A
line used in the design and analysis of fortifications that bisects a salient
angle into two equal parts and is prolonged as far as desirable toward both
the interior and exterior of the fortification. It generally reveals the
prolonged center line of a salient angle's sector without fire and shows
points that might require the defensive protection of artillery positioned
within a salient. A capital also graphically delineates a fortification's
most vulnerable points and reveals possible lines of approach where an assaulting
body of troops would encounter the least amount of fire from the work before
reaching the ditch.
A
line used in the design and analysis of fortifications that bisects a salient
angle into two equal parts and is prolonged as far as desirable toward both
the interior and exterior of the fortification. It generally reveals the
prolonged center line of a salient angle's sector without fire and shows
points that might require the defensive protection of artillery positioned
within a salient. A capital also graphically delineates a fortification's
most vulnerable points and reveals possible lines of approach where an assaulting
body of troops would encounter the least amount of fire from the work before
reaching the ditch.
