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INDEX TO MILITARY SCIENCES. 



Swallow-tails or double redans, 148, 



Sweden, honorary badges for military service in, 

 106. 



Swivel-gun, the, or fi eld-hackbut, 116. 



Sword, the, various forms of, among the Greeks, 

 9 ; the Roman, 17 ; description of various forms 

 of, used in the middle ages, 35 ; description of 

 different kinds of, used in modern times, 63. 



Syntagmatarch, a Greek military officer, 10. 



Syrians, arms of the ancient, 6. 



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



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



Syzygarchy, a, 11. 



Tactics, account of the principal evolutions, 78-87. 



Tambours, 151. 



Tarentinarchy, the, of the Greek cavalry, 11. 



Technical terms relating to fortification, 155. 



Telarch, a Greek military officer, 11. 



Tenailles, or simple redans, 148. 



Tents, 87. 



Terreplein, the, 155. 



Therarch, a, 11. 



Thracians, arms of the ancient, 6. 



Tiryns, the walls of, 140. 



Tolos, the, of the Greek cavalry, 11. 



Tomak, the, a game played by the Turkish in- 

 fantry, 61. 



Tongs, the, an implement employed in sieges by 

 the ancients, 114. 



Tortoises, different kinds of, among the ancients, 

 113. 



Tournament, the last, 42. 



Towers, movable, construction of, among the an- 

 cients, 112 ; used in the Middle Ages, 112, 113 ; 

 the, of old fortifications, 145. 



Traverses, 151. 



Trench cavaliers, the, 164. 



Trenches, works of the, 165, 166. 



Triarii, the, of the legion, 15. 



Tribunes, the Roman, 15. 



Triumph, conditions entitling a Roman general to 

 the honors of a., 22 ; description of the proces- 

 sion, 23. 



Trous de loup, 152. 



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

 nization, strength, &c., 60-63 ; honorary badges 

 for military service in, 103. 



Turma, the, 11, 17. 



Turrets, 145. 



Tuscany, honorary badge for military service in, 



105. 

 Two Sicilies, the, honorary badge for military 



service in, 104. 



Ulamos, the, of the Spartans, 13. 



Unicorn, the, a species of howitzer used by the 



Russians, 120, 121. 

 Urages, the, of the phalanx, 11. 



Vauban, his different systems of fortification, 157- 

 159. 



Vegetius, eight modes of attack among the Ro- 

 mans described by, 28, 29. 



Velites, the, or light troops of the Romans, 15, 17. 



Vexilla, the, of the Roman cavalry, 15, 



Wagons, artillery and ammunition, 127, 128 ; for 

 bridge equipage, 128 ; the devil-carriage, ib. 



Wall-pieces or culverines, 116. 



Walls, rudeness of the primitive attempts at the 

 construction of, 140 ; the walls of Tiryns and 

 Mycenae, 140, 141 ; and of various other ancient 

 cities, showing a gradual improvement in con- 

 struction, 14.1, 142. 



War, introductory observations on the subject 

 of, 1. 



Warfare, sketch of the Egyptian system of, 2-4 ;, 

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

 Median and Persian system, 5-7 ; the Macedo- 

 nian and Grecian, 7-14 ; the Roman, 14-30 ; 

 of the Middle Ages, 30-44 ; of modem times, 

 44 et seq. ; subterranean, 173, 174. 



Windows, the, in old fortifications, 146, 



Wirtemberg, orders and other honorary badges for 

 military service in, 95, 96. 



Works, open and inclosed, 148 ; detached, 155, 

 156 ; horn and crown works, 156, 



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



Yataghan, the, 64, 



Yoke, the, punishment of passing under, among 

 the Romans, 23. 



Zama, order of battle of the Roman army at, 21. 

 Zoarch, a, 11. 

 Zygarchy, a, 11. 



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