cŭl′mi nat ed: reached a final result.
di vĭ′sion: See [page 210].
en cămped: formed a camp.
en trĕnch′: fortify with defensive works as with a trench or ditch and a wall.
en trĕnch′ments: fortifications consisting of a parapet of earth and the ditch or trench from which the earth was taken.
flănk: the side of an army, either in column or in line.
grāpe′shot: a cluster of iron balls arranged in an iron framework to be discharged from a cannon. Formerly grapeshot was inclosed in a canvas bag so quilted as to look like a bunch of grapes.
guī′dons: small flags carried by cavalry and field artillery.
hăv′er sack: a bag or case in which a soldier carries provisions on a march.
Ho rā′tius: a hero of ancient Rome who with two others defended the bridge across the Tiber against an advancing army. Read Lord Macaulay’s poem “Horatius.”