INDEX.

A
PAGE
Additional operations—intrenched camps,[91]
Advance from first parallel,[84]
Advanced positions,[104]
Advantage lies with attack,[176]
Ammunition,[44], [57], [101]
Angle template,[137], [148]
Approaches,[16]
Approaches, execution of,[20]-3
Approaches, tracing,[18]
Approaches, over-ground,[31]
Ascending galleries,[148]
Armament,[100]
Army of observation,[69]
Artillery, first position,[75], [104]
Artillery, first position opening fire,[67]
Artillery, second position,[81]
Artillery, second position opening fire,[83]
Artillery-fire, opening, by defence,[104]
Assault,[4]
Assault, defence against,[7]
Assault, dispositions for,[5]
Assault of breach,[89]
Attaching a miner,[177]
Attack by mines,[169]-171
Attack by sap,[91]
Attack, close,[107]
Attack, journal of,[97]
Attack, plan of,[78]
Attack, point of,[73]
Attack, successive steps of,[64]
Auger, earth,[138]
Auxiliary frame,[144]
B
Battery, alternative construction,[50]
Battery behind crest of hill,[53]
Battery, breaching,[83]
Battery, construction of,[48]
Battery, constructing centre passage of,[48]
Battery, counter,[82]
Battery, definitions,[42]
Battery, electric,[163]-6
Battery, enfilading,[82]
Battery, exposed sunken,[46]
Battery for field-guns, construction of,[43]
Battery for siege-guns and howitzers,[44]
Battery for siege-guns, ammunition required,[44]
Battery, general requirements of siege,[42]
Battery, location of,[9], [75]
Battery, mortar,[55]
Battery of rifled mortars and howitzers,[83]
Battery on sloping ground,[53]
Battery, sunken, in a parallel,[51]
Battery, tracing the,[47]
Belfort, siege of,[71]-2, [86], [104]
Besieging force, bringing up and posting,[67]
Besieging force, strength and composition,[70]-2
Blasts,[178]
Blasting and demolitions,[178]-84
Blindage-frames or blinds,[156]
Blinded descents or galleries,[38], [156], [170]
Blinded sap,[38]
Blinded sap, traverse by,[35]
Blinds or screens,[45]
Blockade,[1]
Bombardment,[8]
Bombardment, defence against,[10]
Bombardment, defence during,[105]
Bomb-proofs and traverses,[25], [170]
Branches,[170]-72
Breach, capture and crowning of,[89]
Breaching batteries,[83]
Breaching by mines,[176]-7
Breaching galleries,[177]
Breaching the scarp and counter-scarp,[88]
Breaking out a full sap from a parallel,[30]
Breaking out a double sap from a parallel,[33]
Bridge, demolition of,[182]
Bridge, floating—passage of ditch,[40]
Brigade or detachment of sappers,[28]
Bringing up and posting the besieging force,[67]
C
Camps, fortifying,[68]
Camouflet,[120], [167], [171], [172]
Canal locks, demolition of,[183]
Capitulation, the,[109]
Capture and crowning of breach,[89]
Capture and crowning of covered way,[87]
Cases, mining,[139]-41
Chamber, definition,[119]
Chamber, form and location,[160]
Changing direction of double sap,[33]
Changing direction of galleries,[148], [150], [154]
Changing slope of galleries,[149], [155]
Charge, definition,[119]
Charge, excess to be used in demolitions,[184]
Charge for over- or under-charged mines,[125]
Charge for blasts, weight determined,[179]
Charge for blasts, when tamped,[178]-9
Charge for common mines,[122]-4
Charge for mines, placing,[165]
Charge for mines, preparing,[161]
Choice of explosives,[132]
Churn-drill,[178]
Circular place of arms,[31]
Conquered place, occupation of,[93]
Common mine defined,[120]
Common mine volumes and charges,[120]-4
Construction of battery for field-guns,[43]
