- and to
prevent supplies and
reinforcements from
being introduced. A
contravallation is a line of
fortifications built by the
attackers around the besieged...
- 'La Línea' (transl. 'The Line')
derives its name from the 'Line of
Contravallation' (La Línea de Contravalación)
defence structure built after the 1727...
-
defensive ring of
forts outside the ring of cir****vallated forts,
called contravallation, is also
sometimes used to
defend the
attackers from outside. Ancient...
- The
Lines of
Contravallation of
Gibraltar (Spanish: Línea de Contravalación de
Gibraltar or Línea de Gibraltar),
known in
English as the "Spanish Lines"...
- rest of Gaul,
Caesar built another outward-facing
fortification (a
contravallation)
against the
expected relief armies,
resulting in a doughnut-shaped...
- (cir****vallation)
around Alesia and an
additional ring 21 km (13 mi) long (
contravallation)
around that to stop
reinforcements (around 250,000 men
according to...
-
perpetuity under the
Treaty of
Utrecht in 1713. In 1730, the
Lines of
Contravallation of
Gibraltar were
built by
Spain to
isolate Gibraltar:
these lines...
-
ordered the
construction of an
encircling set of fortifications, a
contravallation,
around Alesia. It was
eleven Roman miles long (16 km or 10 modern...
-
protect his
camps (eventually five in total) from any
relief forces (
contravallation).
Scipio also
engineered the
isolation of the city from the Duero....
-
relief army away from the
imperial position and was cut
short by
their contravallation. Álvaro de Bazán,
Marquis of
Santa Cruz, was an
early developer of...
