An Universal Military Dictionary, in English and French: In which are Explained the Terms of the Principal Sciences that are Necessary for the Information of an Officer |
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ancient angle arch arms army artillery attack bastion battalion battery battle belonging besieged board of ordnance body brigade British called camp cannon captain carriage cavalry chief clerk colonel colours column command consists corps counterscarp court-martial cover defence diameter ditch ditto duty enemy enemy's equal feet fire flank foot formerly fortification fortified place France French say front gabions GARDE garrison given glacis grenades ground guard guerre head honour horse inches infantry iron king lieutenant likewise manner Marshal Saxe mealed powder means ment military sense militia mortar musket neral non-commissioned officers officer parapet person piece of ordnance polygon powder purpose rank ravelin rear regiment Romans royal saltpetre secretary at war serjeants serve shot side siege signifies soldiers sometimes sort square stones sword term thing tion toises town troops Vauban wall weight wood word