Construction of battery, sunken,[48]-50
Construction of central passage,[48]
Construction of magazine,[60]
Construction of simple trench,[20]
Construction of trench by flying sap,[22]
Counter-battery,[82]
Cover for bomb and splinter proofs,[23]-25
Cover for magazines,[58]
Covered way, crowning of the,[35]
Crater, definitions,[119]
Crater, assumed form of,[121]
Crater relation between volume and charge,[120]-7
Crater radius, definition,[119]
Crowning the covered way,[35]
Crutch,[154]
D
Dampness, precautions against,[63]
Defence, the,[99]-111
Defence against assault,[7], [105]
Defence against bombardment,[10], [105]
Defence against surprise,[4]
Defence, ammunition for,[101]
Defence, armament for,[100]
Defence by mines,[171]-2
Defence, council of,[98]
Defence during bombardment and assault,[105]
Defence during first period,[103]
Defence during second period,[106]
Defence during third period,[107]
Defence, garrison for,[99]
Defence, journal of,[110]
Defence, opening artillery fire by,[104]
Defence, preliminary considerations,[98]
Defence, preparations for,[101]
Defence, provisions and supplies,[101]
Demi-parallels,[86]
Demolitions, deliberate,[180]
Demolitions, hasty,[181]
Descending galleries,[147]
Detachment or brigade of sappers,[28]
Detonation,[162]
Dispositions for an assault,[5]
Distribution of fuzes in charge,[161]
Distance of line of investment,[70]
Ditch, passage of,[37]
Double sap,[32]
Double sap, breaking out, from a parallel,[33]
Double sap, changing direction of,[33]
Double sap, execution of,[32]
Drainage,[16], [24], [55], [59]
Drawings, working,[151]
Drill-bars and drills,[178]
Dynamite, etc.,[132]-5
Dynamite, freezing of,[165]
Dynamite, tamping,[179]
E
Earth auger,[138]
Electric batteries, wires, and lights,[165]-6
Elevated and sunken batteries,[44]
Elevated magazine,[62]
Embrasures,[53]
Enfilading batteries,[82]
Execution of double sap,[32]
Execution of single sap,[28]
Experimental mines,[125], [131], [133]
Explosion, theory of,[120]
Explosive, charge for blasts,[179]
Explosive, charge for mines,[122]-5
Explosive, choice of,[132]-5
Explosive, expenditure of energy,[120]
Explosive, freezing of,[165]
Explosive, noxious gases from,[133], [158]
Explosive, relative strength of,[131], [179]
Explosive, tamping of,[178]-9
Exposed sunken battery,[46]
F
False frame,[146]
Field kitchens and ovens,[114]
Field-level, description,[136]
Field-level, use,[146], [148], [149]
Filtration of water,[117]
Fire, musketry,[84]
Fire, opening by attack,[76]
Fire, opening by defence,[104]
Fire, opening from second artillery position,[83]
Firing blasts,[178]
Firing and loading mines,[161]-6
Firing-tubes and needles,[178]-9
First artillery position,[75]
First parallel,[78]
First period of the siege,[65]
Flying sap,[20]
Flying sap, construction of,[22]
Fort Wagner,[86]
Form and volume of crater,[121]
Fortifying camps, parks, etc.,[68]
Frames and sheeting compared with cases,[141]
Frames and sheeting, use in shafts,[139]-45
Frames and sheeting, use in galleries,[145]-51
Freezing of high explosives,[165]
Full sap,[28]
Full sap, driving of,[28]
Full sap, breaking out from a parallel,[30]
Fuzes,[161], [164], [166]
G
Galleries, blinded,[156]
Galleries, change of direction of,[148], [150], [154]
Galleries, change of slopes of,[149], [154]
Galleries, definitions and dimensions,[119], [138]
Galleries, direction in attack,[171]
Galleries, distance apart,[170]
