Attack of Fortified Places. Including Siege-works, Mining, and Demolitions. Prepared for the use of the Cadets of the United States Military Academy

CHAPTER IV.

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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

ATTACK OF FORTIFIED PLACES.