WATER BATTERY • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Water battery

... reference in this order was made to Captain Porter's plan. On the morning of the 24th of April, at three o'clock, the fleet got under weigh. The steam gunboats of the flotilla ran up close to the western fort and engaged the water battery and the rampart guns, and from the mortar vessels a shower of shells was thrown into the besieged work. This bombardment made it impossible for the leaders of the enemy to keep their men on the ramparts. Three times they broke, although they were ...

— The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various

... Apostles, a water battery lying at the foot of Morro, with a field of fire across the harbor's mouth. It is a ...

— The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, • Murat Halstead