They were armed with six guns, which on the morning of the 25th swept the boyaux of communication and a whole branch of the second parallel.
If the besieged succeeded in finishing and arming these works, the batteries 11 and 12 of the besieger would be taken obliquely, the boyaux of communication would be for the most part raked, and the siege would have to be recommenced.
These parallels communicated with each other by trench boyaux traced in zigzags, so as not to be raked by the fires of the place (see p.
On the night of the 18th of February he commenced the ricochet batteries of the first parallel, and the boyaux of communication that were to lead to the second parallel; the works were continued by day.
Boyaux are sometimes used for lateral defence and often emplacements for automatic guns are arranged to cover stretches of them.
Separate boyaux should, if possible, be assigned to the troops relieving and relieved.
Latrines should be run out about 20 feet from boyaux at points directly in rear of lateral trenches.
When boyaux are built by night sharp zig-zag corners should be used, or the angles will not be acute and protection will be lost.
Shell-holes with a good field of fire and emplacements along boyaux are the best location for machine guns.
Lieutenant Stevens reported the completion of the boyaux to the chief engineer at 8-1/2 P.
The boyaux of communication made practicable and safe to-day, although not sufficiently commodious; a fatigue party of 200 men reporting to Lieutenant Stevens, and commencing work at five A.
Descents are then constructed into the ditches, and as soon as these batteries have made a breach into the walls of the bastions and outworks, the boyaux are pushed across the ditches and lodgments effected in the breaches.
The boyaux are trenches run in a zigzag direction along the capitals of the front of attack, and are intended exclusively for the circulation of the troops; they have no banquettes.
Boyaux are now pushed forward to the crowning of the covered way and the establishing of breach batteries, (J).
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