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Aviack and We come now to the Second Partiof Fortification, viz. 
Drefence of 
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Fortufica- 
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Different 
methads of 
attacking 4 
fortress. 
By surprise. 
the attack and defence of fortified and shall con- 
sider this part of our subject, like the former, under two 
heads, Permanent and Field Fortifications. 
SECT. I. 
Attack and Defence of Fortresses. 
Ix former times, there were six different methods of 
attacking and defending a fortress, viz. 1st, By artifice. 
2d, By a surprise, executed either by a secret under- 
Toodien between the paeenete the stupidity of the gar- 
rison, or by masked soldi $d, By force; as the es- 
calade, the attack demblée, or the attack d’enfulte, 
4th, By inclosing the fortress all round with soldiers, in 
order to take it by a greater force. 5th, By famine; 
and 6th, By the attack in form, or a regular attack. ._In 
modern times, however, a place is generally attacked by 
the following methods : 1st, By surprise; 2d, By an 
attack or escalade; 3d, By starving it out ; and, 4th, Phe 
regular attack, or strong bombardment. Of thesedifferent 
methods, circumstances must determine which is to be 
ed in one way, which it will be found 
; and, therefore, it is not 
se 
fossés, the revetements of the ram 
position of the commander, the o' 
which the i in him,—how the fortress 
hours before dayli i 
is to be given, » 28 
secretly as le, to Bp digs Vigemy 
nothing may be wanted, 
retarded in its operations from ums 
If a secret understanding with any of the garrison or 
the inhabitants can be , it always be very 
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entrance into the place. It is ible to la 
down general rules for this part of the subject ; nor A 
it necessary, as accident, and the circumstances of the 
FORTIFICATION. 
to gain a se- 
moment, will instantly point out to the xperien 
a 
an intended surprise changed to a at- 
tack. An open attack can onl - if the 
fos ofa fortress eal passed, oF if in it 
is not deeper than from four to five the re- 
vetements are not more than, twelve feet above the 
bottom of the fossé, and if the is not al- 
ways on the alert, so as to direct the fire of guns 
mounted on the flanks against the assailants. Should 
calade, other impediments may easily be cut off. 
Thorns, however, and bushes, are ae 
and requiré a considerable time, if they are planted 
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yen ae 
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sees et a ‘ 
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