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A slang term of the trenches signifying a 75-mil i meter gun. … Gun. — A breech-loading rifle having a fixed chamber closed by a movable breechblock which slides in the line of the barrel by direct action. It is opened by cocking the hammer. -In the French service, the tour of duty which is done in the course of a day and night. un . — A public record or general orderly book, kept in the French service, and in which every transaction that occurred during a siege is entered by the governor of the town, for the inspection of a superior authority. tiimal of Attack. — In actual siege operations, a daily record made by each engineer officer on duty in the trenches, of the amount of work done, the time required, the means of executipn, etc., with any observations that may seem of value. … nal of Defense. — A journal in which is kept by the commander of a place and the chiefs of engineers and of artillery, during war, in order of date, without blank or interlineation, all orders given or received, the manner in which they are executed, their results, and every event and circumstance of importance in the progre of the defense. 0,, nal Commanding officers of troops through of a March. country —little known, keep journals of their marching marches according to a form laid down in Army Regulations, and transmit copies of same to the War Department for its information. -A term used among the French to expre any particular engagement or battle. … An exercise of arms and horsemanship, performed in the Middle Ages by knights and nobles. The weapon most in use in the joust was the lance, but sometimes the battle-axe and sword were employed.