ENGINEERING
Fortifications
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Contents
Pre WWI Vintage (Before 1914)
WWI Vintage (1914 to 1939)
WWII Vintage (1940 to 1949)
Korean War Vintage (1950 to 1960)
- Author Unknown. "The First Effective Use of Rifle Cannon in
Sieges," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineer, Vol.9, No.43
(January-February 1917); 3 pages Price .50 {Item No. 6236} [Ft.Pulaski,
1862]
- Beach, Lt.Col., Corps of Engineers. "Notes on Damp-proofing of
magazines," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.I, No.4
(October-December 1909); 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.6156}[From abstract of
report by Lt.Col.Beach]
- Burnett, Lt. Charles, Fourth Cavalry, Military Attache at Tokyo, Japan
(Translated from Japanese). "Field Fortifications Based on Practical
Experiences of the Russian-Japanese War," Professional Memoirs. Corps of
Engineers. Vol.VI, No.29 (September-October 1914); 16 pages, 17 illus.
Price 2.00 {Item No.6215}[Includes: War experiences and how to utilize them,
Plans, Orders for intrenching and examples of execution: Introduction, Shape of
profile models, Drainage, shelter and clearing of ground in front, Manner of
using intrenching tools, and the tool column. Technical artillery works,
Offensive infantry works] [Reprinted from The Journal of the United States
Cavalry Association]
- Conner, Major William D., Corps of Engineers. "Reboubts and Field
Fortifications," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.II, No.8
(October-December 1910); 25 pages, 13 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.6167} [A
detailed article on Reboubts (early strongpoints) followed by a comments from
eight other engineer officers.]
- Daley, Capt.E.L., Corps of Enginners. "The Modern Siege,"
Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.VI, No.26 (March-April 1914);
40 pages Price 4.00 {Item No.6209} [Includes: Its general principles and the
importance of their study, The defense, Conclusion]
- Downing, Captain Frederick B., Corps of Engineers. "The Selection
and Occupation of Lines of Battle," Professional Memoirs. Corps of
Engineers. Vol.VII, No.31 (January-February 1915); 26 pages, 3 illus. Price
2.50 {Item No.6219} [As related to the experience of the Russo-Japanese War,
especially the Russian experience in the Battle of Liaoyang and has a
considerable number of notes on fortification.]
- Ehrnbeck, Lieut.A.R., Corps of Engineers, Translator. "Japanese
Views on the Attack and Defense of Field Fortifications," Professional
Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.V, No.19 (January-Feburary 1913); 7 pages
Price 1.00 {Item No.6192}
- Frazier, Capt.L.V., Corps of Engineers. "A Two-Company Infantry
Reboubt," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers," Professional
Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.IV, No.14 (March-April 1912); 23 pages, 2
illus. 1 map Price 3.00 {Item No.6182} [A complete example of the construction
of a infantry reboubt for training purposes, plus commentary and a extensive
discussion after the article]
- Hall, First Lieut.C.L., Corps of Engineers, Translator. "German
Regulations for Field Fortifications and Conclusions Rearched in Russia from
the Battles in Defensive Positions in Manchuria," Professional Memoirs.
Corps of Engineers. Vol.II, No.7 (July-September 1910); 23 pages, 12 illus.
Price 2.50 {Item No.6166} [Translated from The Militar Woehenblatt by the
Editorial Staff, assisted by First Lieut. C. L. Hall, Corps of Engineers]
- Harts, Major W.W., Corps of Engineers. "Notes on Field
Fortification," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.V, No.23
(September-October 1913); 26 pages, 4 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.6197}
[Includes: General principles, Tactical use of trenches, Trenches on the
offensive, Defensive use, Division into sectors, General reserve, Location of
trenches, High or low sites, Artillery disposition, Single defensive line, 2d
Part � Entrenches lines, General location, Trench profiles, Overhead
cover, Loopholes, Drainage, Obstacles, Execution of entrenchments]
- Johnson, Captain W.C., 26th Infantry, U.S.Army and Captain
E.S.Hartshorn, 3rd Infantry, U.S.Army. "The Development of Field
Fortifications in the Civil War," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineer,
Vol.VII, No.35 (September-October 1915); 33 pages Price 3.50 {Item No.6224}
[Their tactical history and importance, not technical detail]
- Mahan, D.H.."On the Effects of Musketry and Artillery, and means of
directing their fire to obtain the best results,"A Treatise on Field
Fortification (1848), Introductory Chapter; 13 pages, 3 tables Price
2.00 {Item No.20884} [Including: Remarks on target practice of small arms,
Probable effects of small arms, Ranges and probable effects of field artillery,
Selection of positions for field batteries, Management of the fire of
batteries,Position of batteries in attacking and defending intrenchments,
Effects of batteries for harbor defence]
- Mahan, D.H.."Nomenclature and General Principles,"A Treatise
on Field Fortification (1848), Chapter I; 10 pages, 1 plate of
illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20885} [Including: Art of Fortification, Permanent,
and field Fortification, Intrenchments, General conditions of intrenchments,
General form of the profile, General arrangement of the plan, Flanked
disposition, Dead angle, Sector without fire, General outline of the attack of
intrenchments, General measures for the defence, General principles of the plan
and profile]
- Mahan, D.H.."Plan of Simple Intrenchments, or, the Elements of
Lines,"A Treatise on Field Fortification (1848), Chapter II; 7 pages,
2 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20886} [Including: Site, command, and
relief, Line of direction of fire, Directing line of the plan, Elements of
intrenchments, The Redan, The Lunette, The Cremaillere, The Priest-Cap, The
Redoubt, The Star fort, The Bastion fort, Relation between the extent of
intrenchments and the troops for their defence, Conditions that a Field Fort
should satisfy]
- Mahan, D.H.."Discussion of the General Profile,"A Treatise on
Field Fortification (1848), Chapter III; 6 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price
1.00 {Item No.20887} [Including: General dimensions of the parapet, Command of
the interior crest, Thickness of the parapet, Inclination of the superior
slope, Inclination of the exterior slope, Inclination of the interior slope,
Tread of the Banquette, The Berm, General dimensions of the ditch, Slopes of
the Scarp and Counterscarp, Approximate method of regulating the dimensions of
the Ditch] [4 tables: Penetration into well rammed earth composed of half sand
and half clay, Penetration of musket balls, Penetration (of artillery) into
rough good limestone masonry, with charge one third the weight of the ball,
Penetration (of artillery) into oak wood with same charge (all tables have
rules for calculating various other materiels]
- Mahan, D.H.."Manner of Regulating the Relief of Intrenchments or
Irregular Sites,"A Treatise on Field Fortification (1848), Chapter IV;
8 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20888} [Including: Influence of
the site on the plan and relief, Defilement from a direct fire, Defilement from
a reverse fire, Method of determining the dimensions of the traverse, for
reverse defilement, Defilement of enclosed works, General remarks on the
defilement of works]
- Mahan, D.H.." Manner of Throwing up a Work,"A Treatise on
Field Fortification (1848), Chapter V; 4 pages, 2 plates of illus. Price
1.00 {Item No.20889} [Including: Method of profiling. Estimate of the daily
labor of a man working on an intrenchment, Distribution of the working parties,
Manner of forming the excavation and embankment, Precaution to be taken in
stony soils, Drainage of the Terre-Plein, Time required to construct a work]
- Mahan, D.H.."Revetments,"A Treatise on Field Fortification
(1848), Chapter VI; 7 pages, 2 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20890}
[Including: Revetments, Sod revetment, Pisa revetment, Fascine revetment,
Hurdle revetment, Gabion revetment, Plank revetment, Sand-bag revetment, Timber
revetment of the ditch]
- Mahan, D.H.."Accessory, or Secondary Means of Defence,"A
Treatise on Field Fortification (1848), Chapter VII; 8 pages, 2 plates of
illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20891} [Including: Remarks on obstacles on the
exterior, Artificial obstacles, Troups-de-loup, Abattis, Palisades, Fraises,
Stoccades, Chevaux-de-frise, Small pickets, Crow feet, Artificial inundation,
Mines]
- Mahan, D.H.."Interior Arrangements,"A Treatise on Field
Fortification (1848), Chapter VIII; 18 pages, 4 plates of illus.
