Couvreface
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couvreface-232-5526645
title:
Couvreface
text:
A couvreface in fortification architecture is a small outwork that was built in front of the actual fortress ditch before bastions or ravelins. It usually just consisted of a low rampart with a breastwork that protected its defending infantry. Another ditch in front of the work guarded it from immediate frontal assault. The function of couvrefaces was to protect the faces of the higher ravelin or bastion behind it from direct artillery fire. So that the couvreface and the works behind it could n
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Feature in fortification architecture
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couvreface
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date modified:
2023-08-10T03:51:18Z
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