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Identifier: manualofmilitary00grea (find matches)
Title: Manual of military engineering
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Great Britain. War Office
Subjects: Military engineering
Publisher: London : Printed for H. M. Stationery off., by Harrison and sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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■</eli»rfcGraha(» V* Lirtio.London To followplale^24 CHAPTER IX.—EARTHWORKS. 39 84. The site should be such that the surrounding foreground Site,may be well swept by the fire from the parapet, and the workshould be so disposed as to give the strongest possible fire on the enemys best lines of attack. There must be no dead angles. A redoubt may be of any shape that suits the ground andprovides good firing fines. There is no necessity for symmetryin the design, although it has advantages. On a level sitea rectangle with blunted angles would be suitable. All faces should be long enough to give an effective fire.Those making a considerable angle with neighbouring faces,as in a rectangle, should not be less than 20 yards long, andthe short faces which blunt the angles should be at least10 yards. It is often convenient to use curved faces. These, as a rule,should be struck with a radius of not less than 20 yards.A complete circle should be avoided, except for very small posts,as it

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