10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEMIBASTION»
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demibastion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Course of Military Instruction Orginally Composed for the ...
Produce the last drawn -face across the ditch, till it meets the counterscarp of the
left demibastion of your original front. Place one leg of your compasses in the
point, where the capital of the left demibastion of your original front cuts the ...
Sir Charles William Pasley, 1817
2
A Course of Elementary Fortification: Including Rules, ...
Produce the last drawn face across the ditch, till it meets the counterscarp of the
left demibastion of your original front. Place one leg of your compasses in the
point, where the capital of the left demibastion of your original front cuts the ...
Sir Charles William Pasley, 1822
3
Fortresses of the Peninsular War 1808-14
ied artillery, 26 August l8l3: the left attack es Target 8pdrs To breach the east
demibastion of the high curtain .4pdrs To breach the east demibastion of the high
curtain lin. howitzer: To breach the east demibastion of the high curtain 'ming on
3| ...
4
Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army
Three-gun battery of _ the southeast placeoi-arrns nearly completed; covered
communication with battery B finished; northeast demibastion, howitzer casemate
, and defensive gallery built; and 3 positions for center pintle 15-inch guns in ...
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers, 1816
5
Life of James FitzJames, Duke of Berwick
On the night of the twenty third, we made a lodgment in the two little counter
guards, situated between the advanced lunet and the demibastion of the right of
the horn-work. The trenches were relieved by the Marquis of Dreux, > the
Marquis la ...
A lieutenant and a captain,.with the like number of men, and the same orders,
were commanded to a demibastion, at the extremity of the fort towards the west,
which was above musket shot from the inward fortification. Towards this place the
...
7
Select Reviews of Literature, and Spirit of Foreign Magazines
A lieutenant and a captain, with the like number of men, and the same orders,
were commanded to a. demibastion, at the extremity of the fort towards the west,
which was above musket shot from the inward fortification. Towards this place the
...
8
Papers on Subjects Connected with the Duties of the Corps of ...
On the 3rd a small mine was sprung, which completely destroyed the eastern
demibastion. The same evening another mine was discovered to be in progress
underneath the right demi-bastion. in consequence ofa want both of mining tools
...
9
Citizens of the World: London Merchants and the Integration ...
On the south bastion were mounted several nine- and three-pound cannon; on
the north bastion, or saluting battery, several small cannon; and, on the western
demibastion, several nine-pound guns. On these facades, those * |r- <*?
10
A Treatise on Field Fortification, and the subjects ...
... crest of the parapet of the demibastion in the rear, in order that they may be
seen into, and defended by the faces of those demibastions. ' 155. The water-
courses separating armies are not always rivers, or great streams; they are often
...
John Shortall MACAULAY, 1834