Price 3.00 {Item No.20892} [Including: Interior arrangements for the defence,
Armament of musketry and artillery, Remarks on the employment of artillery,
Batteries, Barbette battery, Embrasure battery, Platforms, Powder magazines,
Traverses, Enclosures for gorges and outlets, Outlets, Barriers, Safety
redoubt, Blockhouses, Ditch Defences]
- Mahan, D.H.."Lines or Complex Intrenchments,"A Treatise on
Field Fortification (1848), Chapter IX; 7 pages, 2 plates of illus. Price
2.00 {Item No.20893} [Including: Classes of lines, Principles regulating the
plan of lines, Continued lines, Lines with intervals, System of general
Rogniat, General observations on lines]
- Mahan, D.H.."The Adaptation of Intrenchments to Particular
Localities,"A Treatise on Field Fortification (1848), Chapter X; 16
pages, 2 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20894} [Including: Intrenchments
of mountainous sites, Intrenchment of forests, Intrenchments of marshes,
Intrenchment of rivers, Intrenchments of villages, Military posts, Arrangements
of hedges for defence, Arrangement of walls for defence, Barricades, Defensive
arrangement of houses, Military positions]
- Mahan, D.H.."Attack and Defence of Intrenchments,"A Treatise
on Field Fortification (1848), Chapter XI; 12 pages Price 1.50 {Item
No.20895} [Including: Operations preliminary to the attack of intrenchment,
Attack by surprise, Attack by open force, Measures to be taken in the defence]
- Mahan, D.H.."Outlines of the General Properties of Permanent Works
and the Method of Attacking Them,"A Treatise on Field Fortification
(1848), Chapter XIV; 6 pages, 2 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20898}
[Including: Permanent fortification, General properties of permanent works,
General principles that permanent works should satisfy, Description and
properties of the outworks, Object of interior retrenchments, Arrangement of
the crest of the glacis, Object of traverses in covered way, Communications of
permanent works, Relief and command of the outworks, Uses of counterscarp
galleries, Uses of casemates, General outline of the attack of permanent works,
General outline of the defence of permanent works, Uses of permanent works]
- Mahan, D.H.."Note A. Relation between the Terre-plein and Interior
Crest of the Square Redoubt,"A Treatise on Field Fortification (1848);
3 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20899} [Manner of determining the
proportion between the terre-plein of a Square Redoubt, the development of its
interior crest, and the size of its garrision]
- Mahan, D.H.."Note B. Method of equalizing the excavation and
embankment of a field work,"A Treatise on Field Fortification (1848);
5 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20900} [Manner of equalizing the
Excavation of the Ditch, and the Embankment of the Parapet]
- Mahan, D.H.."The Manner of Representing, by Drawing, Field
Fortifications and the Ground Occupied by them,"Military Engineering (Part
I. Field Fortification, Military Mining, and Siege Operations)(1865), Field
Fortification, Introductory, Chapter I; 6 pages, 3 illus. Price $.50
{Item No.20850}[Including: Drawing requisite, Section Profile, Plan, Elevation,
Horizontal Sites, Irregular Sites, References, Horizontal Curves, Plane of
Reference, Negative References, References on Sections, References of Points
and Right Lines, Manner of Drawing a Profile, Manner of Writing Numbers
Expressing Dimensions, Scale of Drawing, Manner of Drawing Plan and Section on
Irregular Sites]
- Mahan, D.H.."On the Effects of Musketry and Artillery, and the
Means of Directing their Fire to Obtain the Best Results,"Military
Engineering (Part I. Field Fortification, Military Mining, and Siege
Operations)(1865), Field Fortification, Introductory, Chapter II; 20
pages, 1 illus., many tables Price $2.00 {Item No.20851} [Including: Remarks on
Target Practice of Smooth-Bore Small Arms, Probable Effects of Small Arms,
Ranges and Probable Effects of Smooth-Bore Field Artillery, Selection of
Positions for Field Batteries, Management of the Fire of Batteries, Position of
Batteries in Attacking or Defending Intrenchments, Effects, ect., of Batteries
for Harbor Defense, Table giving the Penetration of the Projectiles of
Smooth-Bore Cannon, etc., into various Media, Penetrations of Musket Balls,
Penetrations of Cannon Balls and Shells, Penetrations of Projectiles of Rifled
Cannon, Penetrations of Projectiles of Rifled Small Arms]
- Mahan, D.H.."General Principles and Nomenclature,"Military
Engineering (Part I. Field Fortification, Military Mining, and Siege
Operations)(1865), Field Fortification, Chapter I ; 6 pages, 4
illus. Price $1.00 {Item No.20852}[Including: General Conditions of Defensive
Positions, Fortifications, Temporary and Permanent, Intrenchments, Lines,
Intrenched Position, Field Work, Essential Components of Fortifications,
Parapet, Epaulment, Traverse, Ditch, Banquette, Banquette Slope, Interior
Slope, Superior Slope, Exterior Slope, Berm, Scarp, Counterscarp, Glacis,
Trench, Approaches, Sector without Fire, Dead Angle, Front, Flank, and
Cross-Fire Flanked Disposition]
- Mahan, D.H.."Field Works on a Horizontal Site,"Military
Engineering (Part I. Field Fortification, Military Mining, and Siege
Operations)(1865), Field Fortification, Chapter II; 13 pages, 9
illus. Price $2.00 {Item No.20853}[Including: Site, Command, Relief, Direct,
Slant, Enfilading, Reverse, and Cross Fire, Relations of Parts in Flanked
Dispositions, Classes of Field Works, First Class, Right Line, Serrated Line,
Second Class, Redan, Priest Cap, Lunette, Third Class, Redoubt, Star Forts,
Bastioned Forts, Terre-plein of Field Works, Characteristics of Field Works]
- Mahan, D.H.."Intrenchments, or Lines, on a Horizontal
Site,"Military Engineering (Part I. Field Fortification, Military Mining,
and Siege Operations)(1865), Field Fortification, Chapter III ; 7
pages, 6 illus. Price $1.00 {Item No.20854}[Including: Classes of Line, Redan
Line, Tenaille Line, Bastioned Lines, Lines of Detached Works, Rogniat�s
Line, Multiple Lines]
- Mahan, D.H.."General Profiles for a Horizontal Site,"Military
Engineering (Part I. Field Fortification, Military Mining, and Siege
Operations)(1865), Field Fortification, Chapter IV; 9 pages, 2
illus. Price $1.00 {Item No.20855}[Including: General Profile, Command of
Parapet, Normal Command, Profile of Isolated Works, Thickness of Parapet,
Superior Slope, Exterior Slope, Interior Slope, Banquette Tread, Berm,
Dimensions of Ditch, Scrap and Counterscarp, Height of Salients]
- Mahan, D.H.."Manner of Profiling, Tracing, and Throwing up a
Work,"Military Engineering (Part I. Field Fortification, Military Mining,
and Siege Operations)(1865), Field Fortification, Chapter V; 5
pages, 2 illus. Price $.50 {Item No.20856} [Including: Profiling and Tracing,
Distributing of Working Parties, Construction of Parapet, Tasking]
- Mahan, D.H.."Revetments,"Military Engineering (Part I. Field
Fortification, Military Mining, and Siege Operations)(1865), Field
Fortification, Chapter VI. ; 9 pages, 10 illus. Price $1.00 {Item
No.20857}[Including: Revetments, Revetment of Sods, Pisa Revetment, Fascine
Revetment, Hurdle Revetment, Gabion Revetment, Plank Revetment, Sand Bags,
Scarp Revetment]
- Mahan, D.H.."Interior Arrangements,"Military Engineering (Part
I. Field Fortification, Military Mining, and Siege Operations)(1865), Field
Fortification, Chapter VII; 28 pages, 34 illus. Price $3.00 {Item
No.20858}[Including: Classification, Musketry Armament, Artillery Armament,
Batteries, Barbettes, Embrasures, Platforms, Powder Magazine, Splinter Proof,
Bomb Proof Magazine, Bomb Proof Shelters, Traverses, Enclosures for Gorges,
Outlets, Barrier, Draw-Bridge, Safety Redoubt, Block House with Parapet,
American Block House, American Two Story Block House, Ditch Defenses,
Caponnieres, Counterscrap Gallery and Scrap Gallery]
- Mahan, D.H.."Accessory or Secondary Means of Defence,"Military
Engineering (Part I. Field Fortification, Military Mining, and Siege
Operations)(1865), Field Fortification, Chapter VII; 10 pages, 7
illus. Price $1.00 {Item No.20859}[Including: Disposition of Obstacles,
Obstruction of Approaches, Classes of Obstacles, Trous-de-loup, Abattis,
Palisades, Fraise, Stoccade, Chevaux-de-frise, Small Pickets, Crow�s foot,
Inundations, Mines, Stone, Torpedoes]
- Mahan, D.H.."Adaptation of Field Fortification to Irregular
Sites,"Military Engineering (Part I. Field Fortification, Military Mining,
and Siege Operations)(1865), Field Fortification, Chapter IX; 19
pages, 15 illus. Price $2.00 {Item No.20860} [Including: General
Considerations, Strategical and Tactical Considerations, Frontier Defenses,
Tactical Considerations, Military Positions, Mountainous Heights, Forests,
Marches, Rivers, Bridge Heads, Villages, Military Posts, Hedges, Walls,
Barricades, Houses]
- Mahan, D.H.."Semi-Permanent Field Works,"Military Engineering
(Part I. Field Fortification, Military Mining, and Siege Operations)(1865),
Field Fortification, Chapter X; 4 pages, 3 illus. Price $.50 {Item
No.20861}[Including: General Considerations, Character of Works, Exterior
Defenses, General and Detachment Plan]
- Mahan, D.H.."Defilement of Lines and Field Works,"Military
Engineering (Part I. Field Fortification, Military Mining, and Siege
Operations)(1865), Field Fortification, Chapter XI; 10 pages, 7
illus. Price $1.00 {Item No.20862}[Including: General Considerations,
Defilement, Defilement of Lines, Defilement of Field Works, Practical Direct
Defilement, Practical Reverse Defilement, Ditch of Defiled Works]
- Mahan, D.H.."Attack and Defense of Temporary
Fortifications,"Military Engineering (Part I. Field Fortification,
Military Mining, and Siege Operations)(1865), Field Fortification, Chapter
XII; 8 pages Price $1.00 {Item No.20863} [Including: Attack, Attack by
Surprise, Attack by Open Force, Defence, Sorties]
- Mahan, D.H.."Trench Materials and Trenches,"Military
Engineering (Part I. Field Fortification, Military Mining, and Siege
Operations)(1865), Siege Operations. Attack by Regular Approaches, Chapter
I; 14 pages, 17 illus. Price $2.00 {Item No.20868}[Including: Regular
Approaches, Trench Materials, Trenches, Approaches, Parallels, Simple Trench,
Flying Sap, Full Sap, Double Sap, Half Double Sap, Practical Defilement of
Trenches, Trench Cavalier]
- Mahan, D.H.."Covered Trenches and Passages of
Ditches,"Military Engineering (Part I. Field Fortification, Military
Mining, and Siege Operations)(1865), Siege Operations. Attack by Regular
Approaches, Chapter II; 5 pages, 4 illus. Price $.50 {Item
No.20869}[Including: Blindages, Blindages Frames, Blinding Descent, Gallery
Descent, Passages of Dry Ditch, Passage of Wet Ditch, Splinter Proofs]
- Mahan, D.H.."Batteries,"Military Engineering (Part I. Field
Fortification, Military Mining, and Siege Operations)(1865), Siege Operations.
Attack by Regular Approaches, Chapter III; 18 pages, 11 illus. Price $2.00
{Item No.20870}[Including: Enfilading and Counter Batteries, Powder Magazines,
Mortar Batteries, Observatories, Breach Batteries]
- Mahan, D.H.."Siege Operations � Attack,"Military
Engineering (Part I. Field Fortification, Military Mining, and Siege
Operations)(1865), Siege Operations. Attack by Regular Approaches, Chapter
IV; 25 pages, 1 illus. Price $3.00 {Item No.20871}[Including: Periods of a
Siege, First Period, Investment, Posting Besieging Force, Intrenchments of
Camps, Army of Observation, Preparations for Opening the Trenches, Point of
Attack, Plan of Attack, Parallels, 1st Parallel, 2d Parallel, 3d Parallel,
Demi-Parallels, Approaches, Batteries, Strength of Batteries, Blinded
Batteries, Sorties, Opening the Trenches, Journal of Attack, Third Period]
- Mahan, D.H.."Defence,"Military Engineering (Part I. Field
Fortification, Military Mining, and Siege Operations)(1865), Siege Operations.
