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 Language |
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... sense , is the steepness or slope of any work , inclined to the horizon , reckoned up- wards . Some writers on fortification use AUANZI , in military history , the e of the Turkish light - horse that the van - guard of the Grand Sig ...
... sense , is the steepness or slope of any work , inclined to the horizon , reckoned up- wards . Some writers on fortification use AUANZI , in military history , the e of the Turkish light - horse that the van - guard of the Grand Sig ...
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... sense , agger amounts ar with. corps . Some authors will have agema to denote a certain number of picked men , answering to a legion among the Romans . AGENCY , a certain proportion of money which is ordered to be subtracted from all the ...
... sense , agger amounts ar with. corps . Some authors will have agema to denote a certain number of picked men , answering to a legion among the Romans . AGENCY , a certain proportion of money which is ordered to be subtracted from all the ...
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... sense , spies a treaty entered into by sove- praces and states , for their mu- al safety and defence . In this sense arances may be divided into such as are five , where the contracting parties tge themselves jointly to attack some her ...
... sense , spies a treaty entered into by sove- praces and states , for their mu- al safety and defence . In this sense arances may be divided into such as are five , where the contracting parties tge themselves jointly to attack some her ...
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... sense , signifies a desire of greater posts , or pre- ferment . Every gentleman in the army ar navy ought to have a spirit of am- bition to arrive at the very summit of the profession . AMBULANT , Fr. changing situa- tion according to ...
... sense , signifies a desire of greater posts , or pre- ferment . Every gentleman in the army ar navy ought to have a spirit of am- bition to arrive at the very summit of the profession . AMBULANT , Fr. changing situa- tion according to ...
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... sense , to encourage , to incite , to add fresh a superior sense of duty should always prevent them from discovering the slightest symptom of personal fear or perturbation . The best effects , however , may be sometimes produced by a ...
... sense , to encourage , to incite , to add fresh a superior sense of duty should always prevent them from discovering the slightest symptom of personal fear or perturbation . The best effects , however , may be sometimes produced by a ...
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