1
Sometimes also two first-classmen are required to assist at the siege or sea-coast batteries.
2
The sea-coast batteries nearest to the attacking ships were soon rendered untenable by their fire.
3
That officer at once began the construction of sea-coast batteries on Coney Island, Rockaway Beach, and the New Jersey coast.
4
The armament of the sea-coast batteries was not calculated to strike terror into the soul of any nation owning a modern ironclad vessel.
5
Instantly the flag from the general's station was flung out, the signal-gun was discharged, and from all the sea-coast batteries the firing began.
6
On this subject of instructing our volunteers and militia in the use of sea-coast batteries, we add the following quotation from Major Barnard's pamphlet:-