CONTENTS.

ATTACK OF FORTIFIED PLACES.
PAGE
[INTRODUCTION.]v
[CHAPTER I.
THE ATTACK WITHOUT THE USE OF REGULAR APPROACHES.]
ARTICLE
1.[Blockade,][1]
2.[Surprise,][2]
3.[Defence against Surprise,][4]
4.[Assault,][4]
5.[Dispositions for an Assault,][5]
6.[Defence against an Assault,][7]
7.[Bombardment,][8]
8.[Defence against a Bombardment,][10]
[CHAPTER II.
SIEGE OR ATTACK BY REGULAR APPROACHES, PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTIONS,DEFINITIONS, ETC.]
9.[Siege, Progress of,][12]
10.[Tools and Appliances,][13]
[CHAPTER III.
TRENCHES, APPROACHES, PARALLELS, SAPS, SPLINTER-PROOFS AND PASSAGE OF THE DITCH.]
11.[Trenches,][15]
12.[Parallels,][15]
13.[Approaches,][16]
[TRACING AND CONSTRUCTING PARALLELS AND APPROACHES.]
14.[Tracing Parallels,][17]
15.[Tracing Approaches,][18]
16.[Posting Working Parties,][18]
[EXECUTION OF PARALLELS AND APPROACHES.]
17.[Simple Trench and Flying Sap,][20]
18.[Construction by Simple Trench,][20]
19.[Construction by Flying Sap,][22]
[SPLINTER-PROOF COVER.]
20.[Splinter-proofs,][23]
21.[Bomb-proofs,][25]
[SAPPING.]
22.[Definitions, etc.,][27]
23.[Full Sap,][28]
24.[Organization and Duties of Detachment,][28]
25.[Driving the Sap,][28]
26.[Breaking out a Sap from a Parallel,][30]
27.[Circular Place of Arms,][31]
28.[Shallow Sap,][31]
29.[Overground Approaches,][31]
30.[Double Sap,][32]
31.[Execution of the Double Sap,][32]
32.[Changing Direction of the Double Sap,][33]
33.[Breaking out a Double Sap from a Parallel,][33]
34.[Traversed Sap,][33]
35.[Traverse by Blinded Sap,][35]
36.[Crowning the Covered Way,][35]
37.[Trench Cavalier,][36]
38.[Former Methods of Sapping,][36]
39.[Passage of the Ditch,][37]
40.[A Wet Ditch without Current,][38]
41.[A Wet Ditch with Current,][40]
[CHAPTER IV.
BATTERIES, OBSERVATORIES, AND MAGAZINES.]
42.[Batteries Defined, etc.,][42]
43.[General Requirements of Siege-batteries,][42]
44.[Construction of Batteries for Field-guns,][43]
45.[Batteries for Siege-guns and Howitzers, Elevated and Sunken,—General Considerations,][44]
46.[Screens,][45]
47.[Exposed Sunken Battery,][46]
48.[Tracing the Battery,][47]
49.[Constructing the Central Passage and Splinter-proof,][48]
50.[Constructing the Battery,][49]
51.[Alternative Construction,][50]
52.[Splinter-proofs (additional),][50]
53.[Sunken Battery in a Parallel,][51]
54.[Battery behind Crest of a Hill,][53]
55.[Batteries on Sloping Ground,][53]
56.[Embrasures,][53]
57.[Observatories,][54]
58.[Drainage,][55]
59.[Mortar-batteries,][55]
60.[Magazines,][57]
61.[Cover for Magazines,][58]
62.[Location of Magazines,][58]
63.[Construction of a Magazine subject to Direct Fire only,][60]
64.[Manner of Executing the Work,][61]
65.[Mined Magazines,][61]
66.[Elevated Magazines,][62]
67.[Precautions against Dampness,][63]
[CHAPTER V.
SIEGE OPERATIONS.]
