Sentence examples for battery of guns from inspiring English sources

A small battery of guns, named Battery Bayard, was an outwork of the fort and covered a blind spot in the ravine to the northwest of the fort.

Trumpets sounded a loud fanfare and from a distant battery of guns came the thunder of a royal salute.

But no one had told locals about this particular battery of guns that had just been installed and fired rockets instead of shells.

Mr Krebs says he opened the front door to find a squad of policemen pointing a battery of guns at him.

Unlike modern Navy vessels, ships of this era had no permanent battery of guns.

Ships of this era had no permanent battery of guns, such as modern Navy ships carry.

By Monday evening the French had occupied two lines of trenches of the German second position on a front of over three miles, capturing at least seven batteries of guns and over 8,000 prisoners.

Six batteries of guns were ranged alongside the village.

24 towers were constructed around the circuit, and over the coming years many of the gatehouses were rebuilt in stone and brick, defended by some of the first batteries of guns in England.

One field gun battery of eight guns fired 640 rounds in ten minutes (an average rate of eight rounds per gun per minute), and the Pioneer Corps fired 30,000 smoke shells over the course of the battle.

With the individual riding horses required for officers, surgeons and other support staff, as well as those pulling the artillery guns and supply wagons, an artillery battery of six guns could require 160 to 200 horses.