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    A vedette is a mounted sentry or picket, who has the function of bringing information, giving signals or warnings of danger, etc., to a main body of troops...
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  • Look up vedette in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vedette may refer to: Vedette (sentry), a cavalry sentry or outpost, or a small naval patrol boat used...
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    picket Screening (tactic) Screw picket Skirmisher Point man Vedette (sentry), a mounted sentry or outpost Matthews 1922, p. 90. One or more of the preceding...
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  • of Illinois State University Vidette, alternative spelling of Vedette, a mounted sentry This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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  • duty", and may also be referred to as a "lookout." (see also Vedette, a mounted sentry or outpost) Pincer maneuver Pitched battle Pocket: see "salient"...
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  • Armour) The Sexton Blake Library 203 Ambergris! Anon. (Andrew Murray) Jules Vedette The Sexton Blake Library 204 The Secret of the Red Mountain Anon. (W. W...
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    the Sierra Nevada. Vidette is an alternative spelling of vedette, which is a mounted sentry for bringing information, giving signals, or warnings of danger...
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    via the East Ridge. Vidette is an alternative spelling of vedette, which is a mounted sentry for bringing information, giving signals, or warnings of danger...
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    oil pressure gauge, coolant temperature gauge, and ammeter gauge Fuel Sentry Vacuum Gauge - monitors intake manifold vacuum to give an indication of...
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    a Conformal Airborne Early Warning version as a replacement for the E-3 Sentry used by European NATO countries. On 12 December 2023, the US Army awarded...
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    while sweeping the horizon with his telescope, he discovered a French vedette on some rising ground, in the direction of Fleurus, and a little to the...
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    march is now the quick march of the RAF Regiment. The Vedette (1912) – A vedette is a mounted sentry placed in advance of the outposts, a term probably familiar...
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    Torinos. 1975 Torinos received a new steering wheel design and a "Fuel Sentry" vacuum gauge was added to the option list. The 1975 model year saw virtually...
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    their cavalry found the French position about noon. Thereafter the German vedettes held the French under close observation, while the latter moved about within...
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  • after which a vessel becomes unable to return to an upright position. vedette A small naval patrol boat used for scouting enemy forces. veer away To...
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    There was just one chance: the Royalists might keep a bad look-out, as no sentries were posted, possibly they had no idea any enemy was near. To cross the...
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    The Haitian National Police has a Coast Guard. It currently has twelve vedettes and seven Go-fast patrol boats. Its main functions are law enforcement...
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    division at Battle of Minden Heath in August 1759. The Blues posted sentries called Vedettes, who were so close when the French attacked that the regiment was...
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    neared Arrah, they spotted men on horseback, whom they took to be vedettes (mounted sentries), that rode away as they approached. When the expedition was about...
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    send some of his spies to kidnap a sentry, in which they were very successful", said Thompson. Sometimes a sentry would be snatched away or be stabbed...
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