Galleries, for breaching,[177]
Galleries, inclined,[147]-9, [155]
Galleries, listening,[170]
Galleries of departure,[150]
Galleries, partly lined,[148]
Galleries, rate of advance of,[157]
Galleries, transverse,[170]
Gallery linings,[139]-41
Gallery with frames and sheeting,[145]-51
Gallery with cases,[153]-6
Garrison of place,[99]
Gases generated in mines,[133], [158]
General requirements of siege batteries,[42]
Globe of compression defined,[120]
Governor of the place,[98]
Guns, field, batteries for,[43]
Guns and howitzers, batteries for,[44]
Guns, ammunition required,[44]-57
Guns for armament,[100]
Guns of first artillery position,[76]
Guns, positions of, to be changed,[106]
Gunpowder, amount per cubic yard,[123], [124], [178]
H
Hasty demolitions,[181]
High explosives compared with gunpowder,[131]-5
High explosives, freezing of,[165]
High explosives, use in blasting,[179]-80
Houses and magazines, demolition of,[181]
Howitzer batteries,[44]
Howitzers for vertical fire,[83]
Huts and shelters,[113]
I
Inclined galleries,[47]
Infantry trenches,[104]
Intrenched camp, attack upon,[91]
Investment,[9], [65]
Investment, distance of line of,[70]-72
J
Journal of the attack,[97]
Journal of the defence,[110]
Jumper,[178]
K
Kitchens and ovens,[114]
L
Landings,[150]-1
Latrines, sinks, etc.,[115]
Line of investment, distance of,[70]
Line of least resistance = L. L. R.,[119]
Listening galleries or listeners,[170]-72
Loading and firing mines,[161]
Location of batteries,[9], [75]
Location of magazine,[58]
Lodgement,[170]
M
Magazines,[57]
Magazines, construction of,[60]
Magazines, cover for,[58]
Magazines, drainage of,[59]
Magazines, elevated,[62]
Magazines, execution of the work upon,[61]
Magazines, location of,[58]
Magazines, mined,[61]
Magazines, precautions against dampness,[63]
Maps,[151]
Masks for batteries, etc.,[45]
Masks, air-tight, for exploring mines,[160]
Maxims, Vauban’s,[94]
Mine defined,[119]
Mine-chamber,[160]
Mine, common,[120]-5
Mine, overcharged and undercharged,[120], [125], [131], [171]-72
Mines of attack,[169], [171]
Mines of defence,[171]-2
Mines, organization of,[169]
Mine tactics,[172]-6
Mined magazine,[61]
Mining, military, object of,[119]
Miner, attaching a,[177]
Miner’s bellows,[137]
Miner’s candlestick,[137]
Miner’s lamp,[137]
Miner’s pick and shovel,[136]
Miner’s rule,[122]
Miner’s truck or car,[137]
Mortar batteries,[55], [83]
Mortars, siege,[57], [107]
Musketry fire,[84]
O
Observatories,[54]
Occupation of conquered place,[93]
Opening fire, attack,[76]
Opening fire, defence,[104]
Opening fire from second artillery position,[83]
Opening the first parallel,[80]
Organization and duties of brigade of sappers,[28]
Organization and tactics of mines,[169]-76
Ovens and kitchens,[114]
Overcharged and undercharged mines,[120], [125], [171]-2
Overground approaches,[31]
P
Parallels,[15]
Parallels, demi-,[86]
Parallels, execution of,[20]-3
Parallel, first,[78]
Parallel, first, opening,[80]
Parallel, first, advance from,[84]
Parallel, second,[85]
Parallel, third, etc.,[86]
Parallel, tracing a,[17]
Parks, camps, etc., fortifying,[68]
Parks and depots,[111]
Partly-lined galleries,[148]
Paris, siege of,[71]-2
Passage, central, of battery,[48]
Passage of the ditch,[37]
Period, first, of siege,[65], [103]
Period, second, of siege,[75], [106]
Period, third, of siege,[86], [107]
Pick and shovel, miner’s,[136]
Pick, miner’s, distance heard,[170]
