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atterie 39 batterie
batterie de guerre, field battery on a war footing
(composed, in France, of de combat, q. v.,
and train regimentaire, q. v.);
guide, that battery of a group to which
as assigned the duty of getting the range (regler
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le tir);
haute, (fort.} any battery situated in the
higher parts of a work and having a considerable
command; (in seacoast artillery) battery
on a high site, for delivering a plunging fire
(see under II);
d'investissement, (siege) investing battery,
established at outset of siege;
lance-torpilles, de lancement de torpilles,
de lancement de torpilles, (seacoast fort.)
torpedo battery;
lointaine, (siege) battery at 5 or 6 km. from
most advanced salients (attack); (sometimes
synonymous with de premiere
periode);
de manoeuvre, maneuver battery, (Fr.art.)
6 pieces and 3 caissons; battery for drill and
instruction;
mobile, any field battery; (siege) battery
accompanying mobile troops in the defense
of a place, sortie battery (part of armement
de place de guerre)', (s. c. art.) auxiliary
batteries of field pieces (against landing
parties, etc.);
de montagne, mountain battery;
montee, mounted battery;
de mortiers, mortar battery;
de deuxieme periode, (siege) battery thrown
up by the attack in the second period of the
siege, and used for the distant artillery attack
of Ihe main position, battery of the second
artillery position;
de premiere periode, (siege) battery thrown
up by the attack at the outset of a siege, battery
of the first artillery position, opened before
the first parallel is opened;
& pied, foot battery; field as opposed to horse
battery (rare);
& pied montee, old name for mounted battery;
de pleinfouet (siege) direct-fire battery;
plongcante, (seacoast fort.) battery to deliver
plunging fire;
de deuxieme position (siege) battery of the
second artillery position;
de premiere position, (siege) battery of the
first artillery position (according to some
writers the term batterie de lere, 2eme position
is limited to batteries armed with t>. 1.
rifles, while batterie de lere,l erne periode applies
to batteries armed with m. 1. rifles, now obsolete;
but this distinction is fine drawn);
premiere, premiere , (siege) battery of
first artillery position, more often in front of
second parallel (obs.);
de preparation de combat, name formerly
applied to battery accompanying infantry in
its attack on a hostile position;
de protection, battery protecting a center of
resistance in the infantry line of a fortified
position; (siege) battery of light pieces to repel
attacks on the position de combat of the besiegers;
de revers, (siege) reverse-fire battery;
en rouage, (siege) enfilade battery when directed
against another battery;
de rupture, battery of armor-piercing
secondaire, (nav.) secondary battery;
seconde, v. deuxiemei
guns;
de siege, (siege) siege battery (guns and
works);
de sortie, (siege) field battery accompanying
a sortie or attack made by troupes mobiles
(defense), v. mobile;
de tir, (Fr. art.) that part of a field battery
(horse or mounted) that goes into
action as a whole from its very beginning,
i. e.. 6 guns and 3 caissons (2 or 3 horse battery);
in a mountain battery, 6 guns and 2
ammunition mules; (batterie de guerre=
batterie de combat+train regimentaire, and
batterie de combat=batterie de tir+echelon
de combat); [see supplement];
h tir indirect, (siege) indirect-fire battery;
batterie & tir normal, (siege) battery whose
line of fire is normal to line or work fired
at;
de tir plongeant, de tir vertical, (siege)
high-angle fire, vertical fire, battery; (sometimes
mortar battery, e. g., in. s. c. artillery);
II. Battery in respect of site, etc.:
annexe, (fort.) wing battery; emplacement
outside of fort, and protected by it, for pieces
that can not conveniently" be placed in the
work itself;
barbette,
tery;
b barbette, barbette bat-
basse, guns along the lower crests of
works; (seacoast) water battery, any battery
less than 30w to 35m above water level
(also) any battery that can not use a depression
range-finder; (sometimes) ricochet battery;
casemated guns for Hanking the ditch
(bastioned fort);
blindee, battery furnished
cover, blinded battery;
with overhead
casematee, & casemates, sous casemate,
(fort.) casemate battery, casemate;
caverne, (fort.) batteries carved out of rock,
or constructed in rocks, for defense of defile,
etc., in mountainous countries;
& del ouvert, open battery (no overhead
cover);
de circonstance, (fort.) a synonym of
detachee, q. v.;
de cote, (fort.) seacoast battery;
de couronnement, (siege) battery established
by the attack in covered way, when
crowned;
d, en cremaillere, indented battery;
de crete, (fort.) any battery firing over a
crest; (siege) a battery behind a covering
crest, but retaining possibility of direct
fire while using indirect aiming;
cuirassee, armored battery;
detachee, (fort.) detached battery; any
battery sufficiently far off to be considered
isolated from some main work; (according
to some writers) a synonym of de circonstance;
& distance, (siege) distant battery;
& embrasures, (fort., etc.) embrasure battery;
encaissee, enfoncee, enterree,
(siege, etc.) sunken battery, one whose parapet
is constituted by the natural and undisturbed
ground, whose terreplein is in
the trench;
& etages, tiered battery, with guns in
tiers;
exhaussee, a battery whose terreplein is on
a remblai or artificial mound;
defortresse, (fort.) fortress battery;
en gradins, battery whose guns are on different
levels;
haute, any (fixed) battery on an elevated
site; (Fr. s. c. art.) any battery having a
command of 30" or more if on Mediterranean
coast, of 35 or more if on Atlantic or Channel;
(in gen., s. c. art.) any battery using a depression
range-finder;
isolee, (s. c.fort.) battery not connected with
or dependent on a place;
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masquee. screened, masked battery;
de mobilisation, battery constructed on
mobilization in a place de guerre;
de niveau, battery on level of the ground;
& double parapet, battery permitting fire in
opposite directions;
de place, fortress battery, fixed or permanent
battery;
rapide, (siege) battery thrown up where
fire must be opened as rapidly as possible,
hence name (can open fire after 12 hours'
work);
rasante, (s. c. fort.) battery near water level.
low or water battery; (sometimes) ricochet
battery;
b, redans, indented battery;
& ressauts, battery with guns on different
levels;