Attack of Fortified Places. Including Siege-works, Mining, and Demolitions. Prepared for the use of the Cadets of the United States Military Academy

ATTACK OF FORTIFIED PLACES. INCLUDING SIEGE-WORKS, MINING, AND DEMOLITIONS. PREPARED FOR THE USE OF THE CADETS OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY. BY JAMES MERCUR, Professor of Civil and Military Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y. FIRST EDITION. FIRST THOUSAND. NEW YORK JOHN WILEY & SONS, 53 East Tenth Street. 1894.

PREFACE.

INTRODUCTION.

ATTACK OF FORTIFIED PLACES.

CHAPTER I. THE ATTACK WITHOUT THE USE OF REGULAR APPROACHES.

CHAPTER II. SIEGE OR ATTACK BY REGULAR APPROACHES. - PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS, DEFINITIONS, ETC.

CHAPTER III. TRENCHES, APPROACHES, PARALLELS, SAPS, SPLINTER PROOFS, AND PASSAGE OF THE DITCH.

CHAPTER IV. BATTERIES, OBSERVATORIES, AND MAGAZINES.

CHAPTER V. SIEGE OPERATIONS. - THE ATTACK.

CHAPTER VI. THE DEFENCE.