The Attack and Defence of Fortify'd Places
The Attack and Defence of Fortify'd Places

Author: John Muller

Publisher: General Books

Published: 2012-01

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9781458912794

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1757. Excerpt: ... breast-plates on this occasion, and long pikes in. their hands to defend themselves, and to repel the enemy if possible. It is supposed that a Governor, who is resolved to defend the Breach in the bastion, has made one or more retrenchments in it, and placed a row of palisades in the middle of the ditches before them; and if these retrenchments are made with faces and flanks parallel to those of the bastion, Mr. Vauban would have rows of palisades cross the rampart, for the defenders to retire behind when drove back by the assailants; not only small light guns should be placed in these retrenchments but likewise mortars to fling shells and stones, by which, when the Besiegers are lodged in the Breach, they may be so harrassed as to be unable to keep that post. Mines should likewise be made under these works, so that when the Breach is lost, the Besiegers cannot come underground to blow" them up, and to oblige them, if possible, to make a battery in the Breach to batter these retrenchments, which will cost great trouble, and during that time other stratagems may be used to retard the work. The several stratagems mentioned in the defence of the Breach of the ravelin are to be practised here; and when the defenders are obliged to give way to the superior force of their enemy, they should open to the right and left, and retire along the parapets, to leave room for the guns placed in the retrenchment to give a general discharge upon the enemy, which should be done with grape-shot; if this is well executed in proper time, it will surprize, if not drive the enemy back; which being perceived, a vigorous and sudden onset should be made to push them them down the Breach, if possible, and then to repair it. Many other stratagems may be used in the defence of the Bre...

Attack of Fortified Places. Including Siege-works, Mining, and Demolitions
Attack of Fortified Places. Including Siege-works, Mining, and Demolitions

Author: James Mercur

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-11-29

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13:

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This is a military manual prepared for the use of cadets at the United States Military Academy. It provides a comprehensive guide to the various methods and techniques used to attack fortified places. The book is divided into five chapters, each covering a different aspect of the subject matter. Chapter I covers the attack without the use of regular approaches, including blockade, surprise, assault, and bombardment. It also discusses dispositions for an assault and defense against assault and bombardment. Chapter II discusses siege or attack by regular approaches, preliminary constructions, definitions, and tools and appliances. Chapter III covers trenches, approaches, parallels, saps, splinter-proofs, and the passage of the ditch. It includes articles on tracing and constructing parallels and approaches, splinter-proof cover, sapping, and the execution of the double sap. Chapter IV focuses on batteries, observatories, and magazines. It provides information on the requirements of siege batteries, construction of batteries for field guns and siege guns and howitzers, screens, embrasures, observatories, drainage, and magazines. Chapter V covers siege operations, including the attack, successive steps, the investment, fortifying camps, and parks, the point of attack, opening fire, the first parallel, opening the parallel, and breaching batteries. It also discusses counter-batteries and enfilading batteries.

A Treatise On the Defence of Fortified Places
A Treatise On the Defence of Fortified Places

Author: Lazare Carnot

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781019563069

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This military manual was written under the direction of Napoleon Bonaparte and published for the instruction and guidance of French army officers. It covers everything from the composition of different fortifications to the methods of conducting a siege, and aims to provide a comprehensive guide to defending fortified places. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.