Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-11-29
Military Terms.

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terms, very commonly used by writers,
will be of service to many persons IN
reading descriptions Of battles and. mill
tary operations:
: Casemate. .-vaulted chambers with en-
brasures for guns, and used in war ss
quarters for the garrison. ..
Defilading consists IN raising the para
pets of fortress, so as to conceal its IN
terror from the enemy on elevated posi-
ton. .- ....
Deployment.-All tactical maneuvers
intended to pass from close column to
the order of battle, are deployments.
Divisional division generally con-
sists Of two brigades, commanded BY
Major. General. -..!.-... -, ,.s.s,
En6lade.-To sweep the whole Length
Of the face of any work or line OF troops
BY the fire of battery. 80. 49,.
Escalade. place is taken by escalade
when ladders are used to scale the walls.
Bsplanade.-Empty space for exercising
troops within fortifcations. ......
Fascines.-Long cylindrical fagots of
brushwood, used for strengthening earth
works or to make firm footing on marshy
ground.
Flank.-The right side Of body Of
men or place. Thus, when it is said that
the enemy, by flank march, outHanks
our right wing, it is meant that the enemy,
by marching parallel to our line OF battle
put himself in position upon our extreme
right. ~, -,
Foraging is often confused with maraud-
ing, but is the systematic collection OF
supplies by authority.
lnlying Pcket.-A body Of men, In
campaign, held ready to march when
called upon. ...' ....
Lodgment.-In siege, lodgment sig:
mites the occupation of pNition and
the formation Of an intrenchment to-de-
fend il against recapture.
Pieket.-Literally, sharp stakes. Gen
erally used to specify detachment whose
principal duty is to guard an army from
surprise and oppose reconnoitering parties
OF the enemy.
Redoubts are works inclosed on all
sides, generally square or polygonal.
Ricochet.-Guns fired with q small
charge and low elevation throw ncochet
shots, which bound along the ground on
ramparts.
Salient.-The salient angle of fortih-
cation is an angle projecting towards the
country.
Sally Ports.-0penings to afford free
egress TO troops for sortie or sudden
charge from fort.
Sap.-The sap is a method of making
trenches, in which the workmen are pro-
tected from musketry by sappers rolling a
large gabio,, q. e., cylindrical basket
| filled with earth) towards the enemy.
Shells.-A shell Is hollow shot, with
q hole to receive fuse or slow match,
and filed with powder to burst at the end
of its range. .... ..t- t-.l.-..
Squadron.--Two companies or troops
Of cavalry. .. .a F-a
Subaltern.-A commissioned officer be-
low Captain. ..,.... ....-... . ..
Tactics is the art of handling or ma
neuyering troops 1t is frequently con-
founded with strategy, which is the art Of
conducting war.
Videttes. =. Sentries upon outpoSts,
placed to observe movements of the enemy
and to communicate by signal. -.-.
Abattis are rows of felled trees, de-
prived of their smaller branches, the re-
mainder interlaced and employed for the
defense of redoubts, isolated posts, or for
blocking up roads. a. g.G. .v.4
An Adjutant General is the principal
organ of the commander Of an army in
publishing orders. He has the charge Of
the army correspondence, etc., and among
his active duties are the establishment Of
camp-inspections, control Of prisoners,
and making reconnoisances, .....a.
Ambulances are flying hospitals for the
conveyance Of the wounded with the
march Of the army. - .. .a..'
Barbette-Guns are said to be In bar
bette when they are so elevated that in
stead of firing through embrasures, they
can be fred over the crest of the parapet.
The result ia wider range. ...r
Embrasure-Am embfasure is an open
ing cut in the parapet, through which the
cannon in q fort are fred.
Base of Operations-A secure line OF
frontier or fortress, from which advances
are made and upon which troops may re-
treat.
Brevet-In the United States army, bre-
vet means commission to hold rank in
the army at large, as distinguished from
rank in particular regiment or corps.