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Attack of Fortified Places. Including Siege-works, Mining, and Demolitions.: Prepared for the use of the Cadets of the United States Military Academy — John Shaqi

Attack of Fortified Places. Including Siege-works, Mining, and Demolitions.: Prepared for the use of the Cadets of the United States Military AcademyMercur, James

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Attack of Fortified Places. Including Siege-works, Mining, and Demolitions.: Prepared for the use of the Cadets of the United States Military Academy

Name: Attack of Fortified Places. Including Siege-works, Mining, and Demolitions.: Prepared for the use of the Cadets of the United States Military Academy
Author: Mercur, James

Mercur, James

Defensive (Military science); Military engineering; Offensive (Military science); Siege warfare

Assault,                                                       4

Dispositions for an Assault,                                   5

Defence against an Assault,                                    7

Bombardment,                                                   8

Defence against a Bombardment,                                10

  CHAPTER II.

  SIEGE OR ATTACK BY REGULAR APPROACHES, PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTIONS,
  DEFINITIONS, ETC.

Siege, Progress of,                                           12

Tools and Appliances,                                         13

  CHAPTER III.

  TRENCHES, APPROACHES, PARALLELS, SAPS, SPLINTER-PROOFS AND PASSAGE
  OF THE DITCH.

Trenches,                                                     15

Parallels,                                                    15

Approaches,                                                   16

  TRACING AND CONSTRUCTING PARALLELS AND APPROACHES.

Tracing Parallels,                                            17

Tracing Approaches,                                           18

Posting Working Parties,                                      18

  EXECUTION OF PARALLELS AND APPROACHES.

Simple Trench and Flying Sap,                                 20

Construction by Simple Trench,                                20

Construction by Flying Sap,                                   22

  SPLINTER-PROOF COVER.

Splinter-proofs,                                              23

Bomb-proofs,                                                  25

  SAPPING.

Definitions, etc.,                                            27

Full Sap,                                                     28

Organization and Duties of Detachment,                        28

Driving the Sap,                                              28

Breaking out a Sap from a Parallel,                           30

Circular Place of Arms,                                       31

Shallow Sap,                                                  31

Overground Approaches,                                        31

Double Sap,                                                   32

Execution of the Double Sap,                                  32

Changing Direction of the Double Sap,                         33

Breaking out a Double Sap from a Parallel,                    33

Traversed Sap,                                                33

Traverse by Blinded Sap,                                      35

Crowning the Covered Way,                                     35

Trench Cavalier,                                              36

Former Methods of Sapping,                                    36

Passage of the Ditch,                                         37

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Attack of Fortified Places. Including Siege-works, Mining, and Demolitions.: Prepared for the use of the Cadets of the United States Military Academy

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