The 20th was tasked with scouting the movements of the enemy and relaying that information to nearby batteries.
The men of Rogers' nearby battery abandoned their position and spiked one of their own guns.
The British ships gave chase and forced a single brig to seek shelter between two nearby batteries.
Firing from Sainte-Agnès' artillery blocks was supported by a nearby battery of mobile 155mm guns.
Two were taken to a nearby battery; one exploded during testing.
When compressed, these crystals charge nearby batteries.
Supporting fires from a nearby battery were subsequently directed by a spotter aircraft overhead, and this temporarily stemmed the Chinese onslaught.
They retreated to the safety of a nearby Confederate battery at Columbus, where the Union vessels could not follow.
So did the crews of a nearby battery of engines.
During World War II, an observation post for the nearby coastal battery was located on the hilltop, and the old buildings remain.