Attack of Fortified Places. Including Siege-works, Mining, and Demolitions.

Name: Attack of Fortified Places. Including Siege-works, Mining, and Demolitions.
Author: James Mercur

by James Mercur

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

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Brian Coe, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2019-04-11

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Public domain in the USA.

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Siege warfare Defensive (Military science)Offensive (Military science)Military engineering

About the author

James Mercur

1842–1896

Best known for a detailed military engineering manual prepared for West Point cadets, this 19th-century author wrote from deep professional experience. His work opens a window onto how fortifications, siege works, and demolitions were studied in his time.

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