It was part of a chain of batteries, redoubts and entrenchments encircling the French Military's position in Marsamxett and the Grand Harbour.

The battery was built on high ground known as Jesuit Hill.

Marsa Battery was located nearby on lower ground close to the shoreline.

The battery was considered as an advanced post of the Tas-Samra Camp and was manned by men from Qormi.

[1] Like the other French blockade fortifications, Jesuit Hill Battery was dismantled, possibly sometime after 1814.