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Two opinions regarding the making of facings — 73
Where the wall is thin, money is spent on it every few days — 33 84
One must take care not to make excessive expense — 75
Where the shot is too long, one must place a member in the middle — 79
Where the terrain is good, a moderately thick construction, & where it is bad, one should make the wall thick — 86
Where there is good terrain, the counterscarps original: "contrascarpe" without a wall — 91
Design of the defenses in the batteries — 107
Examples of the fortifying of the Romans in the commentaries of Caesar — 1
It is necessary to know the shots of the artillery — 5
There is greater difficulty in taking a place that has large bastions than one that has small ones — 9
It is to be considered with diligence what number of people one can have to make them work on the defense — 25
It is a doubtful thing to build the earth defenses where water can reach them — 30
Effect of the fascines in place of the lotte earth-clods/turf blocks — 35
Election of the men for the work — 37
Effect of the mortar placed in the line — 47
It is more useful in the batteries, the earthwork made with order than of earth alone — 64
It is difficult in the earth defenses to make the sorties — 65
It is difficult in the defenses to fear that the earth might fall — 66
It is necessary that the soldier understands wall constructions — 75
It is useful to learn something every day — 39
Flank of the bastion, of what measurement it should be — 7
Faces, or fronts of the bastions & their height — 8
By making the cavalier in the order from the curtain, it becomes a target for the enemy & material is prepared for them to fill the ditch — 17
Flanks of the platform — 17
Curved front on the cavalier — 19
Large ditch & its measurements — 20
Small ditch — 21