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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... enlightened to reject the services , or to damp the zeal , of any individual , on account of his religious tenets . to to adopt methods for self defence , and to have xiv PREFACE . sooner driven out of Paradise, and left to manage ...
... enlightened to reject the services , or to damp the zeal , of any individual , on account of his religious tenets . to to adopt methods for self defence , and to have xiv PREFACE . sooner driven out of Paradise, and left to manage ...
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... defence , and to have recourse to artificial means e varre . Such being the melancholy texture of sublunary things , the race of war has become indispensably requisite to the preservation of scal compacts between nations ; and until the ...
... defence , and to have recourse to artificial means e varre . Such being the melancholy texture of sublunary things , the race of war has become indispensably requisite to the preservation of scal compacts between nations ; and until the ...
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... defence . ADMIRAL , the commander in chief of a feet , squadron , & c . When on shore , te e ented to receive military ho- B , and ranks with generals in the ADVANCE . See PAY in Advance . ADVANCED signifies some part of army in front ...
... defence . ADMIRAL , the commander in chief of a feet , squadron , & c . When on shore , te e ented to receive military ho- B , and ranks with generals in the ADVANCE . See PAY in Advance . ADVANCED signifies some part of army in front ...
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... defence and the attack of towns , camps , & c . in which sense agger is the same with what was otherwise called vallum , and in later times , agestum ; and ainong the moderns , lines ; sometimes , cavaliers , terrasses , & c . The agger ...
... defence and the attack of towns , camps , & c . in which sense agger is the same with what was otherwise called vallum , and in later times , agestum ; and ainong the moderns , lines ; sometimes , cavaliers , terrasses , & c . The agger ...
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... defence . In this sense arances may be divided into such as are five , where the contracting parties tge themselves jointly to attack some her power ; and into such as are de- fee , whereby the contracting powers bad themselves to stand ...
... defence . In this sense arances may be divided into such as are five , where the contracting parties tge themselves jointly to attack some her power ; and into such as are de- fee , whereby the contracting powers bad themselves to stand ...
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