Annals Of A Fortress. Cet article n’est pas disponible.Annals Of A Fortress

An evocative examination of siege warfare and fortifications, written as the life story of an imagined French castle, by a noted military engineer and architect who served in the Franco-Prussian war.

The Fortress whose transmutations during successive ages are so vividly described in the following pages is V5 an ideal one ;its supposed situation is on the Cousin, an affluent of the Saone. The practical genius of the autlior indicates the position which, in view of the new eastern frontier, should be fortified in order to command the Saone, To his unrivalled talent as an architect, Monsieur Viollet-le-D uc adds the highest qualifications of the J, military engineer. In this branch of applied science he is a recognised authority ;and it may not be out of place to notice here that he was frequently consulted by the late Emperor respecting the permanent defences of the country. It is not too much to assert that if his (j: recommendations had been carried out the investment of Paris would have been rendered impossible, whilst the progress of the German invasion elsewhere would have been attended with greater difficulties. As colonel of engineers, no officer displayed greater energy, skill, or bravery, in the defence of the city ;and every operation planned and directed by him during the siege was successful.
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