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HistWar (English zone) => General discussions => Discussion démarrée par: Jacquinot le 23 novembre 2011, 15:04:52 pm

Titre: Tower on redoubts.
Posté par: Jacquinot le 23 novembre 2011, 15:04:52 pm
Anybody know for what this towers on redoubts?

Some people on Russian military history forum ask me about that.
Titre: Re : Tower on redoubts.
Posté par: Petrus58 le 23 novembre 2011, 15:46:55 pm
Jacquinot, I have no idea about the towers as well, but in looking aroud I found this website which has a few pictures I handn't seen before: http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/Borodino_battle.htm#_BATTLE_of_SHEVARDINO
Titre: Re : Re : Tower on redoubts.
Posté par: Jacquinot le 23 novembre 2011, 15:56:31 pm
Jacquinot, I have no idea about the towers as well, but in looking aroud I found this website which has a few pictures I handn't seen before: http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/Borodino_battle.htm#_BATTLE_of_SHEVARDINO

Some pictures from Russian books, some from Borodino Panorama.
Titre: Re : Tower on redoubts.
Posté par: oster1815 le 23 novembre 2011, 16:21:00 pm
Thanks for this excellent link, Petrus   :!:

I think the "towers" were light structures used as lookout to watch a long range of landscape....Also they may be used when firing to see over the smoke ?
The representations show only few and on well built fortifications, not hasty fieldworks !
More elaborate, higher wooden frame towers are seen in ACW pictures, both for watch and signals (wig-wag)...

Hope this help  ;)
oster
Titre: Re : Re : Tower on redoubts.
Posté par: Jacquinot le 23 novembre 2011, 17:06:37 pm
Thanks for this excellent link, Petrus   :!:

I think the "towers" were light structures used as lookout to watch a long range of landscape....Also they may be used when firing to see over the smoke ?
The representations show only few and on well built fortifications, not hasty fieldworks !
More elaborate, higher wooden frame towers are seen in ACW pictures, both for watch and signals (wig-wag)...

Hope this help  ;)
oster

Do you have any historical sources about this towers?
Titre: Re : Re : Re : Tower on redoubts.
Posté par: oster1815 le 24 novembre 2011, 18:31:18 pm
Do you have any historical sources about this towers?

Sorry, I didn't find it at once but they'ld be in one of my books   :roll: