On the right, the two companies of the 321st, vigorously inspired by their leader, reach the ditch of the counterscarp in two waves; they are received by a curtain fire of bombs and machine-guns.
Though so disabled by the gout as to be unable to mount his horse without help, he was indefatigable in his exertions to hasten the march of his troops, to whom he gave the rendezvous, "Under the counterscarp at Vienna.
His counterscarp and parapet, his galleries, covered ways and mines, were as elaborate, massive, and artistically finished as if he were building a city instead of besieging one.
These points, which have been already described, were most essential to the protection of the place, as without them the whole counterscarp was in danger.
On the seventh day of September, the besiegers took by assault the counterscarp of Lisle, after an obstinate action, in which they lost a thousand men.
At length the allies made a general attack upon the counterscarp and ravelin, which they carried after a very obstinate engagement, with the loss of two thousand men.
The counterscarpand certain parts of the scarp were faced with stone, carefully polished, and fixed so as to augment the difficulty of approach.
The trace of the counterscarp followed that of the enceinte, including the buttresses.
But the greatest loss of the besieged was that of the counterscarp and ravelin.
The ditch is very broad, and the scarp and counterscarp are riveted with brick-work.
The parapet is thick, and the scarp and counterscarp are faced with solid masonry.
The gallery of thecounterscarp will be deserted, and thou knowest the way into the sally ports.
On the far side of the ditch, along the crest of the counterscarp and covered way, clouds of skirmishers spread themselves, pouring their shot upon the defences; but the fire had little effect, and gradually slackened.
Even the covered way at the crest of the counterscarp had been cleared out and fitted for musketeers, and larger guns than before mounted in many places on the broad rampart and the bastions.
Some part of the counterscarphad apparently been dug down or blown in, and it was evidently the way by which the enemy would approach.
A few moments more, and two thin columns of smoke issued from the fort wall, and from that part of the counterscarp which was opposite.
Its lofty walls, its deep and extremely broad ditch, the height of the counterscarp and defences for musketry were unapproachable.
The ditch is very broad, and the scarp and counterscarp are riveted with brickwork.
The sentinel on the counterscarp had seen the officer's fall, and instantly passed the news to the Viceroy.
The ditch has escarp and counterscarp, and is defended by counterscarp galleries at the angles.
The counterscarp is not revetted if the ditch is wet.
In section 2 it will be seen that the counterscarp galleries flanking the ditch are drawn back from the face of the counterscarp.
The ditch has no escarp or counterscarp, and is flanked by counterscarp galleries at the salient.
In the present design the keep is a mass of concrete, which depends for the defence of its front ditches oncounterscarp galleries in the main work, the few embrasures for frontal defence being practically useless.
We may also notice in this design the broad ditch, the counterscarp with narrow covered way, and loopholes indicating counterscarp galleries.
The main galleries (those running out in a straight line from the counterscarp gallery e to three of the points a) fall gently to the front to a depth of 30 or 40 ft.
A counterscarp of very solid construction is generally used.
There is a counterscarp to the faces, but no covered way.
Communication between the faces and the counterscarp galleries is obtained by posterns under the ditch.
That of Paris, which was influenced by political considerations, was a simple bastioned trace with rather long fronts and without ravelins or other outworks; the escarp was high and therefore exposed, and the counterscarp was not revetted.
The fort with its dwelling casemates is surrounded by a deep ditch flanked by counterscarp galleries.
Beyond the counterscarp wall some of the earth excavated from the ditch was piled up to increase the protection given to the escarp wall.
The parapets were organized for artillery and the ditches were defended by caponiers orcounterscarp galleries.
Berendrecht simply decided that if the old counterscarp could no longer be held it was time to build a new counterscarp.
The foe had now worked his way with galleries and ditches along the whole length of the counterscarp till he was nearly up with the Porcupine, and it was obvious that in a few days he would be master of the counterscarp itself.
By the 11th May, the enemy had effected a lodgment in a corner of the Porcupine, and already from that point might threaten the new counterscarp before it should be completed.
The counterscarp should be cased up to at least sixteen or seventeen feet above the bottom of the ditch.
Secondinus raised an agger at this point, in front of the gate of the cite; and on the declivity of the plateau another agger opposite and on the counterscarp of the fosse of the ramping wall (Fig.
In this way they reached the counterscarp of the ditch, despite of missiles from the towers.
A narrow covered way was led along the counterscarp to facilitate surveillance and allow the patrol to go their rounds.
At two o'clock in the morning the wooden tower was on the counterscarp of the ditch.
When about fifty were at the top of the escarpment, poles were handed to them furnished with hooks, which they fixed into the wattling: then those who had remained on the counterscarp pulled the poles with all their force.
When the soldiers began to lay their hands on the stockadoes they tore them down, for the length of six score [yards]; and leaped pell mell into the Counterscarp amongst the enemy.
Abundance of the enemy were drowned in the moat; and many taken prisoners, with two German Princes; and the Counterscarp cleared.
Tickhill Castle in Yorkshire had a palisade on the counterscarp of the ditch when it was taken by Cromwell.
On the counterscarp a portion of the bank remains.
Several passages show that it was a defence on the counterscarpof the ditch, and it may sometimes have been a hedge.
The entrance to this fortress is only by a bridge, which rises from the counterscarp of the ditch, supported on double or even triple columns, till it reaches the upper edge of the motte (agger).
A lofty motte, with a very small semilunar platform below, formed by broadening out a part of the counterscarpbank of the ditch.
The court is defended by earthen banks, both on the scarp and counterscarp of the ditch, and these banks of course had also their timber stockades, the remains of which have sometimes been found on excavation.
It is noteworthy that a motte-and-bailey castle is actually a fortification with three banks: one round the top of the motte, one round the edge of the bailey, one on the counterscarp of the ditch.
A piece of Norman pottery with green glaze was found by Mr Stallybrass, one foot below the surface in the counterscarp bank.
Hirucones are the same as heritones or hericias, a defence of stakes on the counterscarp of the ditch.
The following passages seem to show clearly that it was on the counterscarp of the ditch: "[Montreuil] il a bien clos, esforce e ferme de pel e hericon.
The whole work is encircled by an outer ditch of varying breadth, being 100 feet wide on the weakest side of the work, and by a counterscarp bank which appears to be still perfect.
From the ruins we saw that it was a square with four small bastions and three ravelins, the scarp, and the counterscarp being covered with strong stone-work; the bastion contains casemates as well as the curtain of the eastern front.
This battery on the counterscarp was built temporarily of wood, like a block-house, and served the garrison for quarters.
The counterscarp was simply an earthen slope, easy to descend.
September two mines were fired, which blew up the counterscarp and brought it down to the level of the water of the ditch.
It forms a sort of huge natural moat to the mountain citadel of Hakkiari; and the counterscarp is represented by the series of lower parallel ridges which rise behind Akra, Sheikh Adi and Rabban Hormizd, overlooking Mosul plain.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "counterscarp" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
