INDEX TO MILITARY SCIENCES. 



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Abattis, 152. 



Accensi, the, of the legion, 16, 17. 



Alexander the Great, funeral procession of, 14. 



Ammunition and artillery wagons, 127, 128. 



Anastrophe, the, a movement of the phalanx, 11. 



Angles, different denominations of, in fortifica- 

 tions, 155. 



Anglo-Danes and Anglo-Saxons, the, arms of, 20. 



Anhalt-Kdthen and Anhalt-Dessau, honorary- 

 badges for military service in, 100, 101. 



Antistomes, an arrangement of the phalanx, 13. 



Argyraspides, the, of Alexander, 11. 



Armenians, arms of the ancient, 6. 



Armorer, the art of the, in high repute in the 

 Middle Ages, 33. 



Arms, the, of the ancient Egyptians, 3 ; of the 

 Medes and Persians, and the Asiatic tribes aux- 

 iliary to them, 5-7 ; of the Greeks, 8-10 ; of 

 the Romans, 17-19 ; of the Samnites, Etrus- 

 cans, Gauls, and Franks, 19 ; of the Germans, 

 Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Danes, and Britons, 20 ; 

 description of many varieties of, in use in the 

 Middle Ages, 33-41. For the arms of troops 

 in modern times see the account of the armies 

 of the respective countries, and pp. 63-66. 



Army, constitution of the ancient Egyptian, 2-4 ; 

 the Phoenician, 4 ; the Carthaginian, 4, 5 ; the 

 Median and Persian, 5-7 ; the Macedonian and 

 Graecian, 7-14 ; the Roman, 14—30 ; the Ger- 

 man, of the Middle Ages, 31-33 ; the Prussian, 

 45-50 ; the Austrian, 50-53 ; the French, 53- 

 56 ; the Belgian, 56, 57 ; the English, 57-60 ; 

 the Turkish, 60-63. 



Army-bann, the, nature of the war service so 

 called, among the Germans of the Middle Ages, 

 31. 



Arquebus, the, 116. 



Arrian, order of battle of, against the Alani, 25. 



Arrows, various forms of, for the crossbow, 34. 



Artillery, first placed on a formidable footing 

 by the Emperor Maximilian, 44 ; the artillery 

 drill, 86, 87 ; account of the different kinds of, 

 and their appendages, in common use at the 

 present day, 118-128 ; fabrication of, 128 et seq. 



Assos, the walls of, 141. 



Athens, the walls of, 141, 142. 



Attack of fortified places, 164; investment, ib. ; 

 works of the trenches, 165, 166 ; of the third 

 parallel, 166, 167 ; construction of batteries, 

 168-170. 



Austria, the army of, general account of its orga- 

 nization, strength, (Sec, 50-53 ; orders and other 

 honorary badges for military service in, 89-91. 



Babylon, the walls of, 141. 



Baden, grand duchy of, honorary badges for mili- 

 tary service in, 96. 



Badges of Honor. See Orders. 



Balista, the ancient, first constructed on a small 

 scale by the Genoese, 33, 34. 



Ballistffi, different kinds of, 109, 110. 



Balls, method of casting, 133, 134. 



Banquette, the, 151. 



Bar le Due, Erard, his system of fortification, 156. 



Barbettes, 151. 



Basket, the draw, a military machine of the an- 

 cients, 111. 



Bastille, the Old, at Paris, 147. 



Bastion, construction of a, 148 ; half bastions, 

 149 ; the bastion shield, 156 ; hollow and solid 

 bastions, 158, 159. 



Batardeaux, or stone dams, 155. 



Batteries, materials required in the construction oi, 

 168 ; siege batteries, ib. ; various kinds of, and 

 methods of constructing, 168-172. 



Battle-axe, the, 36, 37. 



Battlements, 145. 



Bavaria, orders and other honorary badges for 

 military service in, 93, 94. 



Bayonet, the, different forms of, 64 ; combat with 

 the lance and bayonet, 77, 78. 



Belgium, the army of, general account of its or- 

 ganization, strength, &c., 56, 57 ; honorary 

 badge for military service in, 106. 



Belts, 65. 



Berme, the, 151. 



Bisarm, the, a weapon used in the Middle Ages, 

 35. 



Blinds, defensive constructions among the an- 

 cients, 113. 



Block-houses, 153, 154. 



Boar's head, the, an order of battle among the 

 Greeks, 13. 



Bomb-cannon, the, of Paixhans, 121. 



Bombards, a name given to the first cannon con- 

 structed, 115. 



Bombs, method of casting, 133, 134. 



Bow, the, various forms of, among the Greeks, 9 ; 

 long in repute among the Scandinavians and 

 Normans, 33. 



Boyaux, or ditches of communication, 164. 



Brazil, honorary badge for military service in, 108. 



Breastwork, the, of a fortification, 150. 



Breisach, the fortifications of, by Vauban, 158. 



Bridges, construction of, in the Middle Ages, 144 ; 

 pontoon and movable foot-bridges, 174, 175. 



Britons, the, arms of, 20. 



Brulard rocket, the, 139. 



Brunswick, orders and other honorary badges for 

 military service in, 99, 100. 



Caesar, Julius, manoeuvre of, at Ruspina, 28. 



Camp, method of arranging a, among the Ro- 

 mans, 22, 26. 



Camps, general form and arrangement of modern, 

 87-89 ; fortification of, among the ancients, 143. 



Cannae, outline of the manoeuvres at the battle of, 

 30. 



Cannon, description of the earliest constructed, 

 115 ; gradual improvements in, 115, 116 ; cnor- 



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