Attack by Regular Approaches, Chapter V; 10 pages Price $1.00 {Item
No.20872}[Included: Defence: Means of Defence, First Period: Measures during
the Investment, Second Period: Measures against the Opening of the Trenches,
Sorties, Armament of Point of Attack, Counter Approaches, Daily Guard, Sorties,
Distribution of Artillery. Third Period: Distribution of Artillery, Gun
Shelters, Distribution of Daily Guard, Small Sorties, Defensive against Gradual
Approaches, Defensive against Open Assault, Distribution of Artillery against
Breaching Batteries, Defence of Ditches, Defence of Breaches]
- Mahan, D.H.."Plan and Journal of the Attack,"Military
Engineering (Part I. Field Fortification, Military Mining, and Siege
Operations)(1865), Siege Operations. Attack by Regular Approaches, Chapter
VI; 13 pages, 2 illus. Price $2.00 {Item No.20873}[Including: Plan and
Journal of the Attack]
- Mahan, D.H.."Illustrations of Siege Works from some of the more
recent sieges,"Military Engineering (Part I. Field Fortification, Military
Mining, and Siege Operations)(1865), Siege Operations. Attack by Regular
Approaches, Chapter VII; 9 pages Price $1.00 {Item No.20874}[Including:
Siege of Sebastopol, Siege of Vicksburg, Siege of Fort Wagner]
- Mahan, D.H. "Preliminary Considerations and Component Elements of
Permanent Defenses," Military Engineering (Part II. Permanent
Fortifications (1867)), Chapter I; 44 pages, 7 plates of illus. Price 6.00
{Item No.20875} [Including: Permanent fortification, its objects and means of
attainment, Description and analysis of the usual general profile, Description
of recent modified profile, Command, Description and discussion of scarps,
Counterscraps, Ditch, Face covers, General remarks on the general profile,
Classes of open defenses, Loop holed walls, Exterior corridors, Barbette
batteries, Embrasure batteries, Machicouli defences, Detached scarp walls,
Semi-detached scarp walls, Scarp galleries, Counterscarp galleries,
Bastionnets, Caponniere defences for enceinte ditch, General remarks, Casemates
on land fronts, Mortar casemates, Casemates on water fronts, Embrasures of
casemates, Bomb-proof buildings, Powder magazines, General remarks on
communications, Particular conditions that communications should satisfy,
Ramps, Stairs, Posterns, Gateway, Port-Cullis, Classes of enceintes, Systems
and methods of fortification, General remarks, General remarks on outworks,
Covered way, Places of arms, Traverses, Tenaille, Demi-lune, Counterguard,
Redoubts, Tenaillion, Horn-work, Crown-work, Advanced and detached works,
Interior retrenchments and cavaliers]
- Mahan, D.H. "Systems of Fortification," Military Engineering
(Part II. Permanent Fortifications (1867)), Chapter II; 61 pages, 7 plates
of illus. Price 8.00 {Item No.20876} [Including: Description and analysis of
the bastioned system, Methods of Vauban, Description of Vauban�s 1st
method, Description and analysis of Cormontaigne�s method, Method of
schools of Mezieres and Metz, Noizet�s method, Choumara�s method]
- Mahan, D.H. "Tennailled System," Military Engineering (Part
II. Permanent Fortifications (1867)), Chapter III; 2 pages Price .50 {Item
No.20877} [Including: Description and analysis of the system]
- Mahan, D.H. "Polygonal System," Military Engineering (Part II.
Permanent Fortifications (1867)), Chapter IV; 4 pages, 1 plate of illus.
Price .50 {Item No.20878} [Including: Description and analysis of the Polygonal
system, Montalembert�s Polygonal method: Plan, Profiles]
- Mahan, D.H. "Recent German Fortifications," Military
Engineering (Part II. Permanent Fortifications (1867)), Chapter V; 17
pages, 6 plates of illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20879} [Including: System
adopted, General conditions, Independent works, Defensive barracks, Profiles,
Casemates, Posterns, Mines, Powder magazines, Revetments, Casemates for
artillery, Casemates traverses, Caponnieres for enceinte ditch, Bastionnets for
ditch defences, Detail of defensive barrack, Description of the fronts of
Posen, Description of Fort Alexander, Remarks, Description of German forts]
- Mahan, D.H. "Influence of Irregularities of Site on the Forms and
Combinations of the Elements of Permanent Works," Military Engineering
(Part II. Permanent Fortifications (1867)), Chapter VI; 19 pages, 1 page of
illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20880} [Including: General conditions, Conditions of
commands, Adaptation of plan to the site, Remarks, Remarks on the defilement of
permanent works, Data for the defilement of permanent works, Limits of
defilement, Dangerous zones of the site, Portions of zones that may be
disregarded, Defilement of masonry, Limits of defilement of small works, Front
and lateral limits, Remarks, Cases of defilement, Front defilement of a redan,
Position of traverse for reverse defilement, Forms and arrangement of traverse,
Combinations of several traverses, General case of the defilement of a bastion,
Defilement of retired from advanced works, Defilement by a parados, General
remarks]
- Mahan, D.H. "Accessory Means of Defense," Military Engineering
(Part II. Permanent Fortifications (1867)), Chapter VII; 3 pages
Price .50 {Item No.20881} [Including: Water as an accessory, Marshy sites,
Artificial inundations , Water applied as an active means of defence, Natural
and artificial beds of rock as an accessory, Stumps of trees as an obstruction,
Mines as an accessory]
- Mahan, D.H. "The Defensive Organization of Frontiers with Permanent
Fortifications," Military Engineering (Part II. Permanent Fortifications
(1867)), Chapter VIII; 9 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.20882} [Including:
Options held by prominent military authorities on the necessity of fortified
frontiers, Remarks on arbitrary systems of frontier defences, Remarks on the
organization of the frontier defenses of the United States, Important points to
be fortified, Rivers and mountain ranges as natural defensive lines, Advantages
offered both in defensive and offensive operations by fortified points on
rivers, Points to be fortified in mountain ranges, Defensive means adopted for
the coasts of the United States, Character of the works necessary for sea coast
defences, Defenses for important commercial marts and naval depots, Defences of
important extensive roadsteads, Opinions entertained by foreign military
authorities on the fortification in a permanent manner of important inland
centres of population, Fortifications of Paris and Lyons in France, Objectives
to the adoption of European practice for the defences of large cities of the
United States]
- Mahan, D.H. "Summary of the Progress and Changes of
Fortification," Military Engineering (Part II. Permanent Fortifications
(1867)), Chapter IX; 17 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.20883} [Including:
Fortification as seen in the earliest stages, Enclosures of simple stone walls
and towers, Insufficiency of simple walls and towers against improved means of
offense, Introduction of ditches and wide ramparts as defensive features,
Examples of the great strength and extent of some ancient fortifications,
Methods of attack used by the Ancients, Defensive measures employed by the
Ancients, Rise and fall of the art under the Romans, Progress of the art under
the Western Empire, Condition of the art under the Feudal system, Castellated
fortifications of the Feudal period, Fortifications of cities during the same
period, Changes in the art occasioned by the invention of gunpowder, First
appearance of the bastioned system and the changes consequent upon it, Italian
school of engineers, Spainish school, Dutch school, German school, Swedish
school, French school, Methods and progress of the attack from the invention of
gunpowder to the time of Vauban, Changes and improvements made in the methods
of attack by Vauban, Remarks on the present general condition of the art,
Present condition of the art in the United States]
- Roewade, Mr.Alfred J., Civil Engineer, Reminiscences. "How
Copenhagen was Fortified," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers.
Vol.III, No.12 (October-December 1911); 15 pages, 3 illus. Price 2.00 {Item
No.6179} [A city that was fortified by a private association]
- Rose, Lieut.W.H., Corps of Engineers. "Electricity in the Work of
the Corps of Engineers," Professonal Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.I,
No.3 (July-September 1909); 22 pages Price 2.50{Item No.6152} [Mostly
concerned with electrical engineering related to seacoast fortifications and
field operations]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Abattis,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 2 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item
No.20265} [Cut tree obstacles]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Attack of Fortresses,"Aide Memorie
to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 31 pages, 2 plates of illus. Price
4.00 {Item No.20270} [Includes: Number of troops for a siege, Officers of
engineers, Stores, Investment, Encampments, and Lines of circum- and
counter-vallation, &c., up to the opening of the trenches, Object and
Principles of Attacks, Principles that may serve to guide the determining of
the front for attack, Preparation for opening the trenches, Military labour,
Arrangements peculiar to the engineer Department, Direction to the officers and
engineers, and their distribution, Opening of the trenches and first parallel,
Sorties, Second parallel, Of the means of reducing the defenses and subduing
the fire of the place: Enfilade, Ricochet, Direct fire of artillery to ruin the
parapets, Musketry, Pierriers or stone mortars and coehorns, & c.. Third
parallel]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Attack of Posts,"Aide Memorie to
the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 16 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.20271}
[Includes: Introduction, Surmounting obstacles, How to Deal with an abattis,
How to overcome other impediments, Of attacks by surprise, Distribution of the
assailants, &c., Of the attack, Blowing open barriers, &C., Securing
possession of a post after a surprise, Of attacks by open force, Attack of an
intrenched village, Attack of fleche, earth-work, open in the rear, a redoubt,
&c.. Attack of a fortified building]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Attack of Posts: Appendix:
Assault,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 3 pages,
Price .50 {Item No.20272}
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Barricade,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 4 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item
No.20274} [Includes: Barricading in towns, Barricading on the outskirts of
towns]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Barrier,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 2 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item
No.20275}
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Battery,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 32 pages, 21 illus. plus 4 plates of
illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20276} [Includes: Preliminary remarks, Siege
batteries: Section I. Definition, Section II. Batteries for the first object,
or destruction of defences, Section III. breaching batteries, Section IV.
Construction of batteries for ruining the defences, Section V. Trace of the
elevated battery for guns or howitzers on the natural level of the soil,
Section VI. Construction of batteries for the destruction of defences, Section
VII. Breaching and counter batteries, Section VIII. Revetting siege batteries:
Sandbags, Gabions, Fascines, Revetment of mortar batteries. , Section IX.
Platforms--Common oblong batteries: Introduction, Madras platform, Siege gun
and mortar platforms, invented by Lt.Gen.Alderson, R.E.. Section X. Traverses,
Section XI. Magazines, Tracing and execution of a triangular field magazine,
Section XII. Remarks on siege platforms: Introduction, Elevating battery, built
on the natural surface of the ground, Half sunken battery, Full sunken battery.
