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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... war , specifically attached to and resident in the hotel des invalides . It was their duty to keep a regular roll ... secretary at war . Each commissary at every review or inspection of the corps of in- valids , had particular ...
... war , specifically attached to and resident in the hotel des invalides . It was their duty to keep a regular roll ... secretary at war . Each commissary at every review or inspection of the corps of in- valids , had particular ...
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... secretary at war , with a copy of the same to the in- tendant of the province . Officers have frequently been displaced or degraded on this account . Hence the term dom- mage is supposed to have been derived from the latin words damnum ...
... secretary at war , with a copy of the same to the in- tendant of the province . Officers have frequently been displaced or degraded on this account . Hence the term dom- mage is supposed to have been derived from the latin words damnum ...
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... war . The following are the gradations of rank as distinguished by epaulettes . Masters and commanders have one ... secretary . ÉPIGNARE , Fr. a small piece of ordnance which does not exceed one pound in caliber . ÉPINGLETTE , Fr ...
... war . The following are the gradations of rank as distinguished by epaulettes . Masters and commanders have one ... secretary . ÉPIGNARE , Fr. a small piece of ordnance which does not exceed one pound in caliber . ÉPINGLETTE , Fr ...
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... war ; after his examination and report , the secretary at war , in many instances , orders partial issues of money by letter to the pay master general . No final payment is made , except under the authority of a warrant countersigned ...
... war ; after his examination and report , the secretary at war , in many instances , orders partial issues of money by letter to the pay master general . No final payment is made , except under the authority of a warrant countersigned ...
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... secretary at war . The privileges they enjoyed were to be exempted from all taxes , & c . but they could not insti- tute any species of criminal information without the concurrence of the greffier or sheriff . EXERCISE , in military ...
... secretary at war . The privileges they enjoyed were to be exempted from all taxes , & c . but they could not insti- tute any species of criminal information without the concurrence of the greffier or sheriff . EXERCISE , in military ...
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