An essay on field fortification; intended principally for the use of officers of infantry. Shewing how to trace out on the ground, and construct in the easiest Manner, all sorts of redouts and other field works; Also, To put into a proper State of Defense, Posts of different kinds, such as Churches, Church-Yards, old Castles, Villages, small and large Towns, &c. With Forty Copper-Plates. Translated from the original manuscript of an officer of experience in the Prussian service, by J. C. Pleydell, Lieutenant in the Twelfth Regiment of Foot.

People / Organizations

• J. C Pleydell (Author)
• John Nourse ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for J. Nourse, Bookseller to His Majesty, MDCCLXVIII. [1768]

Publication year

1768-1768

ESTC No.

T113870

Grub Street ID

165735

Description

xiv,[2],184p.,plates ; 8⁰

Note

Probably by J. C. Pleydell himself.