68.[The Attack—Successive Steps,][64]
69.[The First Period,][65]
70.[The Investment,][65]
71.[Bringing Up and Posting the Besieging Force,][67]
72.[Fortifying the Camps, Parks, etc.,][68]
73.[Distance of the Line of Investment from the Works,][70]
74.[Strength and Composition of the Besieging Force,][70]
75.[The Point of Attack,][73]
76.[First Artillery Position,][75]
77.[Opening Fire,][76]
78.[Plan of Attack,][78]
79.[The First Parallel,][78]
80.[Opening the Parallel,][80]
81.[The Second Artillery Position,][81]
82.[Counter-batteries,][82]
83.[Enfilading-batteries,][82]
84.[Breaching-batteries,][83]
85.[Batteries of Rifled Mortars and of Howitzers for Vertical Fire,][83]
86.[Opening and Conduct of Fire from Second Artillery Position,][83]
87.[Musketry Fire,][84]
88.[The Advance from the First Parallel,][84]
89.[The Second Parallel,][85]
90.[The Third Period,][86]
91.[Capture and Crowning of the Covered Way,][87]
92.[Breaching the Scarps and Counter-scarps,][88]
93.[Capture and Crowning of the Breach,][89]
94.[The Attack by Sap,][91]
95.[Additional Operations Necessary in the Attack of an Intrenched Camp,][91]
96.[Occupation of a Conquered Place,][93]
97.[Vauban’s Maxims,][94]
98.[Journal of the Attack,][97]
[CHAPTER VI.
THE DEFENCE.]
99.[Preliminary Considerations,][98]
100.[Garrison,][99]
101.[Armament,][100]
102.[Ammunition, Provisions and Supplies,][101]
103.[Sanitation and Hygiene,][101]
104.[Preparations for Defence,][101]
105.[Defence during the First Period,][103]
106.[Opening of Artillery Fire by the Defence,][104]
107.[Defence during the Bombardment and Assault,][105]
108.[Defence during the Second Period of the Siege,][106]
109.[Defence during the Third Period of the Siege,][107]
110.[The Capitulation,][109]
111.[Journal of the Defence,][110]
[CHAPTER VII.
PARKS, DEPOTS, SHELTERS AND HUTS, KITCHENS, OVENS, SINKS,LATRINES, WATER-SUPPLY, ETC.]
ARTICLEPAGE
112.[Parks and Depots,][111]
113.[Shelters and Huts,][113]
114.[Kitchens and Ovens,][114]
115.[Latrines, Sinks, etc.,][115]
116.[Water-supply,][116]
[PART II.]
[MILITARY MINING.]
[CHAPTER I.]
[NOMENCLATURE AND THEORY.]
ARTICLEPAGE
1.[Definitions,][119]
2.[Theory of Explosion,][120]
3.[Form and Volume of Crater,][121]
4.[Relation between Volume of Crater and Charge,][122]
4.[Miner’s Rule,][122]
5.[Charge for One Cubic Yard,][123]
6.[Rule for Common Mines in Ordinary Earth,][124]
7.[Overcharged and Undercharged Mines,][125]
7.[Deduction of Formula for Charge,][125]
8.[Relation between Charges of Common and Over- or Undercharged Mines,][127]
8.[Charge to Produce a Camouflet,][128]
9.[Radius of Rupture,][128]
10.[Theoretical Value of Radius of Rupture,][129]
11.[Values Adopted by English Authorities,][131]
12.[Theoretical Value Too Small,][131]
13.[High Explosives,][131]
14.[Experimental Determinations,][131]
15.[Choice of Explosives,][132]
16.[Probable Advantage of High Explosives for Overcharged Mines,][133]
17.[Relative Advantages and Disadvantages of Gunpowder and High Explosives,][134]
[CHAPTER II.
PRACTICAL OPERATIONS AND DETAILS.]
18.[Tools and Appliances, Description of,][136]
[GALLERIES AND SHAFTS.]