Placing fuzes in charge,[164]
Placing the charge,[165], [176]
Plan of attack,[78]
Plevna, siege of,[71], [72]
Point of attack,[73]
Posting besieging force,[67]
Posting working parties,[18]
Powder-boxes,[58]
Powder for siege batteries,[44], [57]
Precautions against dampness,[63]
Precautions in blasting,[180]
Preliminary considerations of defence,[98]
Preparations for defence,[101]
Preparing the charge,[161]
Progress of the siege,[12]
Proofs, bomb,[25]
Proofs, splinter,[23], [48], [50]
Provisions and supplies,[101]
Push pick,[136]
R
Radius of explosion,[119]
Radius of rupture,[120], [128], [131]
Railroads, demolition of,[183]
Rate of advance of galleries,[157]
Rate of advance of sap,[29]
Regular approaches,[12]
Requirements, general, of siege batteries,[42]
Returns,[150]-1
Rifled mortars and howitzers, batteries of,[83]
Rolling-stock, demolition of,[184]
S
Sand-bag fork,[13]
Sap, attack by,[91]
Sap, definition,[27]
Sap, blinded,[35]
Sap, breaking out from a parallel,[30]
Sap, double,[32]-3
Sap-fork,[13]
Sap, flying,[20], [22]
Sap, full,[28]-30
Sap, shallow,[31]
Sap-shield,[13], [23]
Sap, traversed,[33]-5
Sap, widening the,[30]
Sapping, definitions, etc.,[27]
Sapping, former methods,[36]
Scraper,[13]
Screens,[45]
Second artillery position,[81]
Second artillery position, opening fire from,[83]
Second parallel,[85]
Shaft, definitions and dimensions,[119], [138]
Shaft à la Boule,[156], [172]
Shaft intervals,[142]
Shaft linings,[139]-141
Shaft mines,[172]
Shaft, sinking, with cases,[152]-4
Shaft, sinking, with frames and sheeting,[141]-5
Shaft in a lodgement,[170]
Shallow sap,[31]
Shelters and huts,[113]
Shield for covering ditch,[38]-40
Shield for driving gallery,[147]
Shovel and pick, miner’s,[136]
Siege, definitions, etc.,[12], [64]
Siege batteries,[42]-53
Siege, first period of,[65], [103]
Siege, second period of,[75], [106]
Siege, third period of,[86], [107]
Siege, length of,[71]
Siege of Belfort, Fort Wagner, Paris, Plevna, and Strasburg,[71], [86], [104]
Simple trench,[20]
Sinking shaft with frames and sheeting,[141]-5
Sinking shaft with cases,[152]-4
Sinks and latrines,[115]
Slope, defined,[119]
Slope-block,[137], [148]
Slope, change of,[149], [155]
Slope, method of fixing,[147]
Squibs,[178]
Splinter-proofs,[23], [48], [56]
Sterilizing water,[117]
Stockades, demolition of,[182]
Strasburg, siege of,[71], [86]
Sunken battery,[45]-53
Supplies and provisions,[101]
Surprise,[2]
Surprise, defence against,[4]
Surrender of the place,[109]
T
Tamping blasts,[178]-9
Tamping mines,[166]
Third period of siege,[86]
Todleben’s rules,[173]
Tools and appliances,[10], [136]
Tracing approaches,[18]
Tracing a battery,[47]
Tracing lanterns, pickets, tapes, etc.,[14]
Tracing parallels,[17]
Transverse galleries or transversals,[170]
Traverse by blinded sap,[35]
Traverse, cube,[34]
Traverses, length of,[34]
Traversed sap,[33]
Trenches,[15]
Trench cavalier,[36]
Trenches, guard of the,[15]
Trench, infantry,[104]
Trench, simple,[20]
Tunnels, demolition of,[183]
U
Underground warfare,[169]
V
Vauban’s maxims,[94]
Ventilation of mines,[158]-60
Vertical fire, batteries for,[83]
Volume and form of craters,[121]
Volume and weight of charge,[161], [181]
W
Wagner, Fort, siege of,[86]
Walls, demolition of,[181]
Water-supply,[116]
Weight and volume of charge,[161], [181]
Wet ditch, passage of,[38]-40
Working drawings,[151]

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