A New and Enlarged Military Dictionary: Or, Alphabetical Explanation of Technical Terms: Containing, Among Other Matter, a Succinet Account of the Different Systems of Fortification, Tactics, &c. Also the Various French Phrases and Words that Have an Immediate, Or Relative, Connection with the British Service, Or May Tend to Give General Information on Military Subjects in Either LanguageT. Egerton at the Military Library, 1805 - 1008 pages |
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... battle of Marengo , have been able to astonish all Europe , by the conveyance of his artillery over Mount St. Bernard ‡ . Let it not , however , be imagined , that a military dictionary ought ex- clavely to belong to a camp or barrack ...
... battle of Marengo , have been able to astonish all Europe , by the conveyance of his artillery over Mount St. Bernard ‡ . Let it not , however , be imagined , that a military dictionary ought ex- clavely to belong to a camp or barrack ...
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... battle , wherein consisted the secret of their successes . And here it was remarkably singular in the battle of Africa , that Scipio , fearing not from the elephants of the enemy , left not the Principes in their distances , et the ...
... battle , wherein consisted the secret of their successes . And here it was remarkably singular in the battle of Africa , that Scipio , fearing not from the elephants of the enemy , left not the Principes in their distances , et the ...
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... battle , the simplicity of the two grand principles of extension and compression , must be so unavoidably lost ... battles with the rebellious chiefs of that cour try . f existed excited the attention of the army , and of course ...
... battle , the simplicity of the two grand principles of extension and compression , must be so unavoidably lost ... battles with the rebellious chiefs of that cour try . f existed excited the attention of the army , and of course ...
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... battle the adjutant- general sees the infantry drawn up , after which he places himself by the general to receive orders . In a siege he visits the several posts and guards of the trenches , and reports their situation , and how ...
... battle the adjutant- general sees the infantry drawn up , after which he places himself by the general to receive orders . In a siege he visits the several posts and guards of the trenches , and reports their situation , and how ...
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... battle . See BAT- TLE ARRAY . ARRAYERS , officers who anciently had the charge of seeing the soldiers duly appointed in their armour . ARREARS , in the army , were the difference between the full pay and subsistence of each officer ...
... battle . See BAT- TLE ARRAY . ARRAYERS , officers who anciently had the charge of seeing the soldiers duly appointed in their armour . ARREARS , in the army , were the difference between the full pay and subsistence of each officer ...
Common terms and phrases
according ancient angle arms army artillery attack bastion battalion battery battle belonging besieged body brigade called camp cannon captain carriage cavalry chief colours column commanding officer consists corps counterscarp court-martial cover defence deputy lieutenants detached diameter direction distance ditch division duty earth enemy enemy's equal expence face feet files fire flank foot fortification France French front gabions garrison given glacis grenadiers ground guard GUERRE hastati head horse inches infantry iron king lieutenant likewise manner Marshal Saxe mealed powder means ment military sense militia mortar motion movement neral non-commissioned officers observed old French parapet person purpose quarters rampart rank ravelin rear regiment regulations Roman saltpetre secretary at war serjeant serve shot side siege signifies soldiers sometimes sort squadrons square sword term tion toises town troops weight wheel whole word