Artillery Drill

Field Commands
English	Polish	Phonetic Polish
advance	MARSZ	marz!
retreat	REJTERADA (or fall-back NAZAD!)	Reiterada!
column	KOLUMNA	Kol-um-na
fire advancing	pal na marsz	Pal na marz
fire retreating	pal na rejterada	Pal na Reiterada
form front, (any direction)
fire on flank of enemy
Commands belonging to Horse Artillery
Halt!	stoj!	Stoo-eee
Attention	bacznosc!	baach-nos
Detach limber
Fix the drag (line, or prolonge)
Give Fire!	Dai Ogen	Dai Og-en
Alight!	zasiansch za konia	za-sian-sch za kon-ia
Mount (after drag is fixed)		v'mon-to-wa-che
Halt! To Action!	stoj!	Stoo-eee
Halt! Alight!	stoj!	stui! za-sian-sch za kon-ia
Gunners to horse! Mount!		stui! v'mon-to-wa-che!
March!	marsz	marz!
Trot!		Kwus!
To the right, in battery, March!		do prav-o, ***, marz!
To the left wheel!		do levo, (kuwo) ????

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Kwus - trot (Klus)
K'val - Canter (Cwal)
Gallup - Gallup
Kol-um-na - column
Szar-za - rank (szarza)
crov-a - cow
p'tak- bird
sheep-ko - hurry/faster
dze-chi - children
sheep-ko dze-chi! - move it, guys!
Ech! - Go!
E-dem - I go
Wuk - bow (luk)
Tar-tchia - target (kalkan/shield)
Uuh-wun - Uhlan (Ulan)
Pwuk - Regiment (Pluk)
Hor-on-giev - banner , company/squadron or flag

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chow-em Vasz moo sci

"Czolem Waszmosci"

(an old-style greeting)

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According to Guiness World records, the hardest sentence to pronounce for an English speaker.

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swa-va bo-zeh - Priase god (formulaic greeting)

"niech bedzie pochwalony Jezus Chrystus"
na viek e viek-u - For ever and ever (for this age and the ages) (formulaic
greeting reply)
hotch! - Come
stui! - Stop/stand
go-tov - ready/make ready
dai - give
dai og-en! - Give fire!
pal! - Fire
lont - match
mus-quet - musket
mus-quet (zam-eck) lont-ovy - matchlock musket
zam-eck - Lock or castle
zam-eck kuw-ovy - wheellock
zam-eck - skalkovy firelock
Kuw-o - wheel
Spicz-ova - Lufa bronze barrel
Armat - artillery piece
D'ziaw - cannon/columbard
Push-kar-in - montrossman (artilleryman)

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prav-o - right
lev-o - left
marz! - March!
Reiterada! - Retreat! (rejterada)
Krok- step
Yh-den Krok tyw-u one step back (tyl)
Dwa- two
Tche- three
Tak - yes
Nieh - no
Na baach-nos - Have-a-care/attention (Na bacznosc)
U-vagi - Have a care/be ready/watch out (Uwagi)

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Proh - powder
Ku-la - shot (ball)
Wy-chor scouring stick (ramrod)/worm (Wyszor)
Wy-chor-cie - scour out
Pzje-ched-ozcie - clean/sponge out (przechedozcie)
pzje-kwooc zap-ev - prick the vent (przekluc zapew)
pod-sypooy - prime (podsypi)
pzje-kwooc e podsypooy prick and prime
z'mie-zai - gauge /present /aim (zmiezaj)

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Mat-ka Boska! Mother of god!

Krul - king
Pu-kov-nik - colonel
Hetman - marshall/general
Szabla - saber
d'Gen (this is almost like 'Gen' but with a slight hard d sound leading) day
dob-re - good
d'Gen dob-re good day
zleh - wrong
dob-ra noche - good night
kon - horse
v'mon-to-wa-che - mount up
za-sian-sch za kon-ia alite/dismount (zsiasc z konia)

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R'oat-me'stz - captain (Rotmiestrz)
Tov-ar-ich - comrade
Sch-lackh-ta - nobleman
c'Whop - Peasant/boy
dai chao-wa salute
pockasch chao-wa doff your hats (show visage/forehead)
Ya - me
Ya shem - I want
I shem che-bieh cha-o'-wach I want to kiss you
Swoch-em I listen
Vo-da - water
Hlep - bread
Bi-gos - cabbage stew
Cref - blood
Psah cref! Bastard! (dog's blood/kin)
Cu-pa - offal
Du-pa - ass
Gwu-pi - stupid
Pan Buzinowski (Sir/mister Buzinowski, not used when addressing a c'Whop)
Pan Jes-usa Jesus!