Section XIII. Position and construction of field batteries, Battery Tables
I-VIII]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Blindage,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 3 pages, 3 plates of illus. Price 1.00
{Item No.20277} [Shelters against artillery fire] [Includes: Introduction,
Horizontal blindage, Sloping blindages, Blindages made with small scanting]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Blockhouse,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 2 pages, 3 plates of illus. Price 1.00
{Item No.20280}
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Bombardment,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.20282}
[Includes: General, Value of mortars at a siege, Strength of arches]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Boom,"Aide Memorie to the Military
Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 4 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item
No.20283} [Includes: General, Details of construction for chain boom, Hemp
cable booms]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Breach,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.20284} [Breach
effected by artillery in fortifications, etc.] [Includes: Historical examples
of effects]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Camp, Intrenched,"Aide Memorie to
the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item
No.20304}
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Caponiere,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 2 pages, 2 plates of illus. Price .50
{Item No.20305} [Ditch fighting bunker]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Castramentation,"Aide Memorie to
the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 7 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price 1.00
{Item No.20309} [Includes: General, Hutting, Outposts]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Chevaux-de-Frize,"Aide Memorie to
the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20310}
[Movable wooden spike obstacle]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Command,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 5 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item
No.20312} [Siege notes] [Abridged from 'Sieges in Spain' by Major General Sir
J.T.Jones]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Defense of Building and
Village,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 14
pages, 4 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20316} [Includes: Of placing
building, &c. in a state of defense, Collecting materials, Barricading
doors, Barricading windows, Leveling obstructions outside, Ditches in front of
the doors, &c., Loopholes, Communications, Abattis, Tamdours, Out-buildings
and walls Defense of Villages, Guarding and defending an intrenched village]
[by Lt.Col.Jebb]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Defensive Elements,"Aide Memorie to
the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 9 pages, 2 illus. Price 1.00 {Item
No.20317} [The use of vegetation for fortifications, and the effect of rifle
fire on different colors of uniforms]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Defence of Fortresses,"Aide Memorie
to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 25 pages, 3 illus. plus 1 plate of
illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20318} [Includes: The reconnaissance of the ground
outside the place, The reconnaissance of the fortification, Of the artillery
and ammunition, Of the engineers, and the materials relating to the defence, Of
the provisions, and the other matters belonging to the commissariat, Returns of
stores and materials; of provisions; and of arrangements to prevent fire, Of
those preparations for defence with belong to the state of war, and especially
on the prospect of a siege, Of the state of siege, divided into five heads; and
treating of irregular attacks, which may place a fortress suddenly in a state
of siege: First head, Second head, Third head, Fourth head, Fifth head. Of
sieges, or regular attacks: first head, second head, Third head. Appendix I:
Proportion of artillery necessary. Appendix II: Proportion of officers of
engineers, sappers and miners, and engineer stores, necessary for a siege.
Appendix III: Provisionment of fortified places. Appendix IV. Appendix V.
Mining operations which may be undertaken in the defence of fortresses without
countermines] [References articles: Bridge, Blindage, Coast Defences, Defensive
elements, Boom, Bombardment, Defense of coasts, Blockade, military, Attack,
Defensive precautions, Fougass, Military mine, Sapping, Battery]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Defensive Precautions,"Aide Memorie
to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.20319}
[Includes: Masking works, Chains of advanced sentries, Defensively]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Defence of Coasts,"Aide Memorie to
the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 12 pages, 6 plates of illus. Price
2.00 {Item No.20320} [Includes: General considerations, The nature of works
most suitable for coast defences, Appendix I. Platforms--traversing, iron.
Appendix II. Service sur les cotes] [References article: Artillery]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Defilade,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 9 pages, 15 illus. Price 1.00 {Item
No.20321} [The Firing technique of avoiding being enfiladed, or preventing the
unnecessary exposure of the exterior or interior of fortifications]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Epaulement,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 1 pages Price .50 {Item No.20335} [Proper
military definition, as a fortification term, not as a part of a uniform]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Escalde,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 9 pages, 12 illus. Price 1.00 {Item
No.20341} [How to storm a wall using ladders]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Fascine,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.20344} [Notes
on making]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Fire, Vertical,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.20346} [High
angle mortar fire] [References articles: 'Artillery' Tables E &F, 'Attack',
'Breach', 'Defense of places']
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Fortification: Part I: Field
Fortification,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 20
pages, 11 plates of illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20352} [Includes: Preliminary
Observations, Field Fortifications, Part I - Section I, Section II, Section III
- General principles, Section IV -Description of Field Works, Section V -
Obstacles and auxilliaries of defense, Section VI -Time required to execute
field-works, distribution of workmen, and number of men necessary for the
defence, as applicable to Part I, Section VII - Trace, Profile, and
Construction of field-works, Section VIII - Gates or barriers, draining and
communications, Section IX. Conclusions. Part II - Temporary fortifications,
Section I - Introduction, Section II - Breastworks, Section III - Defense of
hedges, roads, &c, Part IV - Defense of walls, Part V- Stockade-work.]
[This document references the following other articles in this book: Abattis,
Barriers, Battery, Blockhouse, Chevaux De Frise, Dams, Defilade, Drain,
Fascines, Fougasses, Fraises, Gabions, Palisades, Quarrying, Stockades,
Trous-de-loup]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Fortification: Part I: Works in front of
Lisbon,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 10 pages,
4 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20353} [Includes: Workmen,
Superintendence, Mode of payment, Materials, Stores, &c. how obtained,
Trace of several works, Interior and other defences, Situations of the works,
Profiles, Platforms, Barriers, Abattis, Trous-de-loup, Artillery, Calculation
of garrisons, Scarps, Roads and communications, Telegraphs, Intermediate works]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Fortification: Part I: Field Fortresses,
of Places du Moment,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860),
Vol.2; 2 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.20354}
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Fortification: Part I: Detached
Forts,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 2 pages, 5
plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20355}
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Fortification: Part II: Permanent
Fortification,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 7
pages, 2 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20356} [Includes: Part I, Section
I. Profile, Rampart, Scarp walls, Counterforts, Comparison of the different
scarp walls, Covert way, Glacis, Construction of profile. Section II. Trace,
Bastioned fronts, Counterscarp, Polygonal trace, Ravelin, Covert way, Tenaille,
Communications, Bomb proof cover]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Fortification: Part II: Coehorn's
System,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 2 pages,
2 plates of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20357} [Includes: Section I. Advantages
claimed, Section II. Capabilities of resisting an attack]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Fortification: Part II: Bastion
System,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 8 pages,
8 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20358} [Includes: Section I, Section II.
Of the several means to add to the value of the bastion system, Section III.
Advanced and detached works, Section IV. Batteries casemated A L'Haxo. Trace of
Chasseloup, Section V. Conclusion. Section VI. Details of bastioned systems -
Vauban, The modern]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Fortification: Part II:Montalembert's
System,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 2 pages,
2 plates of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20359}
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Fortification: Part II:Carnot's
System,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 3 pages,
1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20360} [Includes: Section I -
Introduction, Section II - Application of this principles to a special system
of fortification, Section III - Remarks upon Carnot's systems]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Fortification: Part II:German
System,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 14 pages,
3 Plates of illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.20361}
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Fortification: Part II: Observations on
the Nature of Fortresses, Irrespective of Systems,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 3 pages, Price .50 {Item No.20362}
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Fortification: Part II:Appendix A,
Report of Experiments carried on at Woolwich in 1822, against Carnot's Detached
Revetment,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 7
pages, 8 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20363} [Includes results tables with
various types of artillery against the fortification]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Fraise,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 1 page, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20366}
[Wooden stake berm obstacle]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Gabion,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 5 pages, 9 illus. Price 1.00 {Item
No.20369} [Includes: Introduction, On Iron Gabions, Comparison on Gabions (Wood
and iron types), Stuffed Gabions, or sap Rollers]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Guard-House, Defensible,"Aide
Memorie to the Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 5 pages, 11 illus. Price
1.00 {Item No.20373} [Some would call it a Blockhouse]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Guerite,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 2 pages, 1 Plate of illus. Price .50 {Item
No.20374} [Also called Echauguette. Projecting stone or brick bastion sentry
box of turret]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Hurdle,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 3 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item
No.20383} [A strong wicker work in rectangular form used in fortification]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Loophole,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 9 pages, 9 figures and 3 plates of illus.
Price 2.00 {Item No.20391} [Includes: General article, and Description of a
revolving iron loophole invented by T.F.Haulon, Clerk of works, R.E.D., plus
Notes on embrasures]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Machicoulis,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 3 pages, 4 illus. Price .50 {Item
No.20392} [A type of overhead loophole used in fortifications since the middle
ages]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Magazine,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 4 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item
No.20393} [The construction of gunpowder magazines]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Mantlet,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 4 pages, 2 plates of illus. Price 1.00
{Item No.20397} [Musket proof coverings for embrasures]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Pah,"Aide Memorie to the Military
Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 2 pages, 4 plates of illus. Price 1.00 {Item
No.20430}[New Zealand Mori Hill Fort]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Palanques,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1860), Vol.2; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20431} [A note
on Turkish entrenchments used during the 1600's and after]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Palisade,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 3 pages, 3 illus. Price .50 {Item
No.Item No.20433}
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Sap,"Aide Memorie to the Military
Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 9 pages, 3 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20458}
[Includes: Single sap, Flying sap, Double sap, and other notes]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Shutters, Embrasure,"Aide Memorie
to the Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 1 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price
.50 {Item No.20461}
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Siege Operations in India,"Aide
Memorie to the Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 13 pages, 1 illus. Price
1.50 {Item No.20462} [Includes: Attack of forts and fortresses: Principles to
regulate the nature of the attack. Appendix I. Notes on the siege of Mooltan,
Appendix II. Extract from a note by Captain T.W.Hicks, Field Commissary of
Ordnance, Bombay Division, April 8, 1849 (The Bombay Siege artillery platform.
