Doorsnede_vestingwerken_Grol_(Groenlo)_in_1627_-_Intersection_of_the_defensive_works_of_Grol_in_1627_(Commelin,_1651).jpg
Summary
Description Doorsnede vestingwerken Grol (Groenlo) in 1627 - Intersection of the defensive works of Grol in 1627 (Commelin, 1651).jpg |
English:
Intersection of the defensive works of Grol (Groenlo) in 1627. Image from the Life of Frederick Henry by Commelin (1651)
The text: Conterscharp on the drawing is not positioned correctly. The associated text says correctly that the Conterscharp is the wall faceing the moats outer side.
Nederlands:
Doorsnede van de vestingwerken van Groenlo anno 1627. Afbeelding uit Commelin's werk over Frederik Hendrik uit 1651.
Polski:
XVII-wieczna ilustracja pokazująca przekrój pionowy fortyfikacji Groenlo. Od lewej: przeciwskarpa, covertway, rów obronny, faussebraye oraz główny mur obronny.
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Source | Frederick van Nassauw Prince van Orangien, zijn leven en bedrijf (Amsterdam, 1651) |
Author | Commelin |
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' t Vlacke landt (the flat lands)
Conterscharp (Contra-escarp, a steep slope on the other side of the canal (seen from the city)
Bedeckten wegh (Safe passageway behind a earthen wall)
Fausebray (Faussebray, an earthen wall in front of the city's main earthen wall)
De Wall (the main city wall, made of earth)
Borstweer (a borstwering , an extra elevated part of the main wall behind which canons and military personel would be situated)
Stats graft (city canal)
Vertooninghe der Walle, Graft, Fausebray, ende bedecten wegh ofte Conterscharp vande Stadt Groll, in deze Belegereinghe. (Depiction of the city wall, canal, faussebray and the safe passageway or contra escarp of the city of Groll, during this siege.