This work frequently consisted in “panic” orders, such as the sledge and fascine making for the battle of Cambrai.
Meanwhile the Advanced Guard tank had swung round, and crossing over the fascines of the two Infantry tanks moved forward with its own fascine still in position.
Once this fascine was cast it could not be picked up again without considerable difficulty.
The weight of a fascine of partially seasoned material will average 140 lbs.
A fascinerevetment =must always be crowned= with sods or bags.
After a cradle is made, 4 men can make 1 fascine per hour, with wire binding.
When the fascine is choked and bound, saw the ends off square, 9 ins.
The general object is to so dispose the brush as to make the fascine of uniform size, strength, and stiffness from end to end.
A fascine revetment= is made by placing the fascines as shown in Fig.
In this is chiefly to be considered fascinework for the protection of the banks of rivers and canals, the construction of bridges and sluices, and the laying the foundation of heavy masonry in water.
As there were no Guns either in Fort Chambra, or on what was called the Fascine Battery, the Princess-Amelia, and the Litchfield met with no Opposition.
Fascine Battery of twelve Guns: From same Fascines being placed in order upon the Shore, it was believed that the Enemy had Thoughts of erecting a Battery on that Place.
Hartmann concluded had originally passed upwards through the fascine work, but now only the portions embedded in the clay remained, the rest having disappeared by decomposition.
Relics were found not only on the surface of these fascine structures, but also in the clay between the successive layers or platforms, and even underneath the lowest, down as far as the Weissergrund, but never actually in the latter.
It is true that the pile-dwellings were more numerous on the Continent than the fascine structures, while the reverse is the case in Scotland and Ireland--if indeed the former can be said to have existed at all in these countries.
Over this clay and rubbish were placed, to the extent of other two feet; and then came the fascine structures, which raised the mound other three feet.
Professor Amrein concludes his report by stating his opinion that this settlement was at its commencement a palatitte, and that subsequently fascine structures were constructed over its ruins.
At this depth in the peat wooden platforms are met with, formed of layers of round or split timbers lying transversely one above the other, and forming a kind of fascine structure.
Hartmann bases his opinion that not only the Wurthen, but also the neighbouring Warfen and Terpen, were constructed like the fascine islands of prehistoric Switzerland, and the Scottish and Irish crannogs.
In the spring of 1865 Pigorini explored and described a station in the district of Parma called Fontanellato, which, at the time, he considered to be a terramara containing a fascine structure belonging to the Iron Age.
This produced the still more improved fascine constructions, which certainly gave still greater strength to the dwelling.
They differ from the fascineconstructions in that they frequently were built on natural islands, or on shallows approaching to this character.
By this time another fascine battery situated by the shore, at a point nine hundred yards from the walls, began raking the Circular Battery of the enemy, in conjunction with the direct fire from our Advanced Battery.
This formation seems to have been of more ancient date than the artificial stages upon piles alone, inasmuch as few, if any, instances have been discovered in which bronze remains are associated with fascine dwellings.
Accordingly Admiral Vernon assembled all the boats, in order to co-operate, having landed their men within view of the enemy, where the fascine battery was fixed.
Upon the 21st it was resolved to wipe away the disgrace of the late miscarriage, by an attack of the squadron and forces against the Castle and fascine batteries.
About eleven at night the Van gained one of the fascine batteries upon Ponta Brava, when a Spanish centinel discharged his musquet, and gave a general alarm.
Dropping the fascine on to the truck in front of the tank requires care and precision, while obviously if a fascine refuses to be picked up again, tanks are prevented from coming off the train.
When a dangerously wide trench was reached, the driver pulled a rope, the fascinegently rolled off the tank into the trench, and the tank crossed at its ease.
