A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising Ancient and Modern Military Technical Terms, Historical Accounts of All North American Indians, as Well as Ancient Warlike Tribes; Also Notices of Battles from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, with a Concise Explanation of Terms Used in Heraldry and the Offices Thereof. The Work Also Gives Valuable Geographical InformationL. R. Hamersly & Company, 1881 - 659 halaman |
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... hands of the English . Alabama was incorporated first with Georgia , afterwards , in 1802 , with the Mississippi Territory ; but finally , in 1819 , it became an independent member of the great American confederacy . In 1813 and 1814 ...
... hands of the English . Alabama was incorporated first with Georgia , afterwards , in 1802 , with the Mississippi Territory ; but finally , in 1819 , it became an independent member of the great American confederacy . In 1813 and 1814 ...
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... hands of the hangman , his shirt stripped off , a rope put about his neck , and a taper in his hand ; then he was led into the court , where he begged pardon of God , the court , and his country . Sometimes the punishment ended there ...
... hands of the hangman , his shirt stripped off , a rope put about his neck , and a taper in his hand ; then he was led into the court , where he begged pardon of God , the court , and his country . Sometimes the punishment ended there ...
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... hands of Timur ; the Turks took possession of it in 1471 ; cap- tured by the Cossacks in 1637 ; besieged without success by the Turks in 1641 , they returned the following year with a large army to attack the city , when the Cossacks ...
... hands of Timur ; the Turks took possession of it in 1471 ; cap- tured by the Cossacks in 1637 ; besieged without success by the Turks in 1641 , they returned the following year with a large army to attack the city , when the Cossacks ...
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... hands of the allies . Azotus . See ASHDOD . Aztecs . The ruling tribe in Mexico at the time of the Spanish invasion , 1519 . Azure . A French word used in heraldry to signify blue . In engraving arms it is always represented by ...
... hands of the allies . Azotus . See ASHDOD . Aztecs . The ruling tribe in Mexico at the time of the Spanish invasion , 1519 . Azure . A French word used in heraldry to signify blue . In engraving arms it is always represented by ...
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... hand . Basket - hilted . Having a hilt of basket- work . Baskets . See GABION . Baslard . A short sword or dagger ... hands and heads were cut off , and the heads car- ried on pikes through the streets . Bastinado . A punishment among ...
... hand . Basket - hilted . Having a hilt of basket- work . Baskets . See GABION . Baslard . A short sword or dagger ... hands and heads were cut off , and the heads car- ried on pikes through the streets . Bastinado . A punishment among ...
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afterwards allies ancient angle armor arms army ARTICLES OF WAR artillery attack Austrians bastion battery battle Bavaria besieged body bore breech called cannon capital captured carriage case-shot cavalry centre century charge civil command Confederate conquered consists corps court-martial Danube defeated defense Duke duty emperor empire enemy England English feet fire flank force formerly fortified fortress fought France French front fuze gabions garrison ground guard heraldry horse inches India Indians infantry inhabitants iron island Italy Julius Cæsar king kingdom knights land March meal powder ment metal miles mortars officers ORDNANCE parapet peace Persian piece ponton possession Prince prisoners projectile province rank regiment rifle river Romans Russians Saracens shell shot side siege signifies soldiers Spain steel taken term tion took town of France treaty tribe troops trunnions Turks U. S. service United victory village wrought iron
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Halaman 100 - If, upon marches, guards or in quarters, different corps of the army shall happen to join or do duty together, the officer highest in rank of the line of the army, marine corps or militia, by commission, there on duty or in quarters, shall command the whole, and give orders for what is needful to the service, unless otherwise specially directed by the President of the United States, according to the nature of the case.
Halaman 246 - The officers and soldiers of any troops, whether militia or others, being mustered and in pay of the United States, shall, at all times and in all places, when joined, or acting in conjunction with the regular forces...
Halaman 317 - ... and safety of the army, and of such deception as does not involve the breaking of good faith either positively pledged, regarding agreements entered into during the war, or supposed by the modern law of war to exist. Men who take up arms against one another in public war do not cease on this account to be moral beings, responsible to one another, and to God.
Halaman 246 - No person shall be liable to be tried and punished by a general court-martial for any offense which appears to have been committed more than two years before the issuing of the order for such trial, unless, by reason of having absented himself, or of some other manifest impediment, he shall not have been amenable to justice within that period.
Halaman 465 - A prisoner of war, being a public enemy, is the prisoner of the Government and not of the captor. No ransom can be paid by a prisoner of war to his individual captor or to any officer in command. The Government alone releases captives, according to rules prescribed by itself.
Halaman 88 - ART. 71. When a member shall be challenged by a prisoner, he must state his cause of challenge, of which the court shall, after due deliberation, determine the relevancy or validity, and decide accordingly; and no challenge to more than one member at a time shall be received by the court.
Halaman 317 - Military necessity does not admit of cruelty, that is, the infliction of suffering for the sake of suffering or for revenge, nor of maiming or wounding except in fight, nor of torture to extort confessions. It does not admit of the use of poison in any way, nor of the wanton devastation of a district.
Halaman 394 - HISTORY), means that portion of the kingdom over which the English rule and English law was acknowledged. There is so much vagueness in the meaning of the term, that a few words of explanation appear necessary. The vagueness arises from the great fluctuations which the English authority underwent in Ireland at various periods, and from the consequent fluctuation of the actual territorial limits of the Pale. The designation dates from the reign of John, •who distributed the portion of Ireland then...
Halaman 317 - ... every enemy of importance to the hostile government, or of peculiar danger to the captor; it allows of all destruction of property, and obstruction of the ways and channels of traffic, travel, or communication, and of all withholding of sustenance or means of life from the enemy...
Halaman 79 - This rule does not interfere with the right of the victorious invader to tax the people or their property, to levy forced loans, to billet soldiers, or to appropriate property, especially houses, lands, boats or ships, and churches, for temporary and military uses.