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" ... the slope. In such situations, the eye will frequently attain an object which the gun on its lower level will not. PALISADES. — The palisades in the ditches were mostly young fir-trees from 4 to 5 inches in diameter, roughly pointed, and fixed 3... "
Memoranda Relative to the Lines Thrown Up to Cover Lisbon in 1810 - Page 94
by John Thomas Jones - 1829 - 188 pages
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Fortification for officers of the army and students of military history

sir Henry Yule - 1851 - 282 pages
...OF FORTIFICATION. 25 however, (of the Peninsular War,) " the palisades of the redoubts thrown up on the Montagne de la Couronne, in the Pyrenees, where...of trees, placed close together at the foot of the escarp, and were found almost equal to a masonry revetment." — (Sir J. Jones.) This, perhaps, should...
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Aide-mémoire to the Military Sciences: Framed from Contributions ..., Volume 2

Military art and science - 1860 - 938 pages
...from 4 to 5 inches in diameter, roughly pointed, and fixed 3 or 4 feet into the ground, with a riband very low down, and, when the ditches were broad, much...of trees placed close together at the foot of the escarp, and were found almost equal to a masonry revetment. The best disposition of the ordinary palisades,...
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