Appendix III. Siege tactical notes. Plus tables]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Siege Operations, Irregular,"Aide
Memorie to the Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 2 pages Price .50 {Item
No.20463} [An accelerated attack]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Siege and Engineer Equipment,"Aide
Memorie to the Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 2 pages Price .50 {Item
No.20464} [The manning and distribution of tools, materiels, to each wagon for
a company of Royal engineers in the field]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Sod-work,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20465} [A
revetment of grass sods ]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Stockade,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 1 page, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item
No.20474}
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Tambour,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20480}
[Relates to the protection of gateways]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Tete de Pont,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 3 pages, 4 illus. Price .50 {Item
No.20483} [A type of bridgehead fortification]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Trous de loup,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 1 page, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item
No.20484} [A wooden stake pit obstacle]
- Royal Engineers, Corps of."Zig-Zag,"Aide Memorie to the
Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 1 page, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item
No.20492} [Zig zag trenches used in siege operations]
- Straith, Major Hector."Amount of labour," Treatise of
Fortification (7th Edition)(1858), Chapter I; 29 pages, 33 illus. Price
3.00 {Item No.20783} [Including: Facilities for a forward movement, Method of
finding solid contents of parapet, Trench of more roomy dimensions, Rocky or
marshy soils, Substituting a ditch for a trench, Further means of strengthening
field works, An expeditions way of forming an obstacle, Works of a more
important character, Some particulars respecting the slopes, Works on the slope
of a hill, Remarks on profiling field works, Amount of excavation, Method of
calculating the deblai of a work, Rule for calculating the number of fascines
required, On the method of making gabions, On sap rollers and hurdles,
Revetments for field works, Bridges of communication, On the various obstacles
used, Palisades and fraises, Remarks on stockades, Blockhouses, Stockade
revetments, Barrier gates, Remarks on abattis, Remarks on trous-de-loup,
Remarks on chevaux-de-frize, Remarks on Fougasses]
- Straith, Major Hector."Leading principles," Treatise of
Fortification (7th Edition)(1858), Chapter II; 18 pages, 27 illus. Price
2.00 {Item No.20784}[Including: Redan, and redan with flanks, Lunettes and
double redans, Tenaille heads and bastion heads, Square redoubts, Star forts,
Bastion forts and lines of redans, Lines of tenailles, indented and bastion
lines, Lines with intervals, Bridge heads]
- Straith, Major Hector."Half-sunken and sunken batteries,"
Treatise of Fortification (7th Edition)(1858), Chapter III; 18 pages, 26
illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20785}[Including: Construction and dimensions of
batteries, Rule for dimensions of embrasures, mantlet, Countersloping
embrasures, Tracing of an elevated battery, Construction of an elevated
battery, Slopes given to the cheeks of embrasures, Gun platforms, Gun and
Howitzer platforms, Mortar and Madras platforms, Field powder magazines]
- Straith, Major Hector."Necessity for using thick earthen ramparts
and parapets," Treatise of Fortification (7th Edition)(1858), Chapter
IV; 22 pages, 15 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20786} [Including"
Construction of Vauban�s, first system, Principles observed in tracing
Vauban�s first system]
- Straith, Major Hector."Uses of the various works in Vauban�s
first system of fortification," Treatise of Fortification (7th
Edition)(1858), Chapter V; 13 pages, 8 illus. Price 2.00 {Item
No.20787}
- Straith, Major Hector."On Relief and command, On ditches,"
Treatise of Fortification (7th Edition)(1858), Chapter VI.; 19
pages, 12 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.20788} [Including: Their capacity, Wet and
dry, On representing works in plans and sections, Means of communicating
between the interior of the fortress, and the country, and between the
different works]
- Straith, Major Hector."On the Attack of Field Works," Treatise
of Fortification (7th Edition)(1858), Chapter VIII.; 10 pages, 2 illus.
Price 1.00 {Item No.20790} [Including: Assault by surprise, Attack of field
works, Attack of fortified village]
- Straith, Major Hector." Improvement on the bastion system,"
Treatise of Fortification (7th Edition)(1858), Chapter IX; 18 pages,
13 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20791} [Including: The modern system, The
faussebraie, Double flank, Chemin-des-rondes, Retrenchments]
- Straith, Major Hector."On counterguards," Treatise of
Fortification (7th Edition)(1858), Chapter X; 19 pages, 8 illus. Price 2.00
{Item No.20792} [Including: Tenaillons and demi-tenaillions, Horn and
crownworks, Advanced ditch, covered way and lunettes, Detached forts,
Retrenched camps, Citadels]
- Straith, Major Hector."Revetments," Treatise of Fortification
(7th Edition)(1858), Chapter XI; 14 pages, 12 illus. Price 2.00
{Item No.20793} [Including: Counter forts, Piling foundations, Concrete
foundations, Revetments]
- Straith, Major Hector."Bomb Proofs and Casements," Treatise of
Fortification (7th Edition)(1858), Chapter XIII; 7 pages, 8 illus. Price
2.00 {Item No.20795} [Including: Bomb proof buildings, Casemates, Casemated
batteries, Blinded batteries]
- Straith, Major Hector."The Attack," Treatise of Fortification
(7th Edition)(1858), Chapter XIV; 22 pages, 4 illus. Price 3.00 {Item
No.20796} [Including: The Attack, Closing remarks]
- Straith, Major Hector."Remarks on the bastion and other methods of
tracing," Treatise of Fortification (7th Edition)(1858), Chapter XV;
28 pages, 39 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20797} [Including: On the bastion
systems of Castriotto; Errard, Marchi, DeVille; Pagan; Vauban; Coehorn; Dufour;
Bousmard; and Chasseloup de Laubat. On the tenaille, or redan tracings of
Montalembert and Carnot, On the polygonal, Prussian and German tracings,
Fortifications at Coblentz; at Cologue and Lintz]
- Straith, Major Hector."Directions for tracing a front of
Vauban�s first system of fortification in elevation, on a principle
proposed by Lieut.Cook, Professor of Fortification at Addiscombe,"
Treatise of Fortification (7th Edition)(1858), Chapter XVI; 4 pages, 2
illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.20798}
- Straith, Major Hector."The System of fortification proposed by
Lieut.Cook Professor of Fortification at Addiscombe," Treatise of
Fortification (7th Edition)(1858), Chapter XVII; 9 pages Price 1.00 {Item
No.20799}
- Straith, Major Hector."The mode of ascertaining the amount of
excavation necessary to furnish the requisite quantity of earth to form the
remblai of any given work," Treatise of Fortification (7th Edition)(1858),
Appendix B; 5 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20802}
- Straith, Major Hector."Extract taken from Sir John Jone�s
Sieges in Spain," Treatise of Fortification (7th Edition)(1858), Appendix
C; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.20803}
- Straith, Major Hector."Defense of Matagorda," Treatise of
Fortification (7th Edition)(1858), Appendix D; 1 page Price .50
{Item No.20804}
- Straith, Major Hector."Remarks on Vanban�s Masonry
Revetments," Treatise of Fortification (7th Edition)(1858),
Appendix E; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.20805}
- Straith, Major Hector."Rules for Revetments," Treatise of
Fortification (7th Edition)(1858), Appendix F; 2 pages Price .50 {Item
No.20806}
- Straith, Major Hector."Remarks in �Choumara�s Memoires de
Fortification," Treatise of Fortification (7th Edition)(1858), Appendix
H; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.20808} [For Existing Fortresses, For New
Fortresses]
- Straith, Major Hector."General Roigniat�s Retrenched
Camp," Treatise of Fortification (7th Edition)(1858), Appendix I; 3
pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20809}
- Straith, Major Hector."Professor Bordwine�s System,"
Treatise of Fortification (7th Edition)(1858), Appendix K; 5 pages, 1
illus. Price .50 {Item No.20810} [Fortification Trace]
- Straith, Major Hector."Mr.Fergusson�s System," Treatise
of Fortification (7th Edition)(1858), Appendix L; 4 pages, 1 illus. Price
.50 {Item No.20811} [Fortification Trace]
- Straith, Major Hector."Remarks on the Attack of some fortified
Posts," Treatise of Fortification (7th Edition)(1858), Appendix
N; 14 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.20812}[Including: Memorandum of the
Engineer Operations at the taking of Ghuznee. July, 1839 and other fortified
places]
- Toepfer, Captain in the Fourth Engineer Inspection. "Technics in
the Russo-Japanese War," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.II,
No.6 (April-June 1910); 24 pages Price 2.50 {Item No.6163} [From the
Kriegstechnische Zeitschift. Parts II, III, and IV 1906. Translated by
Capt.Frederick L. Knudsen, Eighth Infantry, January 19, 1909][Reports on line
of communication engineering (railroads, roads, bridges), communications
(telegraphs, carrier pigeons, etc.), ballon observation, seachlights,
photography, camps, landmines and a especially good section on field
fortifications.]
- Wilby, Captain F.B., Corps of Engineers. "A Two-Company Field
Work," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.V, No.22 (July-August
1913); 59 pages, 14+illus. Price 7.00 {Item No.6196} [The training
construction of a strongpoint with extensive series on comments on
it.][Includes: General situation, Special situation, Character of the work,
General plan, Location and length if firing trenches, Location of support
trenches, Profiles of firing trenches, Profiles of support trenches, Traverses,
Observation stations, Dressing stations, Communications, Machine gun positions,
Drainage, Latrines, Obstacles, Clearing, Miscellaneous, Estimate of time for
construction, Conclusion. Discussion (by 15 officers, including many like Bond,
and Spalding]
- Division of Military Engineering of the International Congress of
Engineers. "Coast Defense, including Submarine Mines," by Col. Henry
L.Abbott, Corps of Engineer, U.S.Army. Columbian Exposition (1894), II.
; 16 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.6102}
- Division of Military Engineering of the International Congress of
Engineers. "Coast Defense," by Major Sir G.S.Clarke, K.C.M.G.
Columbian Exposition (1894), III. ; 14 pages Price 2.00 {Item
No.6103}
- Division of Military Engineering of the International Congress of
Engineers. "Intrenched Camps," by Lieut.A.M.D�Armit, Corps of
Engineers, U.S.Army. Columbian Exposition (1894), VII. ; 31 pages
Price 3.00 {Item No.6107}
- Division of Military Engineering of the International Congress of
Engineers. "Fortification for Coast Defense, including Submarine
Mines," by Major J.F.Lewis, Royal Engineers. Columbian Exposition (1894),
IV. ; 9 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.6104}
- Division of Military Engineering of the International Congress of
Engineers. "Field Fortifications and Intrenched Camps," by Captain
F.N.Maude, Royal Engineers. Columbian Exposition (1894), VIII. ; 51
pages Price 5.00 {Item No.6108}
- Reports of the United States Commissioners.
