A flèche (Fr. for "arrow") is an outwork consisting of two converging faces with a parapet and an open gorge, forming an arrowhead shape facing the enemy...
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Look up flèche in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Flèche or Fleche may refer to: Flèche (architecture), a type of church spire Flèche (cycling), a team...
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In fortification, a lunette was originally an outwork of half-moon shape; later it became a redan with short flanks, in trace somewhat resembling a bastion...
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bombardment, the French stormed the flèches again, some being eliminated with canister shot. Compans' infantry retook the left flèche while Francois Roch Ledru...
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Redan (category Fortification (architectural elements))
obtuse angle with a vertex toward the enemy is called a flèche (arrow in French). The Bagration flèches were three redans backwards in echelon. The Shevardino...
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Pillbox (military) (redirect from Pillbox (fortification))
assumed to be a jocular reference to the perceived similarity of the fortifications to the cylindrical and hexagonal boxes in which medical pills were once...
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Outworks such as ravelins, lunettes (demilunes), flèches and caponiers to shield bastions and fortification curtains from direct battery were developed in...
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Flamboyant Flame palmette Flanking tower Flat roof Flèche (architecture) Flèche (fortification) Flèche faîtière Fleuron Float glass Floating floor Flood...
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attack. Flèche: an arrow shaped outwork, smaller than a ravelin or a lunette, with 2 faces with a parapet and an open gorge Fort Fortification Fortress...
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Schanze (category Fortifications by type)
German fortification construction, an independent fieldwork that is frequently used in the construction of temporary (not permanent) field fortifications. The...
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