10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VAUBAN»
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Vauban in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Vauban Under Siege: Engineering Efficiency and Martial Vigor ...
"Vauban under Siege" is the first systematic comparison of the theory of Vaubanian siegecraft with its reality, contrasting military engineering's pursuit of the efficient siege with generals' contradictory search for rapid conquest, ...
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Conserving the Enlightenment: French Military Engineering ...
A study of French military engineers at a crucial point in the evolution of modern engineering.
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Vauban and the French Military Under Louis XIV: An ...
"Vauban built a formidable ring of fortresses to protect France's national frontiers and was also a gifted economist, author, and political strategist.
Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage, 2009
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The
Vauban Fortifications of France
Before Vauban the art of siege had been a haphazard and often very costly affair,
with too many of the attacking troops concentrated into too narrow an axis of
advance, and too many reckless frontal assaults before the defenders could be
fully ...
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Marshal
Vauban and the Defence of Louis XIV's France
And he shows that Vauban was much more than simply a superlative builder of fortresses, for as a leading military commander serving Louis XIV, he perfected a method for attacking fortifications in the most effective way, which became ...
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French Fortifications, 1715-1815: An Illustrated History
The apogee of the bastioned fortification was reached in the second half of the
17th century with the French engineer Sébastien Le Preste de Vauban (1633–
1707). Vauban is generally regarded as one of the greatest military engineers of
all ...
Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage, 2009
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Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?: What History Teaches Us ...
See Erlanger, Louis XIV, 139, 160, 162, 176; Lossky, Louis XIV, 28, 93–94, 96,
141; Rule, Louis XIV and the Craft ofKingship, 52, 212; Ekberg, Failure ofLouis
XIV's Dutch War, 9; and Trotter, ”Marshal Vauban,” 64, 79, 161. 98. See Lynn,
Giant ...
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Wars of the Age of Louis Xiv, 1650-1715
Louis XIV was present at the 1673 siege, but it was directed by the emerging
master of siegecraft,Sébastien de Vauban. Defending the fortress was a garrison
of 6,000. After feinting up the Scheldt, Louis established a blockade of Maastricht
...
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The English Cyclopædia: A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge
297 VAUBAN, SEBASTIEN. VAUBAN, SEBASTIEN. 868 they might constitute a
bulwark against the Spaniards, who then possessed Artois. He committed this
important duty to Vauban, who accomplished the proposed end to his satisfaction
, ...
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The Gallery of Portraits: With Memoirs ...
The difficulty with which the obstacles presented at the siege of Philisbourg were
overcome, induced Vauban to renew, with greater earnestness, his project for the
formation of a corps of sappers, originally suggested shortly after the peace of ...
Arthur Thomas Malkin, 1835
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VAUBAN»
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Résultats du baccalauréat: 93% de réussite au lycée Vauban
Au lycée Vauban de Luxembourg, comme l'an dernier, la réussite est au rendez-vous. Sur les 128 d'élèves, seuls 9 devront passer l'oral pour décrocher le ... «Luxemburger Wort - Edition Francophone, Jul 15»
Les salles mythiques : Le Vauban , le Golfe Drouot brestois
Notre tour de France où l'économie et la culture se mêlent à la nostalgie passe aujourd'hui par Le Vauban à Brest où, depuis les années 50, de grands artistes ... «Les Échos, Jul 15»
Jeune homme poignardé à Beauvais : le suspect interpellé à la Soie …
... Bretagne à Beauvais a été interpellé ce dimanche peu avant midi dans le quartier de la Soie Vauban. La victime, blessée à la gorge, l'abdomen et à la cuisse, ... «Le Parisien, Jun 15»
Une cycliste tuée par un camion en plein centre de Lille
FAIT DIVERS – Une quinquagénaire qui circulait à vélo a été heurtée ce jeudi par un camion boulevard Vauban à Lille. Morte sur le coup, les circonstances de ... «metronews, Jun 15»
Christchurch needs an eco-neighbourhood
Vauban actually took shape despite, rather than because of planners. Rather than being a centrally-planned model with solutions prescribed and imposed from ... «The Press, Jun 15»
Vauban-Esquermes: la maison de quartier cherche une issue
Privée de subvention depuis janvier, la maison de quartier de Vauban-Esquermes est poussée vers la sortie par la mairie. À l'origine de cette discorde, une ... «La Voix du Nord, May 15»
Lille: lors de la réunion sur la maison de quartier de Vauban, ce …
Les soirées étudiantes n'ont pas le monopole de l'ambiance à Vauban-Esquermes. Ce mercredi soir, dans le contexte sensible lié à l'arrêt des financements de ... «La Voix du Nord, May 15»
Lille : les coulisses de la Citadelle Vauban en 360 degrés
PATRIMOINE – Pour fêter ses dix ans au sein de la célèbre citadelle Vauban de Lille, l'état-major de l'Armée de terre vient de mettre en ligne une visite virtuelle ... «metronews, May 15»
Brest. Revivez la visite de François Hollande
... le Président de la République est en visite officielle à Brest. Il inaugurera, au lycée Vauban, un campus des métiers de le mer, avant de se rendre à Guipavas. «Ouest-France, Apr 15»
Olympia Lettry-VauBan, Brenton McDonald
Olympia Lettry-VauBan and Brenton Gregory McDonald were married Saturday evening by the Rev. William J. Bergen, a Roman Catholic priest, at the Church of ... «New York Times, Apr 15»