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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... half the an- That which is made by the two faces , being the utmost part of the bastion most exposed to the enemy's batteries , frequently called the point of the bastion . See FORTIFICATION . Diminished ANGLE , only used by some ...
... half the an- That which is made by the two faces , being the utmost part of the bastion most exposed to the enemy's batteries , frequently called the point of the bastion . See FORTIFICATION . Diminished ANGLE , only used by some ...
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... half bullets joined together by an union bar , forming a kind of double - headed shot . BARAQUER une armée , Fr. to ... half hogsheads of water , which are poured into tubs for the purpose of refining it . Four half hogsheads are ...
... half bullets joined together by an union bar , forming a kind of double - headed shot . BARAQUER une armée , Fr. to ... half hogsheads of water , which are poured into tubs for the purpose of refining it . Four half hogsheads are ...
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... half by French or Imperial , and half by Dutch troops . BASCULE , Fr. a counterpoise which serves to lift up the draw bridge of a town . Likewise a term used in fortifi- cation to express a door that shuts and opens like a trap door ...
... half by French or Imperial , and half by Dutch troops . BASCULE , Fr. a counterpoise which serves to lift up the draw bridge of a town . Likewise a term used in fortifi- cation to express a door that shuts and opens like a trap door ...
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... half in diameter at the top , and etches at the bottom , and a foot aaa haf in height ; so that , being Bd on the parapet , a kind of embra- sure is formed at the bottom , through wach the soldiers fire , without being exposed to the ...
... half in diameter at the top , and etches at the bottom , and a foot aaa haf in height ; so that , being Bd on the parapet , a kind of embra- sure is formed at the bottom , through wach the soldiers fire , without being exposed to the ...
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... half of which torns away to one side , and the other L ' to the other , and both again join di pressure . rings of the pontons . They are co- vered with baulks , and then with chests or planks , for the army to walk over . See PONTON ...
... half of which torns away to one side , and the other L ' to the other , and both again join di pressure . rings of the pontons . They are co- vered with baulks , and then with chests or planks , for the army to walk over . See PONTON ...
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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