A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

combat 90 commandant
combat isole, combat by a single unit, unaided,
single-handed, or not in concert with other
troops;
ligne de , fighting line (in many relations);
de mer, naval, (nav.) naval engagement;
de nuit, night attack, engagement;
offensif, offensive combat (two phases,
one demonstrative, the other really offensive,
combined afterwards in a single attack pushed
home if possible) ;
ordre de , attack formation;
en ordre disperse, attack, combat, in open
order;
d pied, (cav.) dismounted action;
en pointe, (nav.) engagement bows on;
de pres, combat at close quarters;
rapproche, v. de pres;
en retraite, running fight;
rompre le , to break off a fight;
simule, sham fight;
singulier, single combat;
& terre, land action;
en tirailleurs, action in open order;
train de , ammunition wagons and ambulances;
trainant, combat of which the object is
to allow the real attack time to make its dis-
hand.
combe, f., (top.) valley between two mountains
(-combe, of English compounds).
combinaison, f., combination; chemical combination;
contrivance.
combine', a., of, or belonging to, two or more
allied powers.
combiner, v. a., to combine, join, unite.
comble, m., top, ridge; garret, roof, generic term
for roof with all its parts; summit, height,
zenith ; complement, consummation ; a. , heaped,
full;
en ddme, domed roof;
& deux egouts, ridge roof;
d un egout, shed roof;
dla Mansard , mansard roof ;
en pavilion, pyramidal or conical roof;
pied , (hipp.) pumiced foot.
eombleau, m., (cord.) strong rope used in mechanical
maneuvers to lift, drag, and, at a
pinch, for hitching horses to ponton wagons.
comblement, m., filling up (as of a ditch, ditch
of a besieged place, etc.).
combler, v. a., to fill, fill up; supply, make good;
crown, fulfill complete.
comburant, a., (chem.) oxidizing, burning; m.,
oxidizing agent, burning agent.
comburer, v. a., (chem.) to burn, oxidize.
combustibility f., combustibility.
combustible, a., combustible; m., combustible,
fuel;
alimenter en to , fuel, keep in fuel;
ancien, generic term for coal;
d'eclairage, any lighting material operating
by combustion;
mineral v. , ancien;
moderne, generic term for wood and peat.
combustion, f., combustion; (expl.) propagation
of flame to interior of gram or mass;
lente, slow burning or combustion;
aw. libre, combustion in free air;
spontanee, spontaneous combustion;
rive, quick burning, combustion.
comestible, a. , eatable, comestible; m. pi., victuals,
food.
coniite, m., committee, commission, (esp., mil.)
board of officers;
d'achat de chevaux, ( Fr. a.) horse board;
d' administration centralc, (Fr. a.) a war
department board of which the minister is
president, and whose object is to secure and
maintain uniformity of views and of principles
in respect of the various branches of the war
department, and to coordinate the general
measures to be taken in any given case;
consultatif, advisory board;
consultatif des poudres et salpttrcs, ( Fr. a.)
war department board to consider administrative
and technical questions bearing on
explosives;
de defense, (Fr. a.) board to consider the
defensive system of France (suppressed in
1888, and functions assigned to conseil super ieur
de defense);
permanent des subsistances , (Fr. a.) con-
positions;
d'usure, (v. demonstratif, de front,
synonyms) in the preparation for the attack,
the back and forth of defensive and offensive
fighting, in -which the artillery supports the
infantry, drives off the adversary, backs up
offensive movements, etc.
combattant, m., (mil.) combatant;
non noncombatant.
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combattre, v. a., to fight, be engaged; to make
war on;
corps & corps, de pres, to sulting and investigating board or committee
taking cognizance in the widest sense of all
questions bearing on the supply,
fight hand to
in war, of
armies in the field, of fortified places, and, in
general, of all questions relating to resources,
both domestic and foreign;
de sante, ( Fr. a.) the technical committee of
the medical department;
de surveillance des approvisionnements de
siege, ( Fr. a.) committee having charge of the
question of supplies for a fortress (garrison and
civilian population);
technique, (Fr. a.) board investigating all
technical questions submitted to it by minister
of war (one to each arm and to each department
of the service).
commandant, m., (mil.) commanding officer
(troops, department, service, etc.); (colloquially)
major; commandant, commander;
d'armee, the commander in chief of an
army;
d'armes, the c. o. of a garrison, or of a fort,
in peace;
d'artillerie de tranchee, (siege) field officer
of artillery charged in each attack, or important
part of each attack, with the direction
and service of the batteries;
des avant-postes, the c. o. (field officer) of
. outposts;
- de batterie, c. o. of a battery;
des batteries, c. o. of a group of batteries;
- du campement, c. o. or officer in charge of a
campement, q. v.;
de cercle. (Fr. a.) in Algiers, the chief of
administration in each subdivision of military
territory;
en chef, commander in chief (reserved in
France to c. o. of a group of armies., or of an
army operating independently);
d'etapes, officer in command of a post on a
line of communication, i. e., of a gtie d'etapes;
de la force publique d'une division, c. o. of the
gendarmerie of a division;
de gare, ( Fr. a.) officer discharging functions
of commissaire de gare, in a commandement de
gare, i. e., acts as d'armes in respect of
passing troops, etc.;
de groupe d'armies, commander in chief;
v. : en chef;
oflicier , commanding officer;
par interim, temporary commander;
de place, c. o. of a place (obs. in a technical
sense) ;
de quartier general, c. o. of a headquarters,
officer in charge of a headquarters;
- de recrutement, (Fr. a.) officer in charge of a
recruiting bureau;
de secteur d'attaque, (siege) in the French
army, an officer specially detailed to command
a sector of attack on receipt of order of
mobilization;
en sous-ordre, subordinate commander;
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superieur de I'artillerie (du genie), (siege) the
senior artillery (engineer) officer present for
duty;