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Lines of Circumvallation
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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LINES OF CIRCUMVALLATION (from Lat. circum, round, and vallum, a rampart), in fortification, a continuous circle of entrenchments surrounding a besieged place. "Lines of Contravallation" were similar works by which the besieger protected himself against the attack of a relieving army from any quarter. These continuous lines of circumvallation and contravallation were used only in the days of small armies and small fortresses, and both terms are now obsolete.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Lines of Circumvallation'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/lines-of-circumvallation.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Lines of Circumvallation'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/lines-of-circumvallation.html. 1910.
