"column" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Formed in battalion columns, the first line of battalions struck the 1st Guards Division.
- All along the battalion column the companies were similarly dividing, their drill as crisp as though they were back on their Yorkshire parade ground.
- The rebellion was soon brought under control by occupation of food centres and relentless pursuit of insurgents by battalion columns.
- Arranged in two lines of battalion columns, the divisions advanced in echelon, with Seras leading.
- Then, one by one, the battalion columns turned their backs on the enemy and began marching north towards the plateau.
- At 09.00 hours this force advanced toward the Obensburg in three battalion columns and quickly overwhelmed the Jägers.
- Meanwhile, the 42nd advanced on Acland in two battalion columns.
- The French and Spanish infantry formed up behind the artillery positions in battalion columns.
- Troops with less skill and of more dubious quality, making up the 'regular' part of the army, were formed into battalion columns.
- A line of battalion double-company columns is most difficult to preserve in the darkness, and any confusion may lead to disaster.
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