- A
scarp and a
counterscarp are the
inner and
outer sides, respectively, of a
ditch or moat used in fortifications.
Attackers (if they have not bridged...
-
scarp while the side of a
ditch closest to the
enemy is
known as the
counterscarp. In
early fortifications,
ditches were
often used in
combination with...
- fire down both
angles of the ditch. An
alternative to the
caponier is a
counterscarp battery, dug into the
outer face of the
corner of the ditch,
giving a...
- ditch. A
counterscarp battery at the
north end of the east
ditch commands the
north ditch and the gatehouse.
Presumably there is a
counterscarp battery...
-
parapet of a fortification.
Musketeers atop it were able to view the
counterscarp, or fire on
enemies in the moat.
Typical they are
around foot and a half...
- (French:
chemin couvert, Italian:
strada coperta) is a path on top of the
counterscarp of a fortification. It is
protected by an
embankment which is made up...
- and the ditch,
bounded on
either side by the smooth,
masoned scarp and
counterscarp, is reached. The term
glacis plate describes the
sloped front-most section...
- the
bottom of
which flows the
Rhummel wadi,
presents for
escarp and
counterscarp a sheer-cut rock, un****ailable by mine as by the ball. The Mansourah...
-
perimeter is a
double rampart, but the
flatter eastern side has an
extra counterscarp rampart with well-defined
double ditches.
There are two
entrances to...
- to the
counterscarp. The
counterscarp is made of
concrete and
contained a gaol, the forge, and
several supply rooms. On top of the
counterscarp there is...
