FIELD MARSHAL

The highest military title in tins and some other countries. It is conferred only on officers distinguished for brilliant military services or exalted st.ation. ThflFrenchtermservice,is derived and from was long the inm'an chal use amongdc camp the Germans in the old in its present distinguished acceptation before it was adopted i:. this country. There are at present only five field marshals in the British army; the Duke of Wellington, the King of Hanover, the Duke of Cambridge, the King of Belgium, and Prince Albert FIELD OF VIEW, in a telescope or microscope, is the space within which objects are visible who,, is adjusted to focus. [s. 467]