Lastly, The plan of an expedition, great or small, is ever to be arranged as much as possible before setting out, and then any appearances that may vary a little from what might have been expected, will not perplex.
Expedition, Fr. See [expedition]. The French likewise use this word, to express any particular military quality, which an officer or soldier may possess. As, cet officier est un homme d’expedition, this officer is a man of enterprise, is courageous and daring.
EXPLOIT. See Atchievement.
To EXPLODE, burst or blow up.
EXPLOSION, the discharge of a gun, the blowing up of a mine, or the bursting of a shell.
EXPRESS. A messenger sent with direct and specific instructions.
To send by Express, to send any thing by extraordinary conveyance.
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the taking any place by assault.
EXPERIMENTS, in a military sense, are the trials, or applications of any kind of military machines, in order to ascertain their practical qualities and uses.