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atterie 40 battre
batterie en sacs & terre, (siege') battery made of
'
sandbags;
simplifiee, (siege) a sunken battery simplified
so that it can open fire after 24 hours'
work;
au dessus du sol, (siege) v. exhaussee;
sur le sol, (siege) battery with its terreplein
on the natural surface of the ground;
traditore, (fort.) casemated battery in the
gorge or under the flank of the work;
avec (sans) traverses, (siege) traversed (untraversed)
battery (type);
volante, emergency battery, established or
used on occasion, when and where needed;
& vues directes, (siege) battery in which
the pieces may be aimed directly at their
target;
derobee aux vues, Jiors de vue, (siege)
battery completely concealed from the
enemy.
III. Miscellaneous:
en , (art.) in battery (movement and command);
mounted (of guns, esp. of position);
d'accumulateurs, (elec.) storage battery;
chariot de , (art.) battery wagon;
de cJiaudieres, (steam) range, battery of
boilers;
rti courant constant, (elec.) constant-current
cell or battery;
ecole de , (art.) school of the battery;
llectrique, (elec.) electric battery;
entrer en (art.) of detachments, to take posts
(at guns);
de fusil, (sm. a.) gunlock (mil., obs.);
galvanique, (elec.) galvanic battery;
gardien de , (Fr. art.) artillery storekeeper
(ordnance sergeant, U.S.A.);
Jiors de , (art.) from battery;
& percussion, (r.f. art.) percussion lock;
rentrer en , (art.) to go to " in battery;"
ressort de , (sm. a.) hammer spring;
retour en , (art.) return to " in battery;"
sortir de , (art.) of detachments, to execute
"detachment rear," followed by closing on
leading detachment;
de 80, de 90, etc., name of battery with
respect to caliber of guns (80mm, 90mm, etc.).
battiture,
scale.
f., scale, forge-scale, hammer-
battoir, m., rammer.
battre, v. a., n., to beat, batter, strike; to ram,
to drive in (as a pile); to be loose (of parts
of a mechanism); (met.) to forge, hammer;
(mil.) to defeat, to worst; to beat or. sound
a call or signal on the drum; (art.) to cover,
sweep with fire, to command or sweep (a water
area, a pass, etc.); to direct the fire upon a given
point;
. I.
Artillery and miscellaneous; II. Drum
signals.
I. Artillery and miscellaneous:
& , (art.) to be fired on, to be attacked by
fire;
un ban, to give public notice by beat of
drum;
en br&che, (siege) to breach;
de bricole, to fire so as to glance off and hit
some other part of the work (obs.);
par camarade(s), (art.) to concentrate fire
on same target;
la campagne, (mil.) to beat up the country,
to scout;
du canon, to cannonade;
en chassc, (nav.) to fire the bow, the forward
guns;
d cJiaud. (met.) to hammer hot;
contre (art.) to counter-batter;
la couverte, (mil. slang) to sleep;
& dos, (art.) to take an object by fire in
rear;
d dos en revers, to take an object by fire
directly in rear;
d'echarpe, (art.) to fire obliquely (halfway
between direct and enfilade);
I'estrade, (mil.) to beat up a country, to
scout (cav.);
du flanc, (hipp.) to heave (of a horse);
battre en flanc, (art., etc.) to take in flank;
tifond, (art.) to scale a gun (obs.);
dfroid. (met.) to hammer-harden, to hammer
cold;
- de front, (art.) to fire normally to a line or
position, etc.;
une ligne, (tech.) to mark out, set out, work;
to line out;
d la main, (hipp.) to throw the head up and
down;
la mer, (nav.) to cruise up and down over
the same area, to continue cruising in the same
latitude or station;
une passe, (fort) to command a pass;
pavilion, le pavilion, (nav.) to fly,
show (such and such) a flag, to show one's
colors;
un pieu, (tech.) to sink a pile;
d plate couture, (mil.) to defeat thoroughly,
to rout;
point d -, (art., etc.) target, point to be reached
by fire;
en refus, jusqu'd refus de mouton,
(tech.) to drive a pile home till it will sink no
farther;
en rctraite, (mil.) to retreat, to fall back; to
maintain a running fight;
d, de, revers, (art., etc.) to take in re
verse;
d ricochet, (art.) to deliver a ricochet fire;
en rouage, (art.) to take a hostile work in
flank;
en ruine, (art.) to batter down;
en salve, (mil.) to fire a salvo;
en sape, (siege) to undermine by fire.
II. Drum signals (those marked by an asterisk
are the French regulation):
I'alarme, to beat an alarm;
I'appel, to beat a signal for calling the roll;
*
I'assemblee, to beat the assembly;
* le ban, v. s. v. ban;
* la berloque (more commonly brcloque),
to sound the signal for "dismissed," to
break ranks (also mess call, issue, but this is
not official);
la chamade, to sound a parley (obs.);
* aux
champs^ to beat or sound the President's
march; (in gen.) to beat or sound off
in honor of the chief of the state, of general
officers, of troops passing, etc. (v. s. v.
champ);
la charge, (mil.) to beat the charge (in
action) ;
* la corvee de I'ordinaire, to beat off mess
fatigue;
* la corvee de quartier, to beat police call (barracks,
etc.);
* le cours preparatoire, to sound school call;
le dernier, to beat the assembly (obs.);
* la diane, to beat reveille (camp or quarters;
no longer used, though still in the list of
calls);
* au drapeau, to sound to the color;
* I' extinction desfeux, to beat off " taps;"
la fascine, to beat a call for working parties
(obs.);
-* aux founiers de distribution, to beat
"issue;"
la fricassee, to beat the signal for trooping
or lodging the colors, for a battalion to take
up or leave its position in line (obs.);
* le gardedvous, to beat " attention;"
* la generale, to beat the long roll;
* aux hommes punis, to beat signal for prisoners,
etc., to turn out;
* aux malades, to beat sick call;
la marche, to beat a march;
la messe. to beat church call;
* d I'ordre, to beat signal for reporting for
orders (somewhat like first sergeant's call,
U.S.A.);
* le pas accelere, (drill) to beat quick time;
* le pas de charge, (drill, etc.) to beat " double
time;"
* au piquet, to beat signal for a piquet to
turn out;
le premier, to beat the first call (obs.);