Four powerful forts were located at the salients, and the line throughout was defended by thirty pieces of field artillery.
They were met by a withering fire of field artillery and a wide gap being opened in their ranks.
These 12-pounder Napoleon bronze field-pieces have been gathered by the Federals from the abandoned fortifications, which had been equipped entirely with field artillery, such as these.
He improved the form of the cannon and greatly diminished the weight of field artillery, giving it an organization which has been but slightly changed since his time.
Field Artillery, or such as is used in battle, or in the field-operations of an army.
Field Artillery is composed of the smaller guns and howitzers.
During the preliminary bombardments the Navy had delivered some of its heaviest blows on the hill, and the bombardment was continued by Battery B of the 13th Field Artillery Battalion and Battery A of the 63d Field Artillery Battalion.
The American prelanding naval bombardment destroyed a number of field pieces of the 22d Field Artillery Regiment, which was deployed in position along the first line of defense.
Minor changes had to be made on many of the guns obtained in this manner in order to adapt them for use on field artillery carriages.
It was the task of the Ordnance Department to take these guns and as swiftly as possible mount them on field artillery carriages of an improvised type that could be most quickly built.
In discussing here, therefore, the production offield artillery in the war period, we are concerned chiefly with carriages and recuperators, for they offered the major difficulties.
Use of field artillery to flank the batteries, &c.
Use of field artillery to defend the flank of the attacks.
The heavy guns remained on the road with a battery of Field Artillery on either flank.
Ferozepore had a large European garrison, a regiment of Infantry, a battery of Field Artillery, and a company of Foot Artillery, and was supposed to be able to look after itself, although affairs had been greatly mismanaged.
I still had at my disposal eighteen Brigades of Field Artillery; and so was able to allot four Brigades of Artillery to each line Division, while keeping two in Corps Reserve.
How could Boston resist without soldiers or ammunition or field artillery?
Two sections of field artillery came up, but the gunners were shot down rapidly in spite of all precautions; and at length, finding the pieces too light for effective service, Taylor ordered them to retire.
Twiggs; some United States and New Orleans field artillery, and the Texas rangers.
In their haste and terror the Rebels abandoned nine pieces of field artillery on the road, and a large supply of ammunition.
A mile away, in the artillery encampment, a field artillery battery of regulars from Fort Sill swept their guns at top speed through passages so tight that it seemed impossible for the flying wheels to clear them.
The army was short, even under its old, economical estimates of more than 500 field artillery.
Experienced soldiers would suspect that an infantry regiment hardly would be without at least one battery, and more probably two, of field artillery support.
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