Transcriber’s Notes Texts printed in italics in the source document have been transcribed between _underscores_. Small capitals have been changed to ALL CAPITALS. Characters between ~tildes~ represent extra large characters; ^{text} represents superscript text. Please see the Transcriber’s Notes at the end of this file for some important notes about this text and the changes made to it. A MILITARY DICTIONARY, OR, EXPLANATION OF THE SEVERAL SYSTEMS OF DISCIPLINE OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF TROOPS, INFANTRY, ARTILLERY, AND CAVALRY; THE PRINCIPLES OF FORTIFICATION, AND ALL THE MODERN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SCIENCE OF TACTICS: COMPRISING _THE POCKET GUNNER, OR LITTLE BOMBARDIER_; THE MILITARY REGULATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES; THE WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND MONIES OF ALL NATIONS; _THE TECHNICAL TERMS AND PHRASES OF THE ART OF WAR IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE_. PARTICULARLY ADAPTED TO THE USE OF THE MILITARY INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES: BY WILLIAM DUANE, LATE LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, AND AUTHOR OF THE AMERICAN MILITARY LIBRARY. An army without discipline is but a mob in uniform, more dangerous to itself than to its enemy. Should any one from ignorance not perceive the immense advantages that arise from a good discipline, it will be sufficient to observe the alterations that have happened in Europe since the year 1700. SAXE. I am fully convinced that the tactics of Frederic II. the causes of his superiority, of his system of battles and lines, and of his most skilful movements have been wholly misunderstood to the present time, and that the actions of this great man have been attributed to maxims diametrically opposite to his real principles. JOMINI.....1808. _PHILADELPHIA_: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM DUANE, NO. 98, MARKET STREET. 1810. _DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA_, TO WIT: [Illustration: L S]