In
field fortification a lunette was a detached field work open at the gorge
traced with two faces forming a salient angle and two flanks adjoining the
faces. Lunettes were employed in much the same fashion as redans: as advanced
works or elements within a line with intervals. In the design of Fortress
Rosecrans, at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, large irregular lunettes were used
to fortify the perimeter of the entrenched camp.
In permanent
fortifications a lunette was a type of outwork constructed to shield demi-lune
faces, create crossing columns of fire across the salient of the demi-lune,
and partially cover bastion faces from distant artillery fire. Lunettes were
similar to tenaillons (which sometimes called great lunettes), but did not
extend beyond the faces of the demi-lune or throw the demi-lune salient into
a deep re-entering angle.
In
field fortification a lunette was a detached field work open at the gorge
traced with two faces forming a salient angle and two flanks adjoining the
faces. Lunettes were employed in much the same fashion as redans: as advanced
works or elements within a line with intervals. In the design of Fortress
Rosecrans, at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, large irregular lunettes were used
to fortify the perimeter of the entrenched camp.
In permanent
fortifications a lunette was a type of outwork constructed to shield demi-lune
faces, create crossing columns of fire across the salient of the demi-lune,
and partially cover bastion faces from distant artillery fire. Lunettes were
similar to tenaillons (which sometimes called great lunettes), but did not
extend beyond the faces of the demi-lune or throw the demi-lune salient into
a deep re-entering angle.
