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lignc 243 lignc
nvestissement, (siege) line of investment;
ii lunettes dctachees, (fort.) line of detached
lunettes;
magistrate, (fort.) magistral;
dit milieu, (art.) line of metal (obs.);
de mire, (ball.) line through sights, line of
sight, sighting line;
de mire artificielle, (ball.) artificial line of
sight, (or simply) line of sight;
de mire fixe, (ball.) line passing, through
the fixed notches of the rear sight;
de mire de n metres, (ball.) line of sight,
using the elevation corresponding to a range
of n meters;
de mire naturelle, (ball.) line of sight corresponding
to the zero of the rear-sight graduation;
de mire primitive, (ball.) line of sight parallel
to the axis of the piece;
d'ouvrages, (fort.) line of works;
sparalleles, (siege) parallels;
de pointage, (ball.) v. de mire;
prendre la de mire, (ball.) to look through
the sights; to aim, take aim;
prendre une telle de mire, (ball.) to use such
and such a division or graduation of the rear
sight;
principale de defense, (fort.) the line of
forts;
de projection, (ball.) line of projection, the
tangent to the trajectory at its origin;
to, redans, (fort.) redan line;
b, redans et courtines, (fort.) line of redans
connected by curtains;
a redans et & tenailles, (fort.) redan and tenailled
line;
& redoutes, (fort.) line of redoubts;
& redoutes detachees, (fort.) line of detached
redoubts;
reperc, (art.) line joining two bench marks,
used for laying guns;
retranchee, (fort.) retrenched line, fortified
line;
de retranchements, (fort.) line of intrenchments;
de site, (ball.) line from the center of the
muzzle to the point aimed at (taken ordinarilj
7 as coincident with the de mire) ;
de sol exterieur, v. de terre;
tenaillee, d tenailles, (fort.) tenailled
line;
de terre, (fort.) ground line, ground level;
de tir, (ball.) line of fire, of departure (uncorrected
for jump), the axis of the piece
produced (at the moment of inflammation
of the charge); (t. p.) direction of fire at target
practice on a range;
de tir de polygone, (art.) firing line of a proving
ground;
de tranchee, (fort.) line of approach, trench.
II. Military operations, drill, formations.
d' approvisionnement , line of supply;
d'appui, tactically, the second line in an
attack, supporting the firing line;
armee de , line of the army;
d'attaque, tactically, the line, in its most
general sense, that executes the attack, the
first line; (more esp.) the attacking line, the
first line in a cavalry charge;
avant , y. avant-ligne;
de bataille, line of battle in general; front
occupied by the leading units (battle, maneuver,
review); (more esp.) troops with their
train de combat; ( Fr. inf. ) former name of
deployee, q. v.; (Fr. cav.) formation in line;
(of a brigade, division), line of regiments
in line at intervals of 12 meters; ( Fr. art.) formation
in line or in echelons (of several groups
of batteries);
de bataillons, (inf.) any formation in which
battalions are ranged side by side on the same
alignment;
de bataillons en masse, (Fr. inf.) in the regiment,
etc., line of battalions in mass;
llgne par brigade en colonne de masses. (Fr. cav.)
of the division, line of brigades in column
of (regimental) masses;
cavalerie de , v. s. v. cavalerie;
de colonncs, any formation in which columns
are side by side on the same alignment;
(Fr. cav.) of a regiment, line of squadrons
in platoon columns, at deploying intervals;
of a brigade or division, line of regiments in
line of columns at intervals of 12 meters, plus
the front of three platoons; (Fr. art.) of
a group, or of several groups, line of batteries
in column of sections (platoons, U. S.
Art.);
de colonnes de compagnie, (inf.) line of
company columns (battalion, regiment,
etc.);
de colonnes doubles, (mil.) line of battalions
in double column;
de colonnes par piece (section), (Fr. art.)
of a group, or of several groups, line of batteries
in column of pieces (sections, U. S. Art.) or
of sections (platoons, U. S. Art.);
de colonnes serrees, (Fr. art.) of several
groups, line of groups in close column of bat-
teries;
en colonne par brigade en de masses, v. s. v.
colonne;
de combat, in general, line of battle, fighting
line; (more esp.) tactically, the firing
line, the first line, the firing line, with its
supports;
de communication, line of communication;
conduire la , (nav.) to head the line;
s convergentes, converging lines;
de convoi, open space between an enemy
and its base;
couper la , to cut the enemy's line (also a
naval term);
de defense, in general, any line, of whatsoever
nature, behind or on which a defense
may be made or prepared; any line held to be
defended;
deploy ee, ( Fr. inf.) formation in line;
de direction, line of direction;
s divergentes, diverging lines;
s doubles, double lines (said of an army pursuing
two objectives);
en , abreast; "fall in" (command);
en echelons, line of echelons;
dechiquier, checkerwise line;
ennemie, enemy's line;
entrer en , to take position in line, on the
line;
d'etapes, d'etapes auxiliaire, d'etapes
de route, v. s. v. ctape;
d'etapes routiere, the same as d'etapes
de route;
etre en , to be in line of battle;
lire sur la meme , to be of the same rank;
to be abreast;
s exterieur es, exterior lines;
defeu, the firing line; (in gen.) the line on
which the action is going on;
defile, (nav.) line ahead;
in advance of the
forcer la to hold a , position
general line;
formation en } any formation in line;
de front, (mil., nav.) line abreast;
defront de handiere, magistral line of a camp;
hors les s, out of quarters;
infanterie de , infantry of the line;
s interieures, interior lines;
ft intervalles, line with intervals;
d'invasion, line of invasion;
d'invasion naturelle, line of invasion leading to
the capital;
s-manceuvres, maneuver lines (the sum of
the directions followed by an army in order
to reach its objective) ;
de manoeuvre, line of troops; in infantry
combat formations, the third line, serving,
in the case of large bodies, as an agent de liaison
between the ailes decisive and demonstrative,
respectively; in cavalry, the second line,
maneuvering according to the results achieved
by the first line, or d'attaque; (of operations)
line leading to the frontier;