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INDEX TO MILITARY SCIENCES. 



mous calibres of the first cannon abandoned, 

 118 ; detailed description of, as used at the pre- 

 sent day, 118-120; carriages for, 121-124; 

 elevating apparatus for, 125, 126 ; the limber 

 or front carriage, 126, 127 ; wagons for heavy- 

 cannon, 127 ; the travelling forge, 128 ; the 

 devil-carriage, ib. ; fabrication of, 128 et seq. ; 

 cartridges for, 137. 



Capital, meaning of the term, with reference to 

 fortifications, 155. 



Carbine, the cavalry, 64. 



Carcass, the 137. 



Camot, his system of fortification, 161, 162. 



Carriages, gun, the earliest constructed, 115 ; can- 

 non and howitzer, of the present day, 121-124 ; 

 the mortar carriage or bed, 124, 125 ; the lim- 

 ber or front carriage, 126, 127. 



Carthaginians, the, military system of, 4, 5 ; order 

 of battle of, 21. 



Cartridges, musket and cannon, 137. 



Casemates, 159. 



Casernes, 162. 



Castles, the, of the Middle Ages, description of 

 the principal parts of the fortification of, 144- 

 146. 



Castrametation of the ancient Egyptians, 4 ; of 

 the Romans, 25, 26 ; of modem times, 87-89. 



Cataphracti, application of the term, 39. 



Catapult, different kinds of, 109, 110; improve- 

 ments on the, in the early period of the Middle 

 Ages, 114. 



Cavalier, the, or elevated parapet, 157 ; the trench 

 cavaliers, 164. 



Cavalry, the, of the Athenians, 8 ; of the Greek 

 phalanx, 11 ; of the Roman legion, 17 ; pre- 

 dominance of, in the feudal aj-mies, 33 ; organi- 

 zation of, into regiments, by the Emperor 

 Charles V., 44. For description of modem, see 

 the respective countries. 



Celeres, the, a body-guard of the Roman kings, 14. 



Centurions, the, of the legion, 15. 



Chariots, the war, of the Greeks, 8. 



Chasseloup, his system of fortification, 162, 163. 



Chevaux de frise, 152. 



Chiliarch, an officer's grade in the Persian army, 

 5 ; in the Greek, 10. 



ChiHarchy, the command of a chiliarch, 10. 



China, the wall of, 147. 



Circumvallation, lines of, 164. 



Clubs, various forms of, used in the Middle 

 Ages, 37. 



Cohorn, his system of fortification, 159. 



Cohort, the, a subdivision of the legion, 16. 



Colors, the, of modern armies, 65, 66. 



Column, the, formation of, 83-85. 



Columns, triumphal, of the Romans, 22. 



Congreve rockets, 138-140. 



Consuls, the Roman, 15. 



Contubernium, the, a subdivision of the legion, 25. 



Cormontaigne, his system of fortification, 159. 



Counter- guard, the, or couvre-face, 156. 



Counterscarp, the, 151. 



Couvre-face, the, 156. 



Covered way, the, 151. 



Cremaillieres, 150. 



Crossbow, the, different forms of, 34 : dress of the 

 crossbow-men, ib. 



Crown works, 156. 



Crowns, different kinds of, given as military re- 

 wards among the Romans, 21, 22. 



Cuirass, the Grecian, 10 ; the Roman, 18 ; the 

 German, 38, 39 ; the modern, 65. 

 784 



Culverines or wall-pieces, 116. 

 Cunette, the, a narrow ditch, 144, 155. 

 Curtains, 148. 

 Cyclopean wall, the, of Tiryns, 140. 



Dacians, arms of the ancient, 6. 



Dagger, the, of the Middle Ages, 36, 37. 



De Ville, the ChevaUer, his system of fortification, 

 157. 



Decadarch, the commander of a decas, 10. 



Decani, or decurions, 15. 



Decas, a subdivision in the Greek army, 10. 



Decorations, military. See Orders. 



Decury, a minor subdivision of the legion, 16. 



Defence of fortified places, 170, 171. 



Defilement, the method of, 153. 



Definitions of technical terms relating to fortifica- 

 tion, 155. 



Demi-lune, a, 157. 



Denmark, honorary badges for military service in, 

 107, 108. 



Dictator, a Roman, 15. 



Diphalangia, an arrangement of the phalanx, 13. 



Diplasiasmus, or duplication of the phalanx, 12. 



Disembarkation of troops, 89. 



Ditch, the, 150, 155. 



Ditches, construction of, in the Middle Ages, 144. 



Djerid, the, a game played by the Turkish cavalry, 

 61. 



Donjons, 146. 



Drawbridges, 144. 



Drill, the, of soldiers, or training in rank and file, 

 78, 79 ; diflferent facings, 79 ; changes of front, 

 80, 81 ; various methods of putting divisions of 

 troops in march, 81-83 ; formation of a column, 

 83-85 ; the echelon order, 85, 86 ; the artillery 

 drill, 86, 87. 



Drams, 65. 



Dufour, his system of fortification, 162. 



Dussac, the, or dusseg, a weapon formerly used 

 by the Bohemians, 36. 



Echelon order, the, 85, 86. 



Egypt, the military system of, 2 ; arms and ma- 

 noeuvres of the Egyptian army, 3 ; castrameta- 

 tion, 4. 



Ekperispasmus, the, a movement of the phalanx, 

 12. 



Elephantarchy, an, 11. 



Elevating apparatus for artillery, 125, 126. 



Elinga, description of the action at, between Scipio 

 and Hasdrabal, 29 



Embolon, the, an order of battle among the Greeks, 

 13. 



Embrasures, construction of, 151. 



Enceinte, the, or body of a fortress, 155. 



Engines, military, 109 ; projectile engines of an- 

 tiquity, 109, 110 ; battering engines, 110, 111 ; 

 machiaes of transport. 111, 112 ; implements of 

 defence, 113, 114; of the Middle Ages, 114- 

 118 ; of modern times, see Artillery and Can- 

 non. 



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

 ganization, strength, &c., 57-60. 



Entaxis, a movement of the phalanx, 12. 



Epagogue, an order of march among the Greeks, 

 13. 



Ephipparchy, the, of the Greek cavalry, 11. 



Epilarchy, a division of the Greek cavalry, 11. 



Epistates, the, of the phalanx, 11. 



Epistrophe, the, a movement of the phalanx, 11, 



Epitagma, the, a division of the phalanx, 11. 



