field battery
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Two troops of Horse Artillery, the Naval Brigade, one heavy field battery, and three light ones, with the 4th, 5th, and 6th Infantry Brigades, and a handful of cavalry, seem a small force.”
From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux
Three full companies of sappers and miners, ten mountain howitzers, a field battery, fifty rapid-fire standing rifles, and a complete outfit for throwing lyddite.
From The Man Who Rocked the Earth by Wood, Robert Williams
Wall's field battery and the cavalry will be held in reserve on the national road, a little out of view and range of the enemy's batteries.
From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand
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
A field battery came from the direction of Centreville, and tried to make trouble at long range, but was driven off by superior numbers.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by Longstreet, James
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