Sentence examples for line of battle from inspiring English sources
noun
The position of troops drawn up in their usual order without any determined maneuver.
A clear line of battle is established.
Approximate line of battle front in June 1917 is shown with solid red line.
This was the final abandonment of the traditionally rigid tactics of fighting in line of battle.
They refilled their cartridge boxes and formed a line of battle with soldiers from two other regiments in the afternoon.
Men, some of whom had received their weapons only days before, were hastily shoved into a line of battle.
Men, some of whom had only received their weapons the day before, were hastily shoved into a line of battle.
Combat using these formations was known as line-of-battle warfare.
Therefore, a natural progression was toward fleets of big "line-of-battle ships," or ships of the line.
About 40 of these ships were line-of-battle ships, the rest being mostly transports and light craft.
The columnar formations that typified line-of-battle tactics were developed by the British in the late 17th century and came into standard use by most navies thereafter.
The French and Spaniards had in all 46 line-of-battle ships to his 33, and his ships were ill-equipped and ill-manned.
