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Definition of Sappers
1. sapper [n] - See also: sapper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sappers
Literary usage of Sappers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Delaware Water Gap: Its Scenery, Its Legends and Early History by Luke Wills Brodhead (1870)
"sappers and Miners. The Summit is also known as " sappers' View/' so named by a
party of gentlemen organized many years ago under the title of " sappers and ..."
2. Elements of Military Art and History: Comprising the History and Tactics of by Edouard La Barre Duparcq, Nicolas Édouard Delabarre-Duparcq, George Washington Cullum (1863)
"The battalions of French sappers and miners liad each nine companies, the other
battalions four companies, and the battalions of the train seven companies, ..."
3. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"U12 34794 Bombay sappers and Miners, Artillery, Hyderabad Contingent 7,4% Cavalry,
Infantry, 25885 The sects and races in the native army were— Christians ..."
4. The Military Laws of the United States: Relating to the Army, Volunteers by United States, John F. Callan (1868)
"... quality, Ac., of tho necessary vehicles, pontons, Ac. That there he added to
the corps of engineers, one company of sappers, miners, ..."
5. The Truth about Port Arthur by E. K. Nozhin, Alexander Bertram Lindsay (1908)
"In consequence, when hostilities commenced, there were neither fortress nor
telegraph sappers in the Fortress itself. The Sapper Company also affords an ..."
6. The Career of Major George Broadfoot, C. B. ...: In Afghanistan and the Punjab by William Broadfoot, George Broadfoot, Edward Law Ellenborough, Henry Hardinge Hardinge (1888)
"Taylor— sappers ordered to Mamu Khel—Instructions from Gen. ... Elphinstone—Letter
to Mrs. Bayley—Post of honour given to Broad- foot's sappers—Affair at ..."
7. The Delaware Water Gap: Its Scenery, Its Legends and Early History by Luke Wills Brodhead (1870)
"sappers and Miners. The Summit is also known as " sappers' View/' so named by a
party of gentlemen organized many years ago under the title of " sappers and ..."
8. Elements of Military Art and History: Comprising the History and Tactics of by Edouard La Barre Duparcq, Nicolas Édouard Delabarre-Duparcq, George Washington Cullum (1863)
"The battalions of French sappers and miners liad each nine companies, the other
battalions four companies, and the battalions of the train seven companies, ..."
9. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"U12 34794 Bombay sappers and Miners, Artillery, Hyderabad Contingent 7,4% Cavalry,
Infantry, 25885 The sects and races in the native army were— Christians ..."
10. The Military Laws of the United States: Relating to the Army, Volunteers by United States, John F. Callan (1868)
"... quality, Ac., of tho necessary vehicles, pontons, Ac. That there he added to
the corps of engineers, one company of sappers, miners, ..."
11. The Truth about Port Arthur by E. K. Nozhin, Alexander Bertram Lindsay (1908)
"In consequence, when hostilities commenced, there were neither fortress nor
telegraph sappers in the Fortress itself. The Sapper Company also affords an ..."
12. The Career of Major George Broadfoot, C. B. ...: In Afghanistan and the Punjab by William Broadfoot, George Broadfoot, Edward Law Ellenborough, Henry Hardinge Hardinge (1888)
"Taylor— sappers ordered to Mamu Khel—Instructions from Gen. ... Elphinstone—Letter
to Mrs. Bayley—Post of honour given to Broad- foot's sappers—Affair at ..."
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