A Military Dictionary, Explaining and Describing the Technical Terms [&C.] Used in the Science of War - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1778. Excerpt: ... or oblige them to multiply their parallels; they are likewise very serviceable in desending the breach, and the retrenchments of the besieged, and can very much incommode the intrenchments which the enemy make, being lodged in the bastion. Cavalry. That boy of foldiers that serves and sights on horseback. These are either regimented, or independent troopa, as the tioops of guards in England; and in France the gendarmes, and musqueraires on horseback. All these upon service are drawn up in bodies, called squadrons, a number of which form a brigade. They may properly be called the right arm of the army, nd are of very great service in disturbing the enemy by their frequent excursions, in intercepting convoys, and destroying the country. The cavalry is divided into squadrons, and encamped on the wings of the army. Too great a number of cavalry msy prove prejudicial to an army: for as they consume a great deal of forage, they may oblige a general to decamp from an advantageous post. Cavin. A natural hollow, sit to cover troops, and facilitate their approach to a place. If it be within musket-shot, it is a place of arms ready made to hand, and a conveniency for opening the trenches, out of sear from the enemy's shot. Cazematte. A platform in that part os the flank of a bastion next the curtain, fomewhat retir'd, or drawn back towards the capital of the bastion. Sometimes it consists of three platforms, one above another, the Tern plain of the bastion being the highest; for which reason the French give the others the names of places bosses, er low places. Behind their parapet, which fronts along the line of the slank, there are guns planted, loaded with cartridges of small shot, to scour along the ditch; and these guns are covered from the enemy's batteries by ...

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