NETTOYER les Magazins, Fr. in artillery, signifies to remove the different pieces of ordnance, for the purpose of having them carefully examined, &c. and to have the stores and ammunition so arranged as not to receive damage. This duty is generally performed by small parties of solders, under the command of serjeants, who are detached from the different guards of a garrison town. In the old French service the commissaire d’artillerie superintended the execution of this necessary duty, and the soldiers who were employed, got relieved from any further attendance as part of the guard, the instant their work was done.
Nettoyer, ou enfiler, Fr. to scour or enfilade.
Nettoyer la courtine, Fr. to scour, or fire through the whole extent of the curtain.
Nettoyer le rampart, Fr. to scour the rampart.
Nettoyer le tranchée, Fr. to scour or clear the trenches. This is effected by means of a vigorous sally which the garrison of a besieged place make upon the besiegers; when they beat in the guard, drive off the artificers and workmen, level the parapet, break up and choak the line of circumvallation, and spike or nail the cannon.
NEUTRAL, neither of the one nor the other.
Neutralite, Fr. See [Neutrality].
Garder la Neutralite, Fr. To be neutral.
Accorder la Neutralite, Fr. To allow others to be neutral, or to grant neutrality.
Observer la Neutralite, Fr. To observe a strict neutrality.