19.[Dimensions of Galleries and Shafts,][138]
20, 21.[Shaft and Gallery Linings,][139]
22.[Shaft and Gallery Frames,][140]
23.[Dimensions of Pieces of Frames, etc.,][141]
24.[Relative Advantages of Cases and Frames,][141]
25-28.[Sinking Shaft by Frames and Sheeting,][141]
29.[Precautions Needed,][144]
30.[Partly-lined Shafts,][145]
31.[Driving a Gallery with Frames and Sheeting,][145]
32.[Use of False Frame,][146]
33.[Use of Shield,][147]
34.[Inclined Galleries,][147]
35.[Position of Frames,][148]
36.[Partly-lined Galleries,][148]
37-39.[Change of Direction of Galleries with Frames and Sheeting,][148]
38.[Change of Slope, of Galleries,][149]
40, 41.[Returns,][150]
42, 43.[Maps and Drawings,][151]
44, 45.[Sinking a Shaft with Cases,][152]
46-48.[Driving a Gallery with Cases,][153]
49.[Change of Direction of Galley Lined with Cases,][154]
50, 51.[Change of Slope, 7 Galleries Lined with Cases,][155]
52.[Shafts à la Boule,][156]
53-55.[Blinded Galleries,][156]
56.[Rate of Advance of Galleries,][157]
[VENTILATION OF MINES.]
57.[Sources of Deleterious Gases,][158]
58.[Ventilation by Forcing in Air,][159]
59.[Ventilation by Exhausting Air,][159]
60.[Ventilation by Assisting Natural Ventilation,][160]
61.[Ventilation by Use of Masks, etc.,][160]
62.[Form, Size, and Location of Chambers,][160]
[LOADING AND FIRING MINES.]
63.[Preparing the Charge,][161]
64.[Distribution of Fuses in Charge,][161]
65.[Character and Construction of Fuses,][163]
66-68.[Electric Fuses,][163]
69.[Placing the Fuses in the Charge,][164]
70.[The Fuzes in Frozen Dynamite,][165]
71.[Placing the Charge,][165]
72.[Tamping Mines,][166]
73.[Firing Mines,][166]
[CAMOUFLETS BY BORING.]
74.[In Favorable Soil,][167]
75.[In Stony Soil,][168]
[CHAPTER III.
ORGANIZATION AND TACTICS OF MINES.]
76.[Organization of Mines,][169]
77.[The Attack,][169]
78.[The Lodgment, Galleries, Transverses, Listening-galleries, etc.,][170]
79.[Avoid Exposing a Flank,][171]
80.[Use Overcharged Mines,][171]
81.[The Defence,][171]
82.[Conditions to be Fulfilled,][171]
83.[System of Galleries Used,][172]
84.[Use Undercharged Mines,][172]
85.[Shaft Mines,][172]
[MINE TACTICS.]
86.[Tactics Derived from Results of Experience,][172]
87.[Todleben’s Rules,][173]
88.[The Attack,][173]
89.[The Defence,][174]
90.[Advantage Lies with Besieger,][176]
[BREACHING BY MINES.]
91.[Preparation of Wall Location and Size of Charge][176]
92.[Galleries behind Counter-scarps,][177]
93.[Galleries through Scarp,][177]
[CHAPTER IV.
BLASTING AND DEMOLITIONS.]
94-97.[Definitions; Tools and Appliances,][178]
98.[Tamping Blasts,][179]
99.[Determining the Charge,][179]
100.[Precautions,][180]
[DEMOLITIONS.]
101.[Deliberate Demolitions,][180]
102.[Hasty Demolitions,][181]
103.[Houses and Magazines,][181]
104.[Walls,][181]
105.[Stockades,][182]
106.[Bridges,][182]
107.[Tunnels, Canal-locks, etc.,][183]
108.[Railroads,][183]
109.[Rolling-stock,][184]
110.[Excess of Explosive to be Used,][184]