Attack of Fortified Places, Including Siege-Works, Mining, and Demolitions

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Author

Mercur, James, 1842-1896

Title

Attack of Fortified Places. Including Siege-works, Mining, and Demolitions. Prepared for the use of the Cadets of the United States Military Academy

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Produced by Brian Coe, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

UG: Military science: Military engineering

Subject

Military engineering

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Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 59253

Release Date

April 11, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ATTACK OF FORTIFIED PLACES. INCLUDING SIEGE-WORKS, MINING, AND DEMOLITIONS. PREPARED FOR THE USE OF THE CADETS OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY . BY JAMES MERCUR, Professor of Civil and Military Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y. FIRST EDITION. FIRST THOUSAND. NEW YORK JOHN WILEY & SONS, 53 East Tenth Street . 1894.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.INTRODUCTION.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.ATTACK OF FORTIFIED PLACES.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. THE ATTACK WITHOUT THE USE OF REGULAR APPROACHES. — SURPRISE. — DEFENCE AGAINST SURPRISE. — ASSAULT. — DISPOSITIONS FOR AN ASSAULT. — DEFENCE AGAINST AN ASSAULT. — BOMBARDMENT. — DEFENCE AGAINST BOMBARDMENT.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. SIEGE OR ATTACK BY REGULAR APPROACHES. — PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS, DEFINITIONS, ETC.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. TRENCHES, APPROACHES, PARALLELS, SAPS, SPLINTER PROOFS, AND PASSAGE OF THE DITCH. — TRACING AND CONSTRUCTING PARALLELS AND APPROACHES. — POSTING THE WORKING PARTIES. — EXECUTION OF PARALLELS AND APPROACHES. — SPLINTER-PROOF COVER. — BOMB-PROOFS. — SAPPING. — PASSAGE OF THE DITCH.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. BATTERIES, OBSERVATORIES, AND MAGAZINES. — GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF SIEGE BATTERIES. — CONSTRUCTION OF BATTERIES. — MAGAZINES.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. SIEGE OPERATIONS. — THE ATTACK. — FIRST PERIOD. — SECOND PERIOD. — THIRD PERIOD. — VAUBAN’S MAXIMS. — JOURNAL OF THE ATTACK.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. THE DEFENCE. — THE CAPITULATION. — JOURNAL OF THE DEFENCE.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. PARKS AND DEPOTS, SHELTERS AND HUTS, KITCHENS, OVENS, SINKS, LATRINES, WATER-SUPPLY, ETC. — PARKS AND DEPOTS. — SHELTERS AND HUTS. — KITCHENS AND OVENS. — LATRINES, SINKS, ETC. — WATER-SUPPLY.
13. 13.Part II. MILITARY MINING, BLASTING, AND DEMOLITION.
14. 14.CHAPTER I. NOMENCLATURE AND THEORY. — OVERCHARGED AND UNDERCHARGED MINES. — EXPLOSIVES.
15. 15.CHAPTER II. PRACTICAL OPERATIONS AND DETAILS. — GALLERIES AND SHAFTS. — VENTILATION OF MINES. — MINE-CHAMBERS. — LOADING AND FIRING MINES. — CAMOUFLETS BY BORING.
16. 16.CHAPTER III. ORGANIZATION AND TACTICS OF MINES. — MINE TACTICS. — BREACHING BY MINES.
17. 17.CHAPTER IV. BLASTING AND DEMOLITIONS. — BLASTING. — DEMOLITIONS.
18. 18.INDEX.
19. 19.BOOKS FOR ARMY AND NAVY OFFICERS PUBLISHED BY JOHN WILEY & SONS.
20. 20.FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber’s Note:

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