Tunnel Warfare Vol.2 Early Tunnel Warfare
From Military/Info Publishing
The "Lost and Found Department", of Historical Military Technology,
in business for over 20 years now.
122 Pages, hundreds of illustrations, in an 8½ x 11 inch format, with
bibliography and index
ISBN: 1-886848-13-0 {Item No.13} Price 20.00
Edited by Bruce A.Hanesalo
Volume two is a collection of detailed instructions in military mining for
military engineers, written in the last half of the 1800’s. A detailed
look at procedures, tools and operations, it is a must for anyone who wants to
understand the technology of military mining, tunnel warfare, and tunnel
shelters.
CONTENTS
PART ONE. AIDE-MEMOIRE TO THE MILITARY SCIENCES
Vol. II, “Mines, Military”, pages 361-425]
by The Corps of Royal Engineers (1860)
I. Introductory Remarks
II. Practical Operations of Mining
III.Charges of Mines
IV. System of Counter or Defensive Mines
V. Attack and Defense of a System of Countermines
Appendix
I. Observations upon Mine Frames for Field Service
II. Record of various Experiments made in Mining Operations
III.[Notes on Mining Operations]
IV. Ventilation of Mines
Plates
PART TWO. MANUAL FOR ENGINEER TROOPS
“Military Mining”, pages 203-207
by Captain J.C.Duane (1863)
IV. Practical Operations in Mining
PART THREE. MILITARY ENGINEERING PART I.
“Military Mines”, pages 127-180, 195-199
by D.H.Mahan,LLD.(1865).
MILITARY MINES
I. Nomenclature, Experiments, and Theory of the
Explosion of Mines
II. Practical Details and Operations
III.Conditions to be Satisfied in Arranging a System of Mines
IV. Examples of Remarkable Military Mining Operations
SIEGE OPERATIONS, ATTACK BY REGULAR APPROACHES
[From pages 195-199]
II. Covered Trenches and Passage of Ditches
Bibliography
Index.
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