Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . itary mines constitute at imce one ofthe most important dej);irtmenls in niililary enjrin-eeTing, and a very formidable accessory bolh in the iattack and defense of fortresses. A nnlitary mine Iconsists of a gallery of crreater or less length, runfrom some point of safety imder an opposim; work, \or\mderan area over which an atlarUiiiir force mustpass, and terndnatins; in a chandxT which, beim;stored witli tninpowder, can be exploded at thecritical moment. Mines are of great to the be-1 ploymenl of ndnes was very ancie
Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . itary mines constitute at imce one ofthe most important dej);irtmenls in niililary enjrin-eeTing, and a very formidable accessory bolh in the iattack and defense of fortresses. A nnlitary mine Iconsists of a gallery of crreater or less length, runfrom some point of safety imder an opposim; work, \or\mderan area over which an atlarUiiiir force mustpass, and terndnatins; in a chandxT which, beim;stored witli tninpowder, can be exploded at thecritical moment. Mines are of great to the be-1 ploymenl of ndnes was very ancient,and merely con-sisted in obtaining an entrance to the interior oftowns by passing lieneatli the defenses ; but thissoon fell into disuse, the chances of success beingmerely those of introducing a body of men before thebesieged discovered the mine. Tlie occuredduring the Middle Ages, and was more miners went no further than beneath the wall,tlien diverged to either side, and undermined thewall, say for about IIH) feet. During the process,. Fii,, 1. siegers in the overthrow of ramparts and formation 1 the wall was sustained Ijy timber props; and theseof a l)reach : the?<(«((rw/«(S of the besieged in \ui- being ultimately set on lire, the wall fell: and thedermining the glacis over which the assaulting col-1 besiegers, wlio had awaited the opportunity, rushedumn nuist charge, and blowing them into the air. in at the lireaeh. This use of ndnes of attack neces-or in destroying batteries erected for breaching, are | silated those of defense winch obtained in serviceable. But far above tlie actual mis-1 times and have ever since kept the name of cninter. VnSTES. 364 KINES. mine!. The earliest subterranean defense consistedof a gallery surrounding the fort in advance of thefoot of the wall, and termed an enveloping this the garrison would-push forward smallbranches of triliutarj galleries, wlience they couldobtain warning o
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