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regiment of foot |
in the army, about 600 foot soldiers commanded by a colonel |
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Wellington |
Duke of Wellington [the leader of the British army] |
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cavalry |
combat troops on horses |
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lancers |
cavalry troops armed with long spears [lances] |
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dragoons |
soldiers armed with short muskets [short guns] |
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hussars |
soldiers on horses who have sabres and pistols |
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grenadiers |
soldiers who throw grenades |
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rise |
going up or on top of a small hill |
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infantry |
the foot soldiers in an army |
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volley |
a round of shots from a gun or bow and arrows |
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bayonets |
in Napoleon's time, bayonets were long and wide knives that attach to a gun. They had a triangular blade. |
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breastplate |
pieces of armor for the chest |
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square |
a square shaped formation of soldiers |
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shako |
a stiff military hat in the shape of a tube, usually with a plume. |
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grapeshot |
a cluster of small iron balls fired from a cannon |
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flogging offence |
one of the many offences for which a soldier could be whipped. |
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scavengers |
people who come to a battlefield to steal the belongings of the dead and wounded |
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corrupt |
dishonest and greedy |
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minor nobility |
nobles of lower rank than others |
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formidable |
impressive |
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phenomenal |
remarkable, out of the ordinary |
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republic |
a country in which the power rests with citizens entitled to vote |
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spoils |
the things soldiers steal from the people they have conquered |
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civil law |
the law that relates to a person's rights and liberties [sort of the opposite of criminal law] |
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tariff |
a tax |
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ancien regime |
the 'old regime'; in other words France before the revolution |
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etiquette |
proper manners |
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chamberlain |
an official in the court of a ruler |
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to motivate |
to help give people the will and desire to accomplish something |
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standard |
a flag or banner |
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memo |
an official note |
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nationalism |
the belief that one's own country is the best country |
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guerrilla warfare |
warfare that is loosely organized and includes volunteer soldiers and surprise raids. |
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patriotism |
pride in one's own country |
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Tsar |
the Russian monarch before the Russian Revolution of 1917 |
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Cossak |
a Russian soldier noted for horsemanship and military skill. |
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to route |
i.e. to 'route out'. To force an army to run away wildly from the enemy. [Opposite to retreating - which is a careful and organized military manoeuver]. |
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diplomat |
a representative of government who works with other governments for the good of his or her country |
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viscount |
a title of nobility |
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censorship |
the act of preventing certain publication or pictures [or TV or movies] from being seen by the public. |
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league |
an old measure of distance, usually equal to about 5 km |
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elevation
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the height above something
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secondary source |
writing that uses other people's first-hand stories of an even as source material [the writer wasn't actually there to witness or see the event]
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capable |
able to do things |
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socialist
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a person who supports socialism.
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socialism |
a system in which all members of a community share the work and the profits. |
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interpret |
to give meaning; to offer an explanation for something |
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tabloid |
a newspaper made for ultra-easy reading, with many pictures and short [often sensational exaggerated] stories. |