Return ramrod. See [Manual].
Return swords. See [Sword].
REVEILLE, is the beat of a drum, about break of day, to advertise the army that it is day light, and that the sentinels forbear challenging.
REVERS, Fr. Behind, in rear, at the back of any thing.
Etre vu de REVERS, Fr. To be overlooked by a reverse commanding ground. When a work, for instance, is commanded by some adjacent eminence, or has been so badly disposed, that the enemy can see its terre-pleine, or rampart, that work may be said to be overlooked, être vu de revérs. The same term is applicable to a trench when the fire of the besieged can reach the troops that are stationed within it.
Revers de la tranchée, Fr. Literally means the back part of the trench. It is the ground which corresponds with that proportion of the border of the trench that lies directly opposite to the parapet. One or two banquettes are generally thrown up in this quarter, in order that the trench guard may make a stand upon the reverse when it happens to be attacked by a sortie of the enemy.
REVERSE. A contrary; an opposite; as, the reverse, or outward wheeling flank; which is opposite to the one wheeled to or upon. See [Pivot].
Reverse likewise signifies on the back, or behind: so we say, a reverse commanding ground, a reverse battery, &c.
REVERSED arms. Arms are said to be reversed when the butts of the pieces are slung or held upwards.
Reversed. Upside down; as arms reversed.