Jul 6, 2019 12:39
5 yrs ago
German term
mit vollen Lagen
German to English
Other
Military / Defense
military encounter in 1799
I am translating an account of the 1799 campaign during the French revolutionary wars. The Austrians are preparing to bridge a river to get troops across to attack the French. "Ein oesterreiches Batallion in Gross Dettingen beantwortete dieses Feuer mit vollen Lagen." French sentries have become aware of something going on in the middle of the night and fire small arms in the direction of the noise. This is the response to that small arms fire. The next sentence says the artillery joined in. Many thanks in advance for your ideas.
Proposed translations
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4 +2 | with a full salvo |
Lancashireman
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5 | with full force |
Cillie Swart
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4 | with full force/all guns |
Michael Martin, MA
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Proposed translations
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with a full salvo
OR with a salvo of fire
salvo:the action of firing several guns at the same time, either in a war or in a ceremony:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/salvo
...bald mit vollen Lagen und bald mit nach einander folgenden Schüssen...
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qxQPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP640&lp...
salvo:the action of firing several guns at the same time, either in a war or in a ceremony:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/salvo
...bald mit vollen Lagen und bald mit nach einander folgenden Schüssen...
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qxQPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP640&lp...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Very helpful, many thanks indeed"
1 hr
with full force/all guns
The Austrian battaillon returned/opened fire with full force/all guns
5 hrs
with full force
this is related to the word lager or in Afrikaans also leer. All the soldiers counterattacked together in full force.
Peer comment(s):
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Kim Metzger
: I'd sure like to know how you concluded that Lagen is related to Lager in Afrikaans.
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