PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION.
CONTENTS.
ATTACK OF FORTIFIED PLACES.
CHAPTER I. THE ATTACK WITHOUT THE USE OF REGULAR APPROACHES.
CHAPTER II. SIEGE OR ATTACK BY REGULAR APPROACHES. PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS, DEFINITIONS, ETC.
CHAPTER III. TRENCHES, APPROACHES, PARALLELS, SAPS, SPLINTER PROOFS, AND PASSAGE OF THE DITCH.
CHAPTER IV. BATTERIES, OBSERVATORIES, AND MAGAZINES.
CHAPTER V. SIEGE OPERATIONS. THE ATTACK.
CHAPTER VI. THE DEFENCE.
CHAPTER VII. PARKS AND DEPOTS, SHELTERS AND HUTS, KITCHENS,
Part II. MILITARY MINING, BLASTING, AND DEMOLITION.
CHAPTER I. NOMENCLATURE AND THEORY.
CHAPTER II. PRACTICAL OPERATIONS AND DETAILS.
CHAPTER III. ORGANIZATION AND TACTICS OF MINES.
CHAPTER IV. BLASTING AND DEMOLITIONS. BLASTING.
INDEX.
BOOKS FOR ARMY AND NAVY OFFICERS PUBLISHED BY JOHN WILEY and SONS.
FOOTNOTES:
ATTACK
OF
FORTIFIED PLACES.
INCLUDING
SIEGE-WORKS, MINING, AND
DEMOLITIONS.
PREPARED FOR THE USE OF THE
CADETS OF THE UNITED STATES
MILITARY ACADEMY.
BY
JAMES MERCUR,
Professor of Civil and Military Engineering at the United States
Military Academy, West Point, N. Y.
FIRST EDITION.
FIRST THOUSAND.
NEW YORK
JOHN WILEY & SONS,
53 East Tenth Street.
1894.
Copyright, 1894,
BY
JAMES MERCUR,
West Point, N. Y.
Right of Translation Reserved.
