CHARLES LEE.
The date of the assembling of the court-martial shows that Washington acted promptly.
GLOSSARY OF MILITARY TERMS.
Abatis.—Felled trees, with sharpened branches, pointing outward toward an approaching enemy.
Bastion.—A work of two faces and two flanks, with salient angles.
Batteau.—An old-style flatboat of large capacity, in form of the modern scow.
Billet.—An old term for a brief letter; or, an assignment of troops to certain quarters.
Boom.—A chain cable or line of spars bound together to prevent the passage of vessels at a harbor entrance, or across a river.
Cabal.—A plot, or secret intrigue.
Cantonment.—A lodgment for troops.