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A43483 The second part of the principles of art military, practised in the warres of the United Provinces consisting of the severall formes of battels, represented by the illustrious Maurice Prince of Orange of famous memorie, and His Highnesse Frederick Henry Prince of Orange, that is Captaine Generall of the Army of the high and mighty Lords the States Generall of the United Provinces : together with the order and forme of quartering, encamping, and approaching, in a warre offensive and defensive.; Principles of the art militarie. Part 2 Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650? 1642 (1642) Wing H1654; ESTC R18347 75,268 96

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bough or stick aswell in the front as in the reere of the quarter giving also to the Colonell his ground in the midst of his regiment But first the Quattermasters ptikes out the ground before and behinde for the Captaines gives there the bredth of the streete between the Sarjants in the reere of the souldiers huts and their owne as likewise the depth betweene the Captaines boughs the Sutlars huts marking out first the foure angles of his quarter by setting into the ground his quarter staues and flaggs of his Colonels colours The duty of a Sarjant THe quarter being so laid out then the Sarjant of euery Companie kilspits it and divides and makes the partition of the huts to the Gentlemen and souldiers which they prick out by line and small boughs or sticks stock into the ground and so divides the rowes of huts and the streets among them euery hut having some 4 or 5 foote in bredth and for vniformity sake 8 foote deepe and thus the ground for a whole Regiment of what number so ever the Companies be is marked and drawne out in a feild as the figure of a Regiment for 10 Companies before mentioned demonstrates The other quarters to wit for horse officiers ordinance and carriages are marked by number and letter in the campe following The Alarme place THere is left round about the circuit of the whole quarter a parallell on all sides some 200 or 250 foote betweene the front of the quarter and the trench called an Alarme Place for the souldiers to draw out into Armes into Parade or when any Alarme or commotion happens the Campe or quarter being environned with a Trench and a Parapet of six foote high six foote deepe and three foote in the bottome and the ditch 8 foote broade The souldiers of euery Companie are commonly commanded to make this trench parapet and ditch before their quarter or where it may fall on t because it serues for their own defence which the souldiers are to doe for their owne safty without giuing them any mony for it There is assigned by the Quartermasters to euery Regiment how much ground they must cast vp according to the commission and strength of euery company which proportionally is equally divided among the companies that one companie do no more work then an other In doing of which the Captaine and Officers of a companie are to ouersee it that the trench be done well and with expedition Now the whole circūference of the quarter being measured out by line and kilspitted there is a generall calculation made how many Regiments there are in the campe and how many companies each Regiment hath that one may know how many hundred companies there are in the army And then by the rule of 3 knowing the line and circumference and the number of companies say the number of all the Regiments and Compagnies which are to make upe the line of Circumvallation amounts to so many feete or rodes how much ground then must a Regiment of ten companies haue that containes so many men This calculation being made the companies of euery Regiment draw out so many men after the Quartermaster hath furnished them with materials which is quickly done seing the men are relieved and many hands as the proverbe is makes light worke and will make hast that they may haue time to build their own huts and cabins to keepe them vnder covert The quarters being thus fortified and the line of Circumvallation made a double ditch for horses and strong Redoubts Horne-works Crowne-works Batteries Half-moones and Spurs upon the commanding places of most danger as yout shall see in the Ichnographies of the lines of Circumvallation before the siege of the Bosch Mastrick and Breda which shall be shown God willing in my third part of this booke all these things then being done after the demonstration of this Campe we come next to handle approches THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE severall Quarters in this Campe A Is his Excellenties quarter which is 300 foote in depth and 125 in bredth B Is the Lords the States quarter being 300 foote in depth and 342 in bredth C The Generall of the ordinance and Magazin 300 foote in depth and 800 in bredth D The quarter of the Carriages and waggons E The quarter for Marchants Tradsman and Victulars F Mons. Chastillon quarter being 14 Companies making 28 Rowes of Huts 300 deepe and 500 foote broade G Mons. Bythunes being 13 Comp. making 28 Rowes 300 foote deepe and 500 in bredth H The Freeses being 5 Comp. making 15 Rowes 300 foote deepe and 235 foote broad I Sir Horace Veres Regiment being 14 English Comp. making 31 Rowes 300 foote deepe and 548 broad K Mons. Cicils Reg. being 7 Comp. making 15 Rowes 300 foote deepe and 292 broad L Colonel Ogles Reg. being 8 Comp. making 16 Rowes 300 foote deepe and 308 broad M Mons. Fulchs being 6 Comp. 18 rowes 300 foote deep and 300 broade N My Lord of Bach-louch being 6 comp. 12 rowes 300 foote deepe and 244 broade O Colonel Egmont his Reg. being 6 comp. 12 rowes 300 foote deep 244 broad P 7 comp. Wallons commanded by Count Iohn Ernest 14 rowes 300 foote deepe and 276 broad Q Count Ernest Lord Marshall 10 Comp. 25 rowos 300 foote deep and 450 foote broade R 6 Comp. of Hollanders 12 rowes 300 foote deep and 242 broad T Prince Henry Generrll of the Horse 4 Cornets 300 foote deep and 476 broad V Capt. Qwicht 3 Cornets 300 foote deepe and 250 broad W Mons Market Lieut. Generall 4 Cornets 300 foote deep and 349 broad X Mons Ryhoven 4 Cornets 300 foote doep and 340 broad Y Mens Bacx 4 Cornets 300 foote deep and 340 broad Z Mons. Wagheman 3 Cornets 300 foote deepe and 253 broad aa Mons Quaet 3 Cornets 333 foote deep and 350 broad bb Mons la Sale 4 Cornets 330 foote deep and 340 broad cc Mons Stakenbrouck 4 Cornets 300 foote deepe and 340 broad dd The Drost Sallant 4 Cornets 300 foote deep and 340 broad ee Peter Pany commanding the Princes guard of Horse 1 Corn 300 foote deep and 100 broad OF ALL MANNER OF APPROCHES AND their Profiles with the definition what approches are THE FIFTH CHAPTER THe Approch by which one approcheth safest towards a Towne or a Fortresse besieged are certaine hollow ditches called Trenches digged into the Earth whereby one may approch neare vnto a Towne or a fortresse covertly without any great harme if the lines be carryed well and kept from the sight of an enemy In approching one ought to consider well 1. The situation of the Towne or fort to be besieged 2. The propriety and forme of the approach 3. The beginning and distance of them and fourthly their profile 1. For the Site of the place one ought to consider well the propriety and nature thereof whether the ground bee high low hilly or plaine In plaine and even ground one may finde foure kinds of Earth to wit 1.