  ATTACK OF FORTIFIED PLACES. | | PAGE | | INTRODUCTION. | v | CHAPTER I.
THE ATTACK WITHOUT THE USE OF REGULAR APPROACHES. | | ARTICLE | | | | 1. | Blockade, | 1 | | 2. | Surprise, | 2 | | 3. | Defence against Surprise, | 4 | | 4. | Assault, | 4 | | 5. | Dispositions for an Assault, | 5 | | 6. | Defence against an Assault, | 7 | | 7. | Bombardment, | 8 | | 8. | Defence against a Bombardment, | 10 | CHAPTER II.
SIEGE OR ATTACK BY REGULAR APPROACHES, PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTIONS, DEFINITIONS, ETC. | | 9. | Siege, Progress of, | 12 | | 10. | Tools and Appliances, | 13 | CHAPTER III.
TRENCHES, APPROACHES, PARALLELS, SAPS, SPLINTER-PROOFS AND PASSAGE OF THE DITCH. | | 11. | Trenches, | 15 | | 12. | Parallels, | 15 | | 13. | Approaches, | 16 | | TRACING AND CONSTRUCTING PARALLELS AND APPROACHES. | | 14. | Tracing Parallels, | 17 | | 15. | Tracing Approaches, | 18 | | 16. | Posting Working Parties, | 18 | | EXECUTION OF PARALLELS AND APPROACHES. | | 17. | Simple Trench and Flying Sap, | 20 | | 18. | Construction by Simple Trench, | 20 | | 19. | Construction by Flying Sap, | 22 | | SPLINTER-PROOF COVER. | | 20. | Splinter-proofs, | 23 | | 21. | Bomb-proofs, | 25 | | SAPPING. | | 22. | Definitions, etc., | 27 | | 23. | Full Sap, | 28 | | 24. | Organization and Duties of Detachment, | 98 | | 100. | Garrison, | 99 | | 101. | Armament, | 100 | | 102. | Ammunition, Provisions and Supplies, | 101 | | 103. | Sanitation and Hygiene, | 101 | | 104. | Preparations for Defence, | 101 | | 105. | Defence during the First Period, | 103 | | 106. | Opening of Artillery Fire by the Defence, | 104 | | 107. | Defence during the Bombardment and Assault, | 105 | | 108. | Defence during the Second Period of the Siege, | 106 | | 109. | Defence during the Third Period of the Siege, | 107 | | 110. | The Capitulation, | 109 | | 111. | Journal of the Defence, | 110 | CHAPTER VII.
PARKS, DEPOTS, SHELTERS AND HUTS, KITCHENS, OVENS, SINKS, LATRINES, WATER-SUPPLY, ETC. | | ARTICLE | | PAGE | | 112. | Parks and Depots, | 111 | | 113. | Shelters and Huts, | 113 | | 114. | Kitchens and Ovens, | 114 | | 115. | Latrines, Sinks, etc., | 115 | | 116. | Water-supply, | 116 | | PART II. | | MILITARY MINING. | | CHAPTER I. | | NOMENCLATURE AND THEORY. | | ARTICLE | | PAGE | | 1. | Definitions, | 119 | | 2. | Theory of Explosion, | 120 | | 3. | Form and Volume of Crater, | 121 | | 4. | Relation between Volume of Crater and Charge, | 122 | | 4. | Miner’s Rule, | 122 | | 5. | Charge for One Cubic Yard, | 123 | | 6. | Rule for Common Mines in Ordinary Earth, | 124 | | 7. | Overcharged and Undercharged Mines, | 125 | | 7. | 176 | | 92. | Galleries behind Counter-scarps, | 177 | | 93. | Galleries through Scarp, | 177 | CHAPTER IV.
BLASTING AND DEMOLITIONS. | | 94-97. | Definitions; Tools and Appliances, | 178 | | 98. | Tamping Blasts, | 179 | | 99. | Determining the Charge, | 179 | | 100. | Precautions, | 180 | | DEMOLITIONS. | | 101. | Deliberate Demolitions, | 180 | | 102. | Hasty Demolitions, | 181 | | 103. | Houses and Magazines, | 181 | | 104. | Walls, | 181 | | 105. | Stockades, | 182 | | 106. | Bridges, | 182 | | 107. | Tunnels, Canal-locks, etc., | 183 | | 108. | Railroads, | 183 | | 109. | Rolling-stock, | 184 | | 110. | Excess of Explosive to be Used, | 184 |
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