10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTRAVALLATION»
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War for the Every Day: Generals, Knowledge, and Warfare in ...
Without them, no contravallation might be possible. That did not rule out a siege (
they were even shipped to Corsica in 1732). but it did raise complications.
Fascines served the needs of besiegers best in a low and muddy terrain, like that
...
2
C?sar's Conquest of Gaul
Guischard 6 holds the singular opinion that there was only one trench in the
contravallation besides the 20-foot trench; and that the other of the two trenches
which Caesar expressly mentions was in the circumvallation. This view is refuted
by ...
3
Extreme War: The Military Book Club's Encyclopedia of the ...
These were the lines of contravallation. Somehow or other, over the years these
terms became confused in the minds of certain writers. There are many modern
historians who persist in making this mistake as well. The author could list them ...
4
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, ...
Both these fortifications were used in this siege ; however, for brevity's sake, I
shall use only the former term. The contravallation consisted of two walls, at
sixteen feet distance. d The Attic mina was worth 100 drachms, that is, fifty French
livres.
5
Caesar: Episodes from the Gallic and the civil wars
Trenches usually had sloping sides. The object in digging this ditch, which
extended only from the Ose to the Oscrain, was to protect Caesar's troops at the
point where they were most exposed to attack while building their line of
contravallation ...
Julius Caesar, Maurice Whittemore Mathers, 1905
6
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, ...
The Athenians, after setting up a trophy, built a fort in Labdalon, on the summit of
Epipolae, in order to secure their baggage and most valuable effects in it,
whenever they should be forced to fight, or work at the contravallation. Soon after,
the ...
7
The Ancient History of the Eqyptians, Carthaginians, ...
The Athenians, after setting up a trophy, built a fort in Labdalon, on the summit of
Epipolae, in order to secure- their baggage and most valuable effects in it,
whenever they should be forced to fight, or work at the contravallation. Soon after,
the ...
Charles Rollin, Robert Lynam, 1831
8
Alesia 52 BC: The final struggle for Gaul
Its waters and those of the Oze were dammed and diverted so as to flood the
outer ditch ofthe contravallation. Consequently, in the summer months
whentheriver was much lower, wehave reasonto conclude thatit became a rivulet,
whichaman ...
9
A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to ...
Siege warfare included the use of mantelets and movable gallery sections to
protect workers and soldiers from missiles, the construction of redoubts, and the
use of circumvallation and contravallation. Circumvallation is the process
whereby ...
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The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians [&c.]. ...
The Syracusans hearing that the Athenians had received a reinforcement of
cavalry, and would soon march and lay siege to the city ; and knowing they could
Dot possibly approach it, or make a contravallation, unless they should possess ...
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