"Fortifications," Volume V. Report on the Munitions of War,
Chapter VIII. " Paris Universal Exposition, 1867 ; 12
pages, 6 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5338} [Includes: French Section, British
Section, Martello tower, Experimental granite casemate, Chalmers shield, Iron
verus granite, Effects of shot on granite, Protection for stone works,
Thorneycroft bars, Russian thick plate, 13-1/2 inch shield]
- U.S. Navy, Bureau of Navigation, Office of Naval Intelligence."The
Bombardment of the Fortifications at Alexandria,"War Series No.III., Part
I. by Lt.-Commander Casper F.Goodrich, USN (1883); 110 pages, 84 illus.
Price 11.00 {Item No.20220} [From "Report of the British Naval and
Military Operations in Egypt, 1882"] [Includes Sections I-VII of the
report] [Details]
- U.S.Navy, Bureau of Navigation, Office of Naval Intelligence."The
Battle of Tel-El-Kebir and the Conclusion of the War,"War Series No.III.,
Part II. Section XIII. by Lt.-Commander Casper F.Goodrich, USN (1883); 31
pages, 15 illus. Price 3.50 {Item No.20234} [From "Report of the British
Naval and Military Operations in Egypt, 1882"] [Includes: Details of
Egyptian field fortifications and The battle, Seizure of Zagazig, Of Cairo, The
withdrawal of the British troops]
- War Department, Ordnance Office. "Wallace's Intrenching Tool,"
Ordnance Notes.---No.217 (Washington, 18 September 1882) by Major
N.W.Wallace, 1st Battalion K.R.R.Corps. From the Journal of the Royal United
Services Institution; 3 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5217}
- War Department, Ordnance Office. "Fortified Camps," A
Reply to Major Parnell, R.E. by Captain G.S.Clarke, R.E.. Ordnance
Notes.�No.273 (Washington, 21 March 1883). From Occasional Papers,
Royal Engineers� Institute; 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5273}
- War Department, Ordnance Office. "The Artillery Defense of a
Fortress," by Lt. A.P.Codd, R.E.(Royal Engineers Institute) Ordnance
Notes.�No.281 (Washington, March 30, 1883) ; 10 pages, 3 illus. Price
1.00 {Item No.5281}
- War Department, Ordnance Office. "The Attack of Intrenchments by
Field Artillery," by Major W.Kemmis, R.A.. Ordnance Notes.�No.246
(Washington, 13 February 1883) From the Proceedings of the Royal Artillery
Insititution; 11 pages, 2 plates of illustrations Price 2.00 {Item No.5246}
- War Department, Ordnance Office. "Fortress Warfare. An Abstract
of Muller�s History of Fortress Warfare, " by Captain E.M.Lloyd,
R.E.. Ordnance Notes.�No.226 (Washington, 10 October 1882); 23
pages, 4 plates of illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.5226}
- War Department, Ordnance Office. "The Forts of To-Day," by
Major E.M.Lloyd, R.E.. Ordnance Notes.�No.248 (Washington, 16 February
1883) From the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution; 15 pages, 1
plate of illustrations Price 2.00{Item No.5248}
- War Department, Ordnance Office. "Notes on Hasty Defenses as
Practiced in South Africa," by Major W.C.F.Moynbux. Ordnance
Notes.�No.247 (Washington, 14 February 1883) From the Journal of the
Royal United Service Institution; 7 pages, illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5247} [A
study of Boer Wagon Laagers]
- War Department, Ordnance Office. "The Training of Garrison
Artillery for the Attack and Defense of Fortresses," by Col.H.A.Smith,
R.A.. Ordnance Notes.�No.227 (Washington, 13 October 1882). (Gold
Medal Prize Essay, 1882). From the Proceedings of the Royal Artillery
Institution; 21 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.5227}
- War Department, Ordnance Office. "Vauban and Modern
Sieges," Ordnance Notes.�No.251 (Washington, 20 February 1883).
From The Quarterly Review; 15 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.5251}
- AEF Ordnance Bulletin of August 24, 1918."Antitank Defenses,"
Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.XI (1919); 8 pages, 1 illus.
Price 1.00 {Item No.6316}[Includes: Tank ditch, German Anti-tank mine,
Anti-Tank Defense, Organization of Anti-Tank defense, Conduct of infantry
fighting in conjunction with Tanks, German Anti-Tank artillery, Notice: On mine
against tanks: Nature of Device: Fuse, Box, Method of use, Removing the mine,
Tactical use]
- Bond, Col.P.S.and Lt.R.D.Leisk. 107th Engineer, National Army.
"Deep Gallery Shelters. A lecture," Professional Memoirs. Corps of
Engineer, Vol.10 (1918) ; 10 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6255}
- Bond, Capt.Aubrey H., 5th Engineers."Reinforced Concrete Shelters
of German Hindenburg Line," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers.
Vol.XI (1919); 13 pages, 15 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6311} [Includes:
Front line type, Support line type, Reverse line type, Turret type, Method of
construction, Tactical Dispositions]
- Beard, Capt.C., Engineers, U.S.Army."The Future of Permanent
Fortifications," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.XI
(1919); 18 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.6289} [Translated from French]
- Cassidy, Lt.Col.J.Edward, Engineers, U.S.A.."Improved type of
German Pill Box," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.XI
(1919); 6 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6300}
- Kingman, Captain John J.. "Field Trenches Construction by the First
Brigade, First Division, at Plattsburg, N,Y, September 1915," Professional
Memoirs. Corps of Engineer, Vol.VIII, No.37 (January-February 1916) ; 2
pages, plus map Price .50 {Item No.6228}
- Lang, Bt.Maj.W.H.,16th Cavalry, British Army, India."Some Notes on
the Turkish Trenches at Sannayait," Professional Memoirs. Corps of
Engineers. Vol.10 (1918); 6 pages, 1 map Price 1.00 {Item No.6269}
[Reprinted from Journal of the United Service Institution of India, October
1917]
- Lecture by a British Officer skilled in landscape gardening.
"Trenches and Camouflage," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineer,
Vol.9, No.47 (September-October 1917) ; 65 pages, 44 illus. Price 7.00
{Item No.6246} [Includes: General principles, Concealment, An extensive field
of vision and fire, A maximum amount of protection from rifle fire and the
various types of shell fire, Shrapnel, Efficient drainage, In the event of
retirement the trench should be of such a kind that it is of little value to
the enemy, Bombing traps, Fire trenches, Inspection, communication, support
trenches, etc., Obstacles, Wire obstacles, Concealment of obstacles, Low barbed
wire entanglements, Coast defences, To summarize, Breastworks, Organization of
working parties, Questions asked after lectures] [This is a excellent article]
- Livermore, Col.W.H., U.S.Army. "Mining Operations, Especially for
Infantry. Mainly translated from a lecture to cadets at Saint-Maixent,
France," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineer, Vol.10 (1918); 17
pages, 19 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6260} [Includes: Introduction,
Construction of a shaft, Construction of a gallery, Construction of a branch
with sheeted frame, Construction of a gallery or of a branch by a Russian sap,
Mine Warfare]
- Livermore, Translated by Col.W.R."Tunnels and Galleries,"
Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.10 (1918); 3 pages Price .50
{Item No.6268}[From La France Militarire (February 14-15, 1918)]
- Livermore, Col.W.R., U.S.Army. "The German Shelters on the
Somme," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineer, Vol.9, No.46 (July-August
1917); 8 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6240} [Translated from the
L'Illustration, January 13, 1917]
- Livermore, Col.W.R., US Army, ret.(I, II, III) and Maj.Henry Swift,
Chaplain, US Army, ret. (IV, V)."Old and New Opinions about the Value of
Permanent and Fortified Positions," Professional Memoirs. Corps of
Engineers. Vol.10 (1918); 24 pages, 1 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.6277}
[From Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Artillerie and Genie (June 1917)]
[Translated from German] [Part one of four]
- Livermore, Col. W.R., US Army, ret. (I, II, III) and Maj.Henry Swift,
Chaplain, US Army, ret. (IV, V)."Old and New Opinions about the Value of
Permanent and Fortified Positions," Professional Memoirs. Corps of
Engineers. Vol.10 (1918); 29 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.6281} [From
Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Artillerie and Genie (June 1917)] [Translated
from German] [Part two of four]
- Livermore, Col. W.R., US Army, ret. (I, II, III) and Maj.Henry Swift,
Chaplain, US Army, ret. (IV, V)."Old and New Opinions about the Value of
Permanent and Fortified Positions," Professional Memoirs. Corps of
Engineers. Vol.10 (1918); 31 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.6285} [From
Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Artillerie and Genie (June 1917)] [Translated
from german] [Part three of four]
- Livermore, Col. W.R., US Army, ret.. (I, II, III) and Maj.Henry Swift,
Chaplain, US Army, ret. (IV, V). "Old and New Opinions about the Value of
Permanent and Fortified Positions," Professional Memoirs. Corps of
Engineers. Vol.XI (1919); 18 pages Price 3.00 {Item No. 6288} [From
Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Artillerie and Genie (June 1917)] [Translated
from german] [Part four of four]
- Peterson, Lt.Col.V.L., Corps of Engineers. As given the eighth
engineers (mounted). "Sandbox instruction in Fortification, Reconnaissance
and Minor Tactics," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.10
(1918); 21 pages, 22 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6275} [Includes: Field
Fortifications instruction, Barbed-wire entanglements, Saps, Mines shafts and
galleries, Machine Gun emplacements, Deep shelters, Craters, Observation posts,
battery emplacements and dressing stations, Final review of all the work,
Lectures given on the work, Battalion supporting point, Sand box for sketching
instruction, Use of the sand box for instruction in minor tactics, Patrols,
Advance guards, Outposts, Results accomplished.]
- Pillsbury, Col. G.B., Engineers, U.S.A.."Technical Engineering
Details of the Hinderburg Line in the Sector of Attack of the II Army
Corps," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.XI (1919); 25
pages, 18 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.6294} [Includes: Introduction, Trenches,
Wire Entanglements, Shelters, Machine gun emplacements, Observation posts,
Miscellaneous features, Re-enforced concrete, The organization of the Canal
tunnel, Lessons from the attack]
- Rubel, A.C., Report by, Topographic Officer."The Barrier Type of
Tank Defenses. In the St.Mihiel and Grande Montagne Sectors by the 304th
Engineers under Col.James F.Barber," Professional Memoirs. Corps of
Engineers. Vol.XI (1919); 11 pages, 13 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.6308}
- Sacket, Capt. C.T., Engineers, U.S.A.."Fortifications as Dependent
upon Advances in Human Knowledge," Professional Memoirs. Corps of
Engineers. Vol.10 (1918); 23 pages, 21 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.6282} [A
history of fortification]
- Swift, Major Henry, Chaplain, U.S.Army. "Use of Corrugated Iron for
Construction of Shelters," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineer, Vol.10
(1918); 10 pages, 8 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6256} [Introduction, Flat
Sheets of 2.80 m, Flat Sheets of 1.80 m, Shelter material of curved corrugated
iron: Type of large corrugations, Setting-up of shelter. Shelter material of
curved corrugated iron: Type of small corrugations, Resisting power of
shelters, Capacity of shelters. Light Shelters of corrugated iron 1916, Mode of
employment]
- Trounce, Capt.H.D., Engineer reserve corps, U.S.A., formerly Lieutenant
Royal Engineers, British Army."Mine Rescue Work," Professional
Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.10 (1918); 16 pages, 4 illus. Price 2.00
{Item No.6278} [Includes: Mine rescue work, The Fleuss or photo apparatus, The
gibbs apparatus, Methods of ventilation, How gas poisoning in mines is
produced, Poisoning by Carbon Monoxide, The action of Carbon Monoxide (CO),
After effects of Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning, Prevention of gas poisoning
and accidents in mines (General instructions): After a mine explosion,
Precautions to be taken where gas is known to be present in the galleries...,
Treatment, To restore breathing, Treatment after natural breathing has been
restored, To induce circulation and warmth, Warning]
- Wilby, Major F.B., Corps of Engineers. "The Influence of the
European War Upon the Art of Field Fortifications," Professional Memoirs.
