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 páginas |
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... cover . Eire à l'abri , to be under cover , as of a wood , hillock , & c . ABRIS , Fr. Places of shelter . ABSCISSA , in military mathematics , signities any part of the diameter or axis of a curve , contained between its vertex or some ...
... cover . Eire à l'abri , to be under cover , as of a wood , hillock , & c . ABRIS , Fr. Places of shelter . ABSCISSA , in military mathematics , signities any part of the diameter or axis of a curve , contained between its vertex or some ...
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... cover yourselves with gabions , fascines , barrels , or sacks ; and if these are wanting , you sink a trench . You ... covers the vent of a cannon to keep the charge dry , and the vent clean and open . Their dimensions are as follow ...
... cover yourselves with gabions , fascines , barrels , or sacks ; and if these are wanting , you sink a trench . You ... covers the vent of a cannon to keep the charge dry , and the vent clean and open . Their dimensions are as follow ...
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... cover a place when it lies encamped or in cantonments for the protection of the different passes which lead to a principal object of de- fence . " An army is said to blockade a place , when , being well provided with heavy ordnance and ...
... cover a place when it lies encamped or in cantonments for the protection of the different passes which lead to a principal object of de- fence . " An army is said to blockade a place , when , being well provided with heavy ordnance and ...
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... cover the workmen in saps , and in all instances where promptitude is required . BAN , or BANN , a sort of proclama- tion made at the head of a body of troops , or in the several quarters or cantonments of an army , by sound of trumpet ...
... cover the workmen in saps , and in all instances where promptitude is required . BAN , or BANN , a sort of proclama- tion made at the head of a body of troops , or in the several quarters or cantonments of an army , by sound of trumpet ...
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... deux têtes , ou unges , Fr. double - headed shot . BOULEVART , Fr. formerly meant a bastion . It is no longer used as a mili- tary phrase , although it sometimes oc- curs curs in the description of works or lines which cover BOS BOU.
... deux têtes , ou unges , Fr. double - headed shot . BOULEVART , Fr. formerly meant a bastion . It is no longer used as a mili- tary phrase , although it sometimes oc- curs curs in the description of works or lines which cover BOS BOU.
Términos y frases comunes
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