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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... serve notice . The first is the simplification of staff serve PREFACE . xxiii and the practice of the most celebrated of our cotemporary ...
... serve notice . The first is the simplification of staff serve PREFACE . xxiii and the practice of the most celebrated of our cotemporary ...
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... serve notice . The first is the simplification of staff duties , by reducing the three heads under which they were classed , and rendering the whole subservient and responsible to one source . The second is the new and hitherto ...
... serve notice . The first is the simplification of staff duties , by reducing the three heads under which they were classed , and rendering the whole subservient and responsible to one source . The second is the new and hitherto ...
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... serve in any menial capacity . Its rdained , that the articles of war be read in the circle of each regi- sent belonging to the British armylery is , or should be , divided into bri- every month , or oftener if the com- ng officer ...
... serve in any menial capacity . Its rdained , that the articles of war be read in the circle of each regi- sent belonging to the British armylery is , or should be , divided into bri- every month , or oftener if the com- ng officer ...
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... serve for the foundation of a bridge . Boats are placed wherever the avant - duc ter- minates . The avant - duc is had recourse to when the river is so broad that there are not boats sufficient to make a bridge across . Avant - ducs are ...
... serve for the foundation of a bridge . Boats are placed wherever the avant - duc ter- minates . The avant - duc is had recourse to when the river is so broad that there are not boats sufficient to make a bridge across . Avant - ducs are ...
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... serve on foot . BAN likewise signified , during the ancient monarchy of France , a procla- mation made by the sound of drums , trumpets , and tambourines , either at the head of a body of troops , or in quarters . Sometimes to prevent ...
... serve on foot . BAN likewise signified , during the ancient monarchy of France , a procla- mation made by the sound of drums , trumpets , and tambourines , either at the head of a body of troops , or in quarters . Sometimes to prevent ...
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