The phrase "battle formation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the specific arrangement or positioning of troops or weapons in preparation for battle. Example: The army quickly arranged themselves in a strategic battle formation, ready to defend against the enemy's attack.
Some experts interpreted this as the first archaeological evidence for a typical Han battle formation.
Standing in battle formation, each of the soldiers is unique, with a rank and weaponry.
The descriptions come from "Diagram of the Battle Formation of the Brush," attributed to Wei-Fu-jen (272-349).
Macedonian battle formationThe battle formation developed by Macedonian King Philip II and his son Alexander the Great improved the phalanx.
In the midst of the forest, the Roman column was attacked suddenly by huge numbers of Germans, catching the Romans out of battle formation.
During the show a cluster of cypress trees arranged in battle formation appeared to march from one end of Karlsaue Park in Kassel, Germany, to the other.
In a practical sense, drill consolidates soldiers into battle formations and familiarizes them with their weapons.
The border town is well within range of Turkish artillery, which could easily devastate the Islamic State's battle formations.
Super Bowl Sunday is imperial Rome, all armor and battle formations, while the Olympics are still classical Greece: all torches, wreaths and moral uplift.
Joining the Dutch army, he served mainly in the Dutch East Indies, where he became familiar with skirmish warfare and open battle formations.
He started March of Time, a company that traded in antique toy soldiers -- more than 5,000 of which lined his shelves, many posed in battle formations.
