field battery
Britishnoun
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Major Jacob Brown was left in charge of the works opposite Matamoras with the Seventh Regiment of Infantry, Captain Sands’s company of artillery, and Bragg’s field battery.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by Longstreet, James
The regular military force consists of a field battery, with several regiments of cavalry and battalions of infantry.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
Captain Taylor's field battery, attached to Twiggs' division, opened its effective fire at an early moment upon the outworks of the convent and the tower of its church.
From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand
A field battery I shall take for service with the army; but the heavy metal must be collected and left here for the present.
From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand
A field battery on the left had a hot time of it just at this moment and drew out of action for a breather quite close to our guns.
From With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service by Burne, C. R. N. (Charles Richard Newdigate)
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