United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, Part 1H. Colburn, 1855 - Military art and science |
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... cut through . This manĆuvre followed out carefully , the guns will then be ... horizontal and as near the bottom of the ditch as it is possible to reach ... cut the revĂȘtement about one yard from the bottom of the ditch , if dry , and at ...
... cut through . This manĆuvre followed out carefully , the guns will then be ... horizontal and as near the bottom of the ditch as it is possible to reach ... cut the revĂȘtement about one yard from the bottom of the ditch , if dry , and at ...
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... horizontal cut has been begun too high , firing will not render it easier . Four twenty - four pounders from the lodgment of the covered way will breach in four or five days , and this breach will be practicable three days after . " We ...
... horizontal cut has been begun too high , firing will not render it easier . Four twenty - four pounders from the lodgment of the covered way will breach in four or five days , and this breach will be practicable three days after . " We ...
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... horizontal cutting should not always be made as low as possible ; because not only does such a course present difficulties in practice , but also the cutting is obstructed by the rubbish which accumulates at the foot of the wall , and ...
... horizontal cutting should not always be made as low as possible ; because not only does such a course present difficulties in practice , but also the cutting is obstructed by the rubbish which accumulates at the foot of the wall , and ...
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... cut stone . The earth of the terre - plein and of the parapets is of a sandy loam , the profile of the escarpes of the ... horizontal sapping s the breach should be begun , the best manner in which the shot shoul : be used , and finally ...
... cut stone . The earth of the terre - plein and of the parapets is of a sandy loam , the profile of the escarpes of the ... horizontal sapping s the breach should be begun , the best manner in which the shot shoul : be used , and finally ...
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... horizontal plane of eighty - two degrees . It was found when the breach was completed , that the revĂȘtement , on a level with the horizontal cutting , was four yards and a - half thick . The pieces , having each a portion of cutting ...
... horizontal plane of eighty - two degrees . It was found when the breach was completed , that the revĂȘtement , on a level with the horizontal cutting , was four yards and a - half thick . The pieces , having each a portion of cutting ...
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