1. Nevertheless, battery positions were excavated and initially armed with field pieces. 2. After the British had withdrawn, the Germans reoccupied the battery position . 3. Battery positions were made untenable by high-explosive and chemical shells.4. The Confederates scattered their artillery in one-or two-gun battery positions sited to repel Union assaults. 5. During the American Civil War, the military established defensive artillery battery positions at this location. 6. The operation encountered difficulties and did not succeed in destroying the battery position despite being located. 7. New battery positions were built to accommodate artillery reinforcements, dugouts were deepened and extra exits were added. 8. A new cartridge is stripped from the magazine and chambered as the bolt returns to its in-battery position . 9. At the main battery position one of the five remaining 105mm guns had been slightly damaged by a near-hit. 10. He showed great coolness and ability, and finally, with the assistance of another company, took the main battery position .
