field battery
Britishnoun
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The Royal Canadian Dragoons paraded, and the Thirteenth field battery roared a salute.
From The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier by Flandrau, Charles E. (Charles Eugene)
Headquarter Officers were riding, and, in passing the column, had just come level with the head of "C" Company, when the enemy suddenly opened fire on the road with a field battery.
From The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. by Hills, John David
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
In the end, we are told, his force consisted of little more than one field battery, one troop of horse-artillery, and an infantry regiment, all of which were British, with a few hundred trusted Pathans.
From John Nicholson The Lion of the Punjaub by Cholmeley, R. E.
When possible to avoid it, a field battery should not be opposed to a battery of position, or, generally, a battery of light guns to one of heavy guns.
From A Treatise on the Tactical Use of the Three Arms: Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry by Lippitt, Francis J. (Francis James)
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