Fortifications

Examples

• This stand by the enemy was made more than two miles outside of his main fortifications. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Under all these circumstances I concluded that drill and discipline were worth more to our men than fortifications. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There were fortifications at intervals along the line and at the angles. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Besides the fortifications on Mission Ridge, there was a line at the base of the hill, with occasional spurs of rifle-pits half-way up the front. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• One of the first things I had to do was to construct fortifications at Corinth better suited to the garrison that could be spared to man them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• A continuous line of impregnable fortifications circles the outer slopes of the Mountains of Otz. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Huge shells filled with high explosives from these mammoth guns rapidly destroyed the most modern and powerful fortifications known at the beginning of the great war. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A panic swept Constantinople, which set itself to reconstruct its fortifications. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The power and prosperity of the towns find their best expression in these and in the fortifications with their strong towers and gateways. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The fortifications were rapidly turned to face the other way. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It is known that against such weapons of offense no fortifications can last and that the employment of such weapons has forced both armies to depend on their trenches as their main defense. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The army then proceeded to envelop Petersburg towards the South Side Railroad as far as possible without attacking fortifications. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• During the night of the 11th batteries were established which could play upon the fortifications of Chapultepec. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Dover was within the fortifications at Fort Donelson, and, as far as I remember, every citizen was gone. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In the case of guns in fortifications, the disappearing carriage is a highly important invention of recent date. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• These fortifications were never used. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Here again he showed the great scope of his knowledge, and wrote on military architecture and fortifications, the laws of motion, of the sphere, and various branches of mechanics. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The house-tops near the plaza were converted into infantry fortifications by the use of sand-bags for parapets. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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