A Dictionary of science, literature, and art [electronic resource]: comprising the history, description, and scientific principles of every branch of human knowledge; with the derivation and definition of all the terms in general use (1844)
Brande, William Thomas, 1788-1866, Cauvin, Joseph · New York : Harper & brothers · leaf 483
ntil the ravelin and its redoubt are both captured. The com-bination round the extremities of the traverses of the coveredway are arranged in a zig-zag line; so that th&passage roundthe extremity of one traverse is defended by the fire of anotherin its rear, and the advance of the assailants… … called the modern system: it varies but little from that ofCormontaigne. The ravelin is made to cover the shoulderof the bastion more effectually by a greater projection, andits faces are retrenched by coupures or cuts through the ram-part, perpendicular to the faces of the bastion, which pre-vent…
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