The phrase "artillery column" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a military formation or unit consisting of artillery pieces and their support personnel.
Example: "The artillery column advanced steadily towards the enemy lines, ready to provide fire support."
Alternatives: "artillery unit" or "artillery formation".
International monitors say they cannot confirm the withdrawal of the rebel weaponry in the east, though movement of artillery columns has been reported.
He watched as more tanks and artillery joined the column, then rushed to his apartment and wondered what the hell to do.
"The National Security and Defense Council recently reported that Ukrainian artillery destroyed a column of Russian mercenaries near Donetsk airport and detained more than 10 of them," Sheila Casey, the State Department's acting press attaché in Ukraine, said in an email to reporters.
Armed with American intelligence, the Ethiopians' tank columns, artillery batteries and military jets made quick work of the poorly trained and ill-equipped Islamist militia.
The US strikes targeted Isis artillery and mobile columns, providing a boost to Kurdish peshmerga forces, which recaptured two towns from Isis but lost a third.
"Instead of operating in the open, in daylight, with tanks and artillery, using mobile columns to seize cities, it has dropped into guerilla mode," Kilcullen wrote.
The British operatives have been directing airstrikes from British jets and gathering intelligence about the whereabouts of Libyan government tank columns, artillery pieces and missile installations, the officials said.
For seven days, they also made numerous air attacks on Ottoman infrastructure including aerodromes, transport, artillery, and retreating columns.
About thirty infantry battalions were attached for short periods and the divisional artillery and supply columns remained in support of the front line, while one ambulance company was later transferred to serve with the American 27th Division.
The 3rd Light Horse Brigade was ordered to attack and capture Jenin and to cut the Nablus to Nazareth road, while the 4th Light Horse Brigade's 4th Light Horse Regiment guarded Desert Mounted Corps' headquarters, the 11th and 12th Light Horse Regiments were deployed to escort artillery and transport columns.
