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... slope , and was such as to be very advantageous for the assem- bling of troops . The extension of our lines in the direction of Five - Forks , which was made in the last few days of March and on April 1 , produced a corresponding ...
... slope , and was such as to be very advantageous for the assem- bling of troops . The extension of our lines in the direction of Five - Forks , which was made in the last few days of March and on April 1 , produced a corresponding ...
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... slope D , which should be as steep as possible in order to decrease the distance of the riflemen from the interior crest A , being cut almost perpendicularly . Along the open parts of the first line of battle as many shelter- trenches ...
... slope D , which should be as steep as possible in order to decrease the distance of the riflemen from the interior crest A , being cut almost perpendicularly . Along the open parts of the first line of battle as many shelter- trenches ...
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... slope 4′3 ′′ high . This might besides be facilitated by digging the bottom of the trench with a slope upwards towards the parapet , or by giving a depth of a foot only to the part occupied by the rear rank and the supernumeraries . The ...
... slope 4′3 ′′ high . This might besides be facilitated by digging the bottom of the trench with a slope upwards towards the parapet , or by giving a depth of a foot only to the part occupied by the rear rank and the supernumeraries . The ...
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... slope , which gives rise to no incon- venience at all . Then the rear rank and supernumeraries have as much space as they require ; but on the other hand , in order to fire in this way , the riflemen must be placed farther apart , so ...
... slope , which gives rise to no incon- venience at all . Then the rear rank and supernumeraries have as much space as they require ; but on the other hand , in order to fire in this way , the riflemen must be placed farther apart , so ...
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... slope of 45 ° , each workman will have to dig 1′7 ′′ × 3′11 ′′ × 8′6 ′′ = rather more than 18 cubic feet of solid 3 earth , and to throw up in front of himself , in less than one relief , about 18 + 18 = nearly 20 cubic feet of loose ...
... slope of 45 ° , each workman will have to dig 1′7 ′′ × 3′11 ′′ × 8′6 ′′ = rather more than 18 cubic feet of solid 3 earth , and to throw up in front of himself , in less than one relief , about 18 + 18 = nearly 20 cubic feet of loose ...
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18th Royal Irish 65 Cornhill advanced posts advantage armed Army Artillery attack Austrians banquette barricades bastions battalions batteries berm BRIALMONT Brigade Caldiero camp Cavalry centre château chevaux de frise Colonel de Pidoll columns command corps d'armée covering mass cubic feet Demy 8vo detachments ditch earth enceinte enemy enemy's enfilade Engineers epaulments excavation exposed exterior reserve favour field of battle fire flanks flèches foot force formed German ground guns Hasty Intrenchments Horse Artillery important Infantry knapsack La Rothière line of abatis line of battle line of defence little wood merlons mètre military minutes musketry Napoleon occupied offensive front operations parapet pickaxes placed points position profile in Fig protected Prussian rank rear redoubts réduit regiments require riflemen road Rogniat Sadowa second line shelter shelter-trenches shovels skirmishers slope soldiers superior slope TACTICAL DEDUCTIONS toise trench troops trous de loup wing workmen yards
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Сторінка 92 - One of the best-known and coolest-headed of the metropolitan regiments, whose adjutant moreover has lately published an admirable collection of lectures addressed by him to the men of his corps.
Сторінка 91 - The work of Major von Blume in its English dress forms the most valuable addition to our stock of works upon the war that our press has put forth. Major Blume writes with a clear conciseness much wanting in many of his country's historians. Our space forbids our doing more than commending it earnestly as the most authentic and instructive narrative of the second section of the war that has yet appeared.
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