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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... troops upon the route , likewise , for movements of manœuvre , and for castrametation ; the marking out positions of attack or defence ; the designation of ap- propriate quarters and cantonments , and the establishment of hospitals and ...
... troops upon the route , likewise , for movements of manœuvre , and for castrametation ; the marking out positions of attack or defence ; the designation of ap- propriate quarters and cantonments , and the establishment of hospitals and ...
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... troops stationed behind them . They are made either before rebutts , or other works , to render the atacas difficult , or sometimes along the skirts of a wood , to prevent the enemy fr getting possession of it . In this ase the trunks ...
... troops stationed behind them . They are made either before rebutts , or other works , to render the atacas difficult , or sometimes along the skirts of a wood , to prevent the enemy fr getting possession of it . In this ase the trunks ...
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... troops , in the place marked for it , in such a man- ner , that the whole disposition being understood , and well executed , the line of battle may be quickly formed in an open country , and in the presence of any enemy , without ...
... troops , in the place marked for it , in such a man- ner , that the whole disposition being understood , and well executed , the line of battle may be quickly formed in an open country , and in the presence of any enemy , without ...
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... troops . You must post the different kinds of troops advantageously for each ; they must be so disposed as to be able to return often to the charge ; for he who can charge often with fresh troops , is commonly victorious ; witness the ...
... troops . You must post the different kinds of troops advantageously for each ; they must be so disposed as to be able to return often to the charge ; for he who can charge often with fresh troops , is commonly victorious ; witness the ...
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... troops into the hands of the enemy . To discover that with has been entrusted to secrecy . BETTY , a machine used for forcing open gates or doors . See PETARD . BEY , ( Beis , Fr. ) An officer of high rank among the Turks , but inferior ...
... troops into the hands of the enemy . To discover that with has been entrusted to secrecy . BETTY , a machine used for forcing open gates or doors . See PETARD . BEY , ( Beis , Fr. ) An officer of high rank among the Turks , but inferior ...
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