Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . alryin camiiaign. detailed to march, if called upon, andhell! ready for that purpose in camp or ainled black, iscalled the bulls-eye; the ring embraced between thebulls-eye and the circumference of the next largercircle is called t he ivv/iiv; I lie ring bet ween third circles is called the inner; and the spaceoutside the larger circle is called the onte^r. In thetarget represented on next page, the space between INNER FLANK. 1U7 INSPECTION. tlio sorond firclr and tlic vcrlirnl lines is the inner,iuhI I lie s|i
Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . alryin camiiaign. detailed to march, if called upon, andhell! ready for that purpose in camp or ainled black, iscalled the bulls-eye; the ring embraced between thebulls-eye and the circumference of the next largercircle is called t he ivv/iiv; I lie ring bet ween third circles is called the inner; and the spaceoutside the larger circle is called the onte^r. In thetarget represented on next page, the space between INNER FLANK. 1U7 INSPECTION. tlio sorond firclr and tlic vcrlirnl lines is the inner,iuhI I lie s|i:i(i (iiilsiilc llic viTliciil linrM is tlic iiiitir. INNER FLANK. Tluit wliirli is iiciircr tlii point,on wliicli a line rests, or wliifli is farllicr frniii lliirenemy. In drill, it is always tliat Hank which isnearer Ihi; [Kiiiit fnuM whiih the line is INNISKILLINERS.—Ill Ihe British service, officers and soldiers of tlie Sixth Draj^oons and the Twenty-seventh Foot ; so called from tlutwo i-et;iments hav-insj; been ori};iually raised at Inniskillen, a town ofUlster, where the iidiabilants distinijnished them-selves in favor of Kinj; William against James written EaniKkiilinern. INROAD.—The entrance of an enemy into a conn-try with purposes of hostility ; a s\idden or desultoryincursion or invasion; encroacliment, notwithstand-ing elTorls to prevent it. INSCONCED.—In the military art, when any part ofan army has fortified itself with a sconce, or smallwork, ill order to defend some pass, etc., it is said tobe insconeed. Ensconce signifies in a general senseto cover as with a fort. INSPECTION.—Divisions and brigades are inspect-ed between the fifteenth and twentieth of eacli monthby inspecting officers designated for the Commanders of regiments and posts make an in-spect ion of their commands on the last
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