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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... ramparts or pontoons . ADDICE , a sort of axe which cuts horizontally . It is commonly or cor- ruptly called an adze . ADDOSSER , Fr. to place one thing behind another , as a tent , & c . The French also say , Addosser une compag- nie ...
... ramparts or pontoons . ADDICE , a sort of axe which cuts horizontally . It is commonly or cor- ruptly called an adze . ADDOSSER , Fr. to place one thing behind another , as a tent , & c . The French also say , Addosser une compag- nie ...
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... rampart , or other work of a fortification . ARIGOT , Fr. a fife or flute . ARM , in geography , denotes a branch of the sea , or of a river . ARM is also used figuratively to de- note power . To ARM , to take arms , to be provided ...
... rampart , or other work of a fortification . ARIGOT , Fr. a fife or flute . ARM , in geography , denotes a branch of the sea , or of a river . ARM is also used figuratively to de- note power . To ARM , to take arms , to be provided ...
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... rampart , dismounting the cannon , forms , sleepers , planks , hurters , and nails , ought to be regulated according to the nature of the pieces that are to be mounted . piled in readiness beside the merlins , between the embrasures ...
... rampart , dismounting the cannon , forms , sleepers , planks , hurters , and nails , ought to be regulated according to the nature of the pieces that are to be mounted . piled in readiness beside the merlins , between the embrasures ...
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... rampart or intrenchment . BATTRE de revers , Fr. to direct shot in such a manner as to run between the two last mentioned lines of fire . When you batter from behind , the shot fall almost perpendicularly upon the reverse of the parapet ...
... rampart or intrenchment . BATTRE de revers , Fr. to direct shot in such a manner as to run between the two last mentioned lines of fire . When you batter from behind , the shot fall almost perpendicularly upon the reverse of the parapet ...
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... rampart which reaches from the Champs Elysées in Paris beyond the spot where the Bastille was destroyed in 1789 , is ... ramparts were erected covered on all sides with iron - work , and from which the be- siegers threw upon the ...
... rampart which reaches from the Champs Elysées in Paris beyond the spot where the Bastille was destroyed in 1789 , is ... ramparts were erected covered on all sides with iron - work , and from which the be- siegers threw upon the ...
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