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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... weight . Military men cannot be too much impressed with the idea , that the science of war is only to be acquired amidst the activity of warlike ope- rations , ( or , as the ingenious writer of this work expresses himself , Que la ...
... weight . Military men cannot be too much impressed with the idea , that the science of war is only to be acquired amidst the activity of warlike ope- rations , ( or , as the ingenious writer of this work expresses himself , Que la ...
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... weight of its responsibility . For in- stance , continues the same writer , the assistant commissaries sent out to the continent during the late campaigns , received no other information from the treasury , than notice of their ...
... weight of its responsibility . For in- stance , continues the same writer , the assistant commissaries sent out to the continent during the late campaigns , received no other information from the treasury , than notice of their ...
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... weight ; most espe cially when it is considered , that , instead of being master of my own time , I have been obliged to keep pace with my Bookseller's eagerness to have it ready for sale , and with my Printer's laudable and unwearied ...
... weight ; most espe cially when it is considered , that , instead of being master of my own time , I have been obliged to keep pace with my Bookseller's eagerness to have it ready for sale , and with my Printer's laudable and unwearied ...
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... weight : they made use of cranes to load them . The Turks use some of them at present . To BOMBARD , ( Bombarder , Fr. ) Sce BOMBARDING . BOMBARDING , the act of as- BOMBARDMENT , S saulting a city or fortress , by throwing shells into ...
... weight : they made use of cranes to load them . The Turks use some of them at present . To BOMBARD , ( Bombarder , Fr. ) Sce BOMBARDING . BOMBARDING , the act of as- BOMBARDMENT , S saulting a city or fortress , by throwing shells into ...
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... weight of the work , so as always to keep its top above water : and therefore the sides must be made very strong , and kept asunder by cross timbers within , lest the great pres- sure of the ambient water crush the sides in , and so not ...
... weight of the work , so as always to keep its top above water : and therefore the sides must be made very strong , and kept asunder by cross timbers within , lest the great pres- sure of the ambient water crush the sides in , and so not ...
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