Corps of Engineer, Vol.9, No.46 (July-August 1917); 65 pages, 49 illus.
Price 7.00 {Item No.6242} [Includes: Introduction, General considerations,
Firing trenches, Communications, Overhead cover, Obstacles, Machine guns,
Artillery, Observation, Miscellaneous requirements, Conclusions]
- U.S.Army Infantry School. "The Six-Hour Plan," The Infantry
School Mailing List Vol.VII, Chapter VIII. (December 1933-1934); 20
pages, 9 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.10008} [A yardstick for building field
fortifications for defensive positions]
- War Department."Field Fortification,"War Dept.Doc.No.605 Field Service Pocket Book (1917),
Chapter IVa; 34 pages, 2 plates of illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.22040} [Includes: Field Fortification: General principles,
Location, Organization of a position, Firing trenches: Location, Profiles.
Traverses, Head cover, Overhead cover, Revetments, Steps, Drainage, Obstacles,
Concealment, Dummy trenches, Observation, Illumination of the battlefield,
Lines of information, Depots, Machine guns, Trench weapons, Command posts,
First aid stations, Kitchens, Latrines, Lavatories, Shower baths, Water
supply, Signboards, Maintenance, Gas protection, Bomb and grenade protection,
Trip and alarm wires, Villages and buildings, Thickness of protective material,
Intrenching tools, Table of time, men and tools, A working party table,
Method of executing field fortifications]
- U.S.Army Infantry School. "It takes time to dig in (An Infantry
School Study)," Infantry School Mailing List, Vol. XX, Chapter 7.
(July 1940); 18 pages, 6 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.10168} [Includes:
Introduction, Illustrative problem, Wire entanglements, Assignment of work,
Fields of fire, Foxholes and connecting trench, Emplacements for automatic
rifles, Emplacements for light machine guns, Emplacements for 60-mm mortars,
Distribution of tools, The battalion reserve, Heavy weapons company,
Summary][The new organization has turned the �6-hour plan� into 12
hours]
- U.S.Army Infantry School. "The Infantry Digs in," Infantry
School Mailing List, Vol. XXIV, Chapter 9. (July 1942); 46 pages, 44
illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.10217}
- U.S.Army Infantry School. "Infantry Entrenchments and Weapon
Emplacements," Infantry School Mailing List, Vol. XXVI, Chapter 3.
(July 1943); 34 pages, 25 illus. Price 3.50 {Item No.10234}
- U.S.Army Infantry School. "Attack of a Fortified Position,"
Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.XXXIII, No.1 (July 1948); 21 pages, 10
illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.10320} [Includes: Introduction, Analysis of a
fortified position, Reconnaissance prior to the attack, Organization,
Employment of weapons, The attack, Conclusion]
- U.S.Army Infantry School. "Weapons Emplacements," Infantry
School Quarterly, Vol.XXXIV, No.1 (January 1949); 15 pages, 11 illus. Price
1.50 {Item No.10341} [Includes: Introduction, Machine gun emplacements, 81-mm
Mortar emplacement, 57-mm Rifle emplacement, 75-mm Rifle emplacement, Rocket
launcher emplacement, Observation posts]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Obstacles,"
Intelligence Bulletin Vol.I, No.4, Section II. (December 1942) ; 5
pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5581} [On Japanese WWII Forces][Includes:
Introduction, Road Blocks, Antitank, Electric]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Attacks on
Concrete Fortifications," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.I, No.6, Section
III. (February 1943); 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.5616} [On German WWII
forces]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "How New Zealand
Troops Penetrate Wire Obstacles," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.I, No.6,
Section IV. (February 1943); 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.5623} [On
British WWII forces][Includes: Triple Concertina Fence, Double Apron Fence, Two
Double Apron Fences, Close Together, Combined Wire Obstacles, Coment]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Infantry
Fieldworks," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.I, No.7, Section III. (March
1943); 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.5631}[On German WWII Forces]
- War Department. Military Intelligence Division. "Engineer Assault
Tactics," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.I, No.12, Section IV. (August
1943); 5 pages Price .50 {Item No.5692} [On German WWII Forces][Includes:
Introduction, Attacks on Pillboxes: Composition of Detachment, Assault Tactics.
Attacks on Trenches]
- War Department. Military Intelligence Division. "Notes on How
Japanese Attack Pillboxes," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.I, No.12, Section
II. (August 1943); 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.5697} [On Japanese WWII
Forces][Includes: Introduction, Organization, and Attack Duties, Weapons and
Equipment: Assault Han, Assisting Fire-Power Detachment, Mopping-up Han.
Methods of Attack: Assisting Fire-Power Detachment, Assault Han, Mopping-Up
Han, Machine-Gun or Engineer Detachment, Night Attacks, Assistance by Other
Troops. Destruction by Bombardment]
- War Department. Military Intelligence Division. "Defense
Techniques," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.I, No.12, Section III.
(August 1943); 3 pages Price.50 {Item No.5698} [On Japanese WWII
Forces][Includes: Positions, Weapons, Tactics in Combat]
- War Department. Military Intelligence Division. "How British Deal
With Road Craters, Obstacles, " Intelligence Bulletin Vol.I, No.12,
Section I. (August 1943); 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.5700} [On
British WWII Forces][Includes: Introduction, Craters: Dry Craters, Wet Craters.
Other Road Obstacles]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Some Basic
Principles of Coastal Defense," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.1,
Section II. (September 1943); 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.5710} [On
German WWII Forces][Includes: Organization of Strong Points, Organization of
Defense Areas, Use of Artillery, Conduct of Battle]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Barbed Wire
Obstacles," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.1, Section III.
(September 1943); 7 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5711} [On German
WWII Forces][Includes: General, Specific Types: Knife Rests, Apron Fences,
Vertical Fences, Concertina Fences, Trip Fences, Alarm Wires, Electrified Wire,
Combined Fences. Standard Technique: Obstacle in Depth, Wire-netting Fences,
Trip-Wire Obstacles]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Types of Concrete
Antitank Obstacles," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.1, Section IV.
(September 1943); 4 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5712} [On German
WWII Forces][Includes: Walls: General, Continuous Walls, V-Shaped Walls, Walls
with Gaps. Other Concrete Obstacles: Dragon� Teeth, Plain Blocks. Rails
Embedded in Concrete]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Improvement of
Defensive Positions," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.2, Section III.
(October 1943); 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.5720} [On German WWII
Forces][Includes: Forward Boundry of the Organized Defense Area: Requirements,
How to Fulfill the Requirements. Depth of the Defensive Position: How Depth of
the Position is Achieved, How Defense of the Position is Insured. Maps or
Overlays]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Principles of
Defense Against Airborne Troops," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.3,
Section III. (November 1943); 6 pages Price .50 {Item No.5732} [On
German WWII Forces][Includes: Introduction, German Estimate of Our Tactics,
German Principles of Defense: Obstacles, Protection of Defenses, Observation
Posts, Communicating an Alarm, Preparation of Mobile Reserves, Defense Tactics,
Opening of Fire, Conclusions]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Weaknesses of
Artillery Defensive Positions," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.3,
Section IV. (November 1943); 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.5733} [On
German WWII Forces][Includes: Introduction, How Faults were to be Corrected:
Precautions Against Damage by Fire, Further Construction of Firing Positions,
Track Discipline, Alternative Positions, �Last Covering Height�,
Conclusion]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Some Defensive
Techniques Used by the Japanese," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.3,
Section IV. (November 1943); 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.5739} [On
Japanese WWII Forces][Includes: As Seen by Observers, According to Documents]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Defense Against
Airborne Forces," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.4, Section I.
(December 1943); 5 pages Price .50 {Item No.5745} [On Japanese WWII
Forces][Includes: Introduction, General, Preparation: General, To Defend
Airfields. Combat Tactics: General, Against Parachute Troops, Against
Air-Landing Troops]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Japanese Defense
Notes," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.4, Section IV. (December
1943); 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.5748} [On Japanese WWII Forces][Includes:
Introduction, Defense Plans for �X� Area: General, Tactical Points,
Supplies, Communication. Coastal Defenses: Reconnaissance, Tactics. Comments on
Pantelleria Defense, Antiaircraft Observation]
- War Department. Military Intelligence Division. "Notes on Japanese
Jungle Defense. Introduction," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.6, Part
One, Section I. (February 1944); 3 pages Price .50 {Item
No.5772} [On Japanese WWII Forces]
- War Department. Military Intelligence Division. "Notes on Japanese
Jungle Defense. Tactics," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.6, Part
One, Section II. (February 1944); 22 pages, 2 illus. Price 2.00
{Item No.5773} [On Japanese WWII Forces][Includes: General: Organization of
Terrain, Fire Plans, Use of Snipers. Infantry: Advance Outposts, Company
Attack, Ambushes, Use of Fire, Machine-Gun Positions. Against Tanks: General,
Use of �Tank Fighters�. Against Landing Operations: According to
Observers, According to Japanese Sources. Counterattack, Against Parachute
Troops, Against Aircraft.]
