BEF 
venlty o his fituation, and Paes him to devife means for 
‘upholding the honour of his fovereign’s arms, in {pite of the 
Gece attack wee petits poured deftru€tion around 
the brave handful The count had, in the firft 
en of ail the 
o its 
ile ea oe hey expence, 
Henc 
¢3 when fortreffes, hitherto 
Deca a a frrenderd in many inftances without 
n the fhew of refiltan 
“Ned y eapield for an necabiple the wonderful manner in 
pba the bra Elliot defeated the’ efforts of the combined 
-energy and contrivance on the 
nerals ; a ma 
a of 
e part of one a Holkar’s ge- 
uppofed to be ne va bores with the 
ane and whofe ice among the native 
When Bhur rtpoor was invefted by the army under the 
late Heutenant- “general lord Lake, a breach had been made, 
udge . Br i. i 
oe 
which he erey in the breach, their ends pointing inwards 
aed outwards, in fo artful a manner, that ovr grape fhot 
were buried among them, and caufed one of our parties, 
s 
cbr 
that genius, bravery, forefight, and fae will ofte 
ofe fuch formidable barriers, even where the means, a 
perscally ees, » appear very inadequate, orindeed infig- 
L. 
of India, could {carcely ae the defignation of ex- _ 
DEF 
nificant, as nay at leaft retard, if not totally fruftrate, *the 
sala of great and well fupplied armiez. The veteran 
not but ac knowledge this erat as oe = a own 
cbferaton while the military art m he 
n his profefion » find piaciad of ines yieldie g 
im a rich harvelt of infor rmation, and warming bis foul with” 
admirable emulation 
Derence, Line ofii is hee which flanks a baftion, being 
drawn from the flank oppoiite to it. 
he line of defence fhould not exceed a mufket-fhot. 
The greater, or fichant, line of defence, is a right line, 
drawn from the eae or aes . oe a to the con- 
courfe of the oppo 
The defer line oF defence wal! a alfo rae, and flanquart, 
is the face of t aeodenue d to the curtin 
DEFENCE, in Ay, Lowa Books, is fametnes ufed for pro- 
hibition. 
Thus in Rot. Parl. 21 Edw. III. cries and defence were 
made ps ha England, 7, e. proclamation and oa 
tion. Salmones ponantur in defenfo. Stat. Weft. 2. cap. Pp. 47. 
almons are by. that a@ prohibited to be taken - certain 
times. urarios defendit rex Edvardus, ne remanerent in 
regnos LL. Edu. Confeff. cap. 37. In the ftatutes of 
‘dward I. we have one, entitled, S¥atutum' de defenfione 
hav 
e portands iy &c. and it is ‘defended by ica, to diltrain on 
the high-w 
This fente ‘of the word was probably borrowed from the 
i in which langnage it is fo applied. 
CEy in its true legal fenfe, denotes an oppofing 
or denial “of the truth or validity of thee complaint, an{wer~ 
i general 
tained in his plea. 
The courts were formerly very nice and curious with re- 
{pe& to the nature of the defence, fo that 4f no defence was 
made, though a fufficient plea Ble ae the plaintiff 
fhould recover judgment (Co. Litt. 127.) ; and therefore 
the book avew: pees Narrations ” or he New Talys,”? 
end of alm 
the de- 
ve toon he ae eae ae the jurifdidtion of the court. 
(Co. ~ Lite t.127.) But of late years thefe niceties have — 
very defervedly difeountenane (Salk, 21 : 
282.); though they ftill feem to be — if iat, fted on. (Caith, 
230.) defendant cannot ae ead any plea before he hath 
made a defence; though this mutt Toe be intended abfo- 
lutely, for in a fcire facias, a defence is never made. (3 
evn Ie 
DeEren aes is mere ufually called Fence-month. See 
Fence-month, 
DEFENCES, in Heraldry at the weapons of ~ beaft ; 
as, the = of a flag, the tufks of a wild boar, 
Derences of a fortified cleat include the ss works 
intended ae to cover the garrifon, or to annoy an enemy 
fer our readers to the heads of Military Construc 
Fortirication ; wherein all the parts, with their feveral 
Ll intentions, 
