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MP~~ANUAL 1oOR 'COMXIMANDERS~~;B OF4EINTFANTRIY PLATOONS. 2Ort<br />

cl'efenrlers thus beingaf ble to receive fire w~itblonti fear from every<br />

direction. [ig~.g 182 shows~ aZredoubt <strong>of</strong> fonrI1 sidles, arndlfigf.·183<br />

one <strong>of</strong> five sides. I~ig. 184 showvs a r'edoub~t with t~raeverse andc·<br />

Flo. 183.<br />

App~licatwa~ <strong>of</strong> · the traces prev1~ioursly descr~ibedl-Tb 7e trenzches<br />

aand the 'wart~s,however th,~;f cy,?mayC~7 beCmade, acr.'nzev~er actu(Uily<br />

r.egul~ar or· exact in· con:struclFtion. Fior' thalt r·eason it; may be<br />

said that; they are mIer~el~y theo~retica.l and serve to tealch the<br />

FITG. 184.<br />

names anIi attributLes <strong>of</strong> those works. Eceryv tra6ce mu1st, above1~C<br />

acll, be1 laid oult t~o tit the .terrainil, and as th~ere are very few~<br />

straight lines in the ordtinary groun(1 <strong>for</strong>m~s, the firing crest must:<br />

be curvedl asr muchl as is necessaryT. Forothis reasonl there mvill<br />

result a series <strong>of</strong> 'salients, r~eentrants, bastions, or irregfular<br />

redanss and cuirtains, mIore or less sinuous, having, with relation<br />

to each other, thle prlopecrties alread~y describ '1 above.

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