A military dictionary : $b 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 Duane, William
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A military dictionary : $b 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
Duane, William
English language -- Terms and phrases; Military art and science -- Dictionaries
_The Train of_ ARTILLERY consists of an unlimited number of pieces
of ordnance; such as 24 pounders, 18 pounders, 12, 9, 6, 4, and 3
pounders; mortars from 13 to 8 inches diameter; besides royals and
cohorns; howitzers of every denomination, mounted on their proper
carriages and beds, &c. There is moreover attached to the train a
sufficient quantity of horses, spare carriages, spare mortar-beds,
block-carriages, limbers, waggons for ammunition and stores, shells,
round and grape shot, bullets, powder, cartridges, port-fires,
intrenching-tools, artificers tools, miners tools, gins, capstans,
forges, small stores, laboratory-stores, pontoons, pontoon-carriages,
with their requisites; tumbrels, aprons of lead, budge-barrels, chevaux
de frize, pallisades, platforms, chandeliers, blinds, prolonges,
drag-ropes, flints, harness, powder-measures, fuze-engines, fuzes,
tents, &c. The train of artillery is, or should be, divided into
brigades, to which belong not only the officers of the regiments of
artillery, but even the civil-list, such as comptrollers, commissaries
of stores, clerks of stores, artificers of all denominations,
conductors, store-keepers, waggon-masters, drivers, &c. The increase of
artillery clearly demonstrates its great utility; for in the year 1500,
an army of 50,000 men had only 40 pieces of cannon in the field; and in
the year 1517, the same number of troops brought 200 pieces into the
field, including mortars and howitzers.
At the battle of Jemappe, which was fought between the French and
Austrians on the 6th of November, 1792, the latter had 120 pieces of
cannon disposed along the heights of Framery, whilst their effective
force in men did not exceed 28,000. The French on this occasion brought
nearly the same quantity of ordnance, some indeed of extraordinary
calibre, but their strength in men was above 40,000, and composed of
young men who had never seen service, nor had any more than a few days
discipline.
_A Brigade of_ ARTILLERY generally consists of 8 or 10 pieces of
cannon, with all the machinery, and officers to conduct them, and all
the necessary apparatus thereto belonging.
_The Park of_ ARTILLERY is that place appointed by the general of an
army, to encamp the train of artillery, apparatus, ammunition, as
well as the battalions of the artillery, appointed for its service
and defence. The figure of the park of artillery, is that of a
parallelogram, unless the situation of the ground renders another
necessary.
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