Military schools and courses of instruction in the science and art of war,: in France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Sardinia, England, and the United States. Drawn from recent official reports and documents. Revised Edition
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Military schools and courses of instruction in the science and art of war,: in France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Sardinia, England, and the United States. Drawn from recent official reports and documents. Revised Edition
Military education
Plate 8, 6 “
Details of the most interesting parts of the project, in plans,
sections, and elevations,
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Memoir, 2 “
Marginal notes on the defects presented by the existing system,
and on the means employed for correcting them.
Calculation, 5 “
Balance of the “deblais” and “remblais” of the project.
3d Part.--Attack and Defense of Places.
Single Plate, 30 “
Project of attack of a front of fortification on level ground,
1/2000
Details of the attack,
Journal, 4 “
Journal of the siege. Details relating to the composition of
the garrison and of the besieging army; also on the material for
the Artillery and Engineers required for the attack and defense.
Pen sketch of the most elementary works of attack.
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[Transcriber’s Note:
The “Observations” column is divided into four sections:
Through Plate 3: Common to Students of Both Services.
Plate 4: Artillery.
Plate 4 (Engineers), through end of 2nd Part:
Special to Engineer Students.
3d Part: Common.]
RECAPITULATION FOR THE ARTILLERY.
[KEY]
NL Number of Lectures.
Cr Credits for the Lectures.
+A With application (_a._)
-A Without application (_b._)
T Total.
I Number of Interrogations.
-------------------------------+----+-------------------+-----
I. LECTURES. | | Cr |
PARTS OF THE COURSE. | +------+------+-----+
| NL | +A | -A | T | I
-------------------------------+----+------+------+-----+-----
First Part. Study of | | | | |
existing Fortifications, | 10 | 4.5 | 21 | 26 | 1
Second Part. Principles | | | | |
of the Art of Fortification, |....| .... | .... | ....| ...
First Section. Fortification | | | | |
on level ground, | 19 | 24.0 | 9 | 33 | 2
Second Section. Fortification | | | | |
on hilly ground, | 19 | 19.5 | 18 | 38 | 2
Third Section. General | | | | |
questions of Fortification, | 4 | .... | 12 | 12 | ....
Third Part. Attack and | | | | |
Defence of Places, | 24 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 2
+----+------+------+-----+-----
Totals, | 76 | 72 | 84 | 157 | 7
-------------------------------+----+------+------+-----+-----
[(_a._) The lectures with application count for 1 hour 5 minutes.]
[(_b._) Those without application for 3 hours.]
[KEY]
D Drawings.
M Memoirs.
V Various.
S Sitting in the Halls of Study.
Cr Credits.
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