- War Department. Military Intelligence Division. "Notes on Japanese
Jungle Defense. Positions," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.6, Part
One, Section III. (February 1944); 23 pages, 13 illus. Price
2.00 {Item No.5774} [On Japanese WWII Forces][Includes: General, Bunkers,
Pillboxes: Buna Area, New Georgia, Betio, Burma. Dugouts and Shelters:
According to Observers, According to Enemy Sources. Blockhouses, Weapon
Emplacements, Foxholes, and Trenches. Antiaircraft Positions: General, In the
Solomon Islands]
- War Department. Military Intelligence Division. "Notes on Japanese
Jungle Defense. Obstacles," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.6, Part
One, Section IV. (February 1944); 11 pages, 8 illus. Price 1.00
{Item No.5775} [On Japanese WWII Forces][Includes: Introduction, Wire
Entanglements: Net Type, Double-apron Type, Passageways. Movable Barriers:
Barbed Type, Cheval-de-frise, Ribard. Other Types of Barriers: Abatis,
Cylindercal Wire Net, Folding Screen, Wire Snares. Antitank Obstacles: Ditches
and Steps, Land Mines, To Separate Infantry From Tanks, Other Types]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Defense of Betio
Island," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.7, Section I. (March
1944); 35 pages, 18 illus. Price 3.50 {Item No.5783} [On Japanese WWII
Forces][Includes: General, Obstacles: Reinforced Concrete Pyramids
(tetrahedrons), Wire, Antiboat Barricade, Perimeter Barricade, Antitank
Ditches. Mines, Grenade Dischargers and Grenades, Rifle and Light Machine-Gun
Emplacements: General, Covered Type, Open Type, Concrete-Pillbox Type, Shields
for Riflemen. Heavy Machine-Gun Emplacements: Built into Beach Barricade,
Outside of Beach Barricade, 13-mm Machine-Gun Emplacements: General, Single
Mount, Twin Mount. Field Guns and Emplacements, Dual-Purpose Gun Emplacements:
For 75-mm Model 88 AA Guns, For 127-mm Twin mount Guns. Coast-Defense Guns:
80-mm Guns, 140-mm Guns, 8-inch Shielded Guns. Tanks, Command Posts, Shelters]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "A Prepared
Defensive Position in Italy," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.7,
Section II. (March 1944); 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.5789} [On
German WWII Forces]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "A German Company
in the Defense," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.7, Section III.
(March 1944); 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.5790}[On German WWII Forces]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "More German
Obstacles," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.7, Section VI. (March
1944); 5 pages, 4 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5793} [On German WWII
Forces][Includes: Wire around Pillboxes in Woods, Antitank Ditches]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Notes on
Developments in Japanese Defense," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.8,
Section II. (April 1944); 10 pages, 3 illus. Price 1.00 {Item
No.5801} [On Japanese WWII Forces][Includes: Introduction, Organization of
Positions, Defense of Beaches: General, On Kiska, On Bougainville. Defense
Against Tanks]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Some Jap Methods
of Overcoming Obstacles," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.8, Section
VI. (April 1944); 5 pages Price .50 {Item No.5805} [On Japanese WWII
Forces][Includes: Introduction, Wire Obstacles, Operating in Secrecy, Operating
under Fire. Abatis, Antitank Obstacles]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Japanese Positions
in the Defense," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.9, Section I.
(May 1944); 11 pages, 4 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5807} [On Japanese
WWII Forces][Includes: Introduction, As Seen in the Marshall Islands, As Seen
in Burma, According to Enemy Sources: General, Two Squad Positions, A Platoon
Position, Two Company Positions]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "German Field
Defenses Observed in Italy," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.9, Section
I. (May 1944); 7 pages, 6 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5817}[On German WWII
Forces]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Japanese
Antiaircraft and Coastal Defenses," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.10,
Section II. (June 1944); 12 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item
No.5837}[On Japanese WWII Forces] [Includes: General: As to Location, As to
Construction, As to Patterns, As to Camouflage. Examples of Positions: Six-gun
Heavy Battery (Attu), Combination of Batteries (Burma), Combination of
Batteries (Kolobangara), Light Battery in Mounds, Heavy AA-Coastal Defense
Battery, Three-gun AA-Coastal Defense Battery]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Two AA/AT
Positions," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.10, Section III. (June
1944); 4 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5838} [On Japanese WWII
Forces][Includes: General, Machine-Cannon Battery Position, Antiaircraft
Battery Position]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "German Mobile
Steel Pillbox," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.11, Section VIII.
(July 1944); 5 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5853} [On German WWII
Forces][Includes: Introduction, Table of Characteristics: Dimensions, Armor.
Descriptive Notes, How the Russians Combat It]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Notes on Japanese
Defensive Positions," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.11, Section II.
(July 1944); 5 pages, 3 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5857} [On Japanese
WWII Forces][Includes: Introduction, Position for a Platoon, Position for a
Company, Position on Kwajalein]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Some
Fortifications Observed in Italy," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.II, No.12
(August 1944); 13 pages, 12 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.5873}[On German WWII
Forces]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Japanese Cave
Defenses on Biak Island," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.III, No.3 (November
1944); 10 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5905} [On Japanese WWII
Forces][Includes: Beach Caves, Galleries, Sumps, Variations, Fortification of
the Mokmer Pocket]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Home-Made Offshore
Obstacles," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.III, No.3 (November 1944); 6
pages, 11 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5906}[On Japanese WWII Forces]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "More Notes on
Fortifications," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.III, No.4 (December 1944);
4 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.5918} [On Japanese WWII Forces][Includes:
A Defense Position in Burma, New Protective Measures]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Pillbox Warfare in
the Siegfried Line," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.III, No.5 (January
1945); 11 pages, 6 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.5934} [On German WWII
Forces][Includes: Movement, Cooperation with Mechanized Support, Assault Teams,
Use of Smoke, Infantry and Direct Supporting Fire, Possible Surrender, Digging
them Out, Other Methods, White-phosphorus Grenades, Precaution, Making
Pillboxes Useless, Readiness to Meet Counterattacks, When the Counterattack
Comes, A Rifle Company vs. Three Pillboxes][This Article in on U.S.Army Tactics
against Pillboxes]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "The Japs Holes
In," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.III, No.12 (August 1945); 18 pages, 10
illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.6024} [On Japanese WWII Forces][Includes: Cave
Defense Trends, Advantages and Disadvantages, Recommended Improvements, Caves
Encountered, Attu, Wakde Islands, Biak, Marianas, Palaus, Leyte, Luzon, Iwo
Jima, Okinawa]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Burma
Pillboxes," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.III, No.12 (August 1945); 2
pages, 3 illus. Price .50 {Item No.6031}[On Japanese WWII Forces]
- War Department, Military Intelligence Division. "Demolitions and
Obstacles. Jap Technique is Spotty," Intelligence Bulletin Vol.III, No.12
(August 1945); 10 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6032} [On Japanese
WWII Forces][Includes: Japanese Plans, Bridges and Railroads, Airfields, Town
and Area Demolitions, Obstacles, Demolition Clocks, Improvised Charges]
- War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Japanese Doctrine on Obstacles,"
Tactical and Technical Trends Vol.I., No.10 (October 1942); 3 pages Price .50 {Item
No.12655}
- War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Japanese Defensive Tactics in the Solomons,"
Tactical and Technical Trends Vol.I., No.10 (October 1942); 4 pages, 1 illus. Price
.50 {Item No.12656}
- War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Breakthrough Against German Defenses,"
Tactical and Technical Trends Vol.I., No.10 (October 1942); 2 pages Price .50 {Item
No.12658}
- War Department. Military Intelligence Service."German Tactics in the Final Phases at Kharkov,"
Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.12, No.17 (19 November 1942); 3 pages, 1
illus. Price .50 {Item No.12708}[German hasty Combined arms
strongpoints in Russia]
- War Department. Military Intelligence Service."German Construction and Development of a Strongpoint,"
Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.14, No.15 (17 December 1942); 2 pages,
3 illus. Price .50 {Item No.12764}
- War Department. Military Intelligence Service."German Airdromes in Western Europe," Tactical
and Technical Trends Issue No.15, No.2 (31 December 1942); 6 pages Price
1.00 {Item No.12786}[Shape and size, Dispersal of aircraft, Protection
of aircraft, Camouflage and deception, Refueling, Night approach systems,
Protection of airdromes]
- War Department. Military Intelligence Service."German Attacks on Permanent Defenses," Tactical
and Technical Trends Issue No.16, No.11 (14 January 1943); 1 page Price .50
{Item No.12818}
- War Department."Field Engineering Data,"FM 101-10 Staff Officers' Field Manual. Organization, Technical and Logistical Data (10 October
1943), Chapter 7; 12 pages, illus.
Price 2.00 {Item No.22099} [Including: Purpose, Roads and Bridges,
Bridge and ferrying equipment: Distribution of floating equipment, Characteristics
of ferrying equipment, Characteristics of floating bridge equipment, Fixed
bridges, Water supply: Troop requirements, Capacity of water supply equipment,
Equipment issued to troop units, Explosives, Field Fortifications: Priority
of work, Camouflaging, Works, Obstacles, Road blocks and antimechanized
measures: Road blocks, Continuous artificial obstacles, Antitank mine fields]
- Blum, Captain Charles K., Infantry."Rifle Platoon in Attack of a
Fortified Position", Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.39, No.1 (July
1951); 11 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.10477}
- Canby, Lt.Steven L.."A New Face For A Foxhole," Infantry,
Vol.51, No.2 (March-April 1961); 1 page, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.11199}
[Parapet less foxholes]
- Garman, Capt.Frederick E.."Fighting Fortifications," Infantry,
Vol.51, No.1 (January-February 1961); 3 page, 3 illus. Price .50 {Item
No.11169} [Infantry company level]
- Hampton, Capt.Wade."A Portable Barrier," Infantry, Vol.51,
No.1 (January-February 1961); 1 page, 3 illus. Price .50 {Item No.11178} [A
portable light road barrier gate]
- Phillips, Captain Alfred."Bunker Busting," Infantry School
Quarterly, Vol.42, No.2 (April 1953); 7 pages, 3 illus. Price 1.00 {Item
No.10577} [A description of bunker assault technique]
- Poser, Norman S.."Spades Are Trumps," Infantry School
Quarterly, Vol.45, No.4 (October 1955) [Historical note on the value of
the entrenching tool]
- Tracy, Captain George."Meet Sergeant Mulrooney," Infantry
School Quarterly, Vol.42, No.1 (January 1953); 7 pages, 3 illus. Price 1.00
{Item No.10573} [Lessons on the proper tactical use of barbed wire]
- Wilson, Captain Arthur W., Infantry."Heavy Mortar Digs In",
Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.40, No.1 (January 1952); 4 pages, 2 illus.
Price .50 {Item No.10503}
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