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An essay on field fortification; : intended principally for the use of officers of infantry. Shewing how to trace out on the ground, and construct ... all sorts of redouts and other field works; ... Translated from the original manuscript of an officer of experience in the Prussian service, by J. C. Pleydell

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1768.
Call number: 446893
Creator: Pleydell, J. C(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (8vo)
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