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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... means of trenches , galleries , saps , breaches , or mines , & c . by storming any part of the front attack . Sometimes two attacks are carried on at the same time , between which a communication must be made . See SIEGE . False ATTACKS ...
... means of trenches , galleries , saps , breaches , or mines , & c . by storming any part of the front attack . Sometimes two attacks are carried on at the same time , between which a communication must be made . See SIEGE . False ATTACKS ...
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... means it ascends in the atmosphere . It has during the present war been used by the French in reconnoitering ... means publication . Nicod derives it from another German term , which sig- nifies field . Borel from the Greek wav ...
... means it ascends in the atmosphere . It has during the present war been used by the French in reconnoitering ... means publication . Nicod derives it from another German term , which sig- nifies field . Borel from the Greek wav ...
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... means of a rammer . BOXES , in military affairs , are of setrai sorts. curs in the description of works or lines which cover a whole country , and pro- tect it from the incursions of an enemy . Thus Strasburgh and Landau may be called ...
... means of a rammer . BOXES , in military affairs , are of setrai sorts. curs in the description of works or lines which cover a whole country , and pro- tect it from the incursions of an enemy . Thus Strasburgh and Landau may be called ...
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... means of a bar or chain . BULWARK , the ancient name for bastion or rampart , which words see . BURDEN , in a general sense , BURTHEN , Simplies a load or weight , supposed to be as much as a man , horse , & c . can well carry . A Bound ...
... means of a bar or chain . BULWARK , the ancient name for bastion or rampart , which words see . BURDEN , in a general sense , BURTHEN , Simplies a load or weight , supposed to be as much as a man , horse , & c . can well carry . A Bound ...
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... Means meal - powder , Corned powder , → Saltpetre . 2 Brimstone . CZ Crude Sulphur . C + Charcoal . CS Sea - coal . BR Beech raspings . Sx Steel or iron filings . Bx Brass - dust . G x Glass - dust Tx Tanners dust , CI Cast - iron . CA ...
... Means meal - powder , Corned powder , → Saltpetre . 2 Brimstone . CZ Crude Sulphur . C + Charcoal . CS Sea - coal . BR Beech raspings . Sx Steel or iron filings . Bx Brass - dust . G x Glass - dust Tx Tanners dust , CI Cast - iron . CA ...
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