TO THE RIGHT / NA PRAWO (na-prah-voh)

TO THE LEFT / NA LEWO (na-lev-oh)

CHARGE! / SZARZA! or SZARZUJ!
(Sharr-zhah!)

RETREAT! / REJTERADA! or WYCOFAJ SIE!
(Ree-terr-ah-dah or Vy-tsophay sie)

REGIMENT / PULK (Pook)

TO ARMS! / DO BRONI (do-bronye)

TO YOUR SABRES! / DO SZABEL! or SZABLI (do sza-bel
szab-lee)

HOLD THE LINE! / TRZYMAJ LINIE! (Trih-my-sheh,
lihn-yeh)

ATTACK THEIR FLANK! / ATAKUJ BOK or BOKI ( ah-tah-kooy,
boki)

REGROUP! / PRZEGRUPUJ! (Mu-zhi-me
przeh-groo-po-vac)

-In the event of Field Commander or Unit Flag in danger�

(EVERYBODY) TO (THE ) COMMANDER! DO HETMANA! (Do
Het-mahna)

(EVERYBODY) TO (THE) FLAG/BANNER! DO CHORAGWI! (Do
Hor-own-gvee)

DEFEND/PROTECT (THE) COMMANDER! BRONIC HETMANA!
(Brohn-eets Hetmahna)

DEFEND/PROTECT (THE) FLAG/BANNER! BRONIC CHORAGIEW! or
CHORAGWI (Brohn-eets Hor-own gee-ehv or hor-own-gvi)

WE MUST REGROUP! / MUSIMY PRZEGRUPOWAC (Myu-zhi-mee,
przeh-gru-pee-vach)

FALL BACK! / NAZAD! or ODWROT or DO TYLU or ZAWRACAJ (nah-zahd
or odvroot or do tyhlu or Zah-vratcay)

CENTER! / DO SRODKA (Do - srodkah)

ATTACK THE RIGHT WING (FLANK)!/
ATAKUJ PRAWE SKRZYDLO (ah-tah-koohy,
pra-ve, shz-kszhd-woh)

ATTACK THE LEFT WING (FLANK)! /
ATAKUJ LEWE SKRZYDLO (ah-tah-koohy,
leh-voh, shz-kszhd-woh)

ATTACK THE CENTER! / ATAKUJ SRODEK! (ah-tah-kooy
srodekh)

LONG LIVE! / NIECH ZYJE! (Neh zyh-yee)

LORD BROTHERS / PANOWIE BRACIA (Pahn-novyeh
brrat-chyeh)

HONORED GENTLEMEN / MOSCI PANOWIE (Moh-sh-chee
pahn-oh-
vyeh)

HORSE / KON (Koy-nh)

KLECZEC / KNEEL (For Blessing) (klain-sh-
chets)

English	Polish	Phonetic Polish
Order the Piece to Load	bacznosc	baach-nos
Worm out the Piece		Wy-chor ar-mat
Sponge the Piece (Dry Sponge the Piece)	przechedozcie	Pzje-ched-oz ar-mat
Advance the Charge		pse-nesh Pro-hu
(Seal the vent)		za-dush
Charge the Piece	ladowac	wad-ov-i armat
Ram home the charge	Wbijac ladunek	v-bie wad-u-nek
Advance the Shot		pse-nesh kula
Shot your piece	kula do armata	kula do armata!
Ram home the Shot	wybij kula	v-bie kula!
Prick and Prime	przeklu i	pzje-kwoi e pod-sypoi
gauge the piece	mierzaj	mie-zai
Prepare to fire	gotow	gotov
Give Fire	Dai Ogen	dai og-en!