 12 ammunition-wagons.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

Colonel Hart, who was left at Kingston with his brigade, reported that there were but three regiments of cavalry and a field battery, that engaged General Wheeler on the 24th.

From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by Longstreet, James

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