épaulements
- plural of épaulement.
Example Sentences
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The enemy was somewhere in position in a ridgy, wooded country, abounding in strong defensive positions, his main bodies concealed, protected by rifle-pits and epaulements, acting strictly on the defensive.
From The Battle of Gettysburg by Haskell, Frank Aretas
Batteries of position were assigned from the reserve artillery along the heights, with orders to cover the guns, by epaulements or pitting them.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by Longstreet, James
All our field batteries were put in position, and were covered by good epaulements; the troops were brought forward, in easy support, concealed by the shape of the ground; and to the: minute, viz.,
From The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Volume I., Part 2 by Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh)
At the Junction well-constructed battery epaulements were prepared for defence.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by Longstreet, James
They had been met by a fierce and sudden artillery-fire from Federal epaulements; and here, as to the east of Chancellorsville, the enemy had evidently fortified their position.
From A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee by Cooke, John Esten
