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Author: Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650?
Title: The second part of the principles of art military, practised in the warres of the United Provinces consisting of the severall formes of battels, represented by the illustrious Maurice Prince of Orange of famous memorie, and His Highnesse Frederick Henry Prince of Orange, that is Captaine Generall of the Army of the high and mighty Lords the States Generall of the United Provinces : together with the order and forme of quartering, encamping, and approaching, in a warre offensive and defensive.
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Print source: The second part of the principles of art military, practised in the warres of the United Provinces consisting of the severall formes of battels, represented by the illustrious Maurice Prince of Orange of famous memorie, and His Highnesse Frederick Henry Prince of Orange, that is Captaine Generall of the Army of the high and mighty Lords the States Generall of the United Provinces : together with the order and forme of quartering, encamping, and approaching, in a warre offensive and defensive.
Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650?
Printed at Delf in Holeand: by Antony of Heusden, 1642.
Alternate titles: Principles of the art militarie. Part 2
Subject terms:
Maurice, -- Prince of Orange, 1567-1625.
Frederick Henry, -- Prince of Orange, 1584-1647.
United Provinces of the Netherlands. -- Staten Generaal.
Military art and science -- Early works to 1800.
Netherlands -- History, Military.
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TO THE TRVELY HONORABLE, AND HIS NOBLE LORD, GEORGE GORING, BARON OF HOS∣PERPOINT, VICE-CHAMBERLAINE TO HIS SACRED Maiestie, and one of his Majsties. most honorable privie Councill.
An Index, Of the contents of this second part, & how the Boockbinder is to place the Cards.
list of illustrations
THE SEVERALL DVTIES OF THE OFFICERS OF the feild belonging to an Armie.
And first of the Provost Marshall of an Army.
Of the Marshall of a Regiment.
The Office of a Quartermaster Generall.
The Office of the Quartermaster of a Regiment.
The Office of a Trench-Master.
Of an Inginier.
The Office of the Commissary Generall of the Victuals.
The Cariage Master his Office.
The Muster Masters Office.
Of the three chiefe Officers of a Regiment, and first of the Seriant Majour.
Of a Lieutenant Colonell.
Of a Colonell.
Of the Sarjant Majour Generall of an Armie.
The office of the three Sarjant Majours of the Tercias otherwise called the three Corporals of the field.
Of the Generall, or Master of the Ordnance.
Of the Commis or Clark of the Munition and Materials.
Of the Lord Marshall of the Feild.
The Office and charge of the Lord Generall of an Army.
NOW FOLLOWES IN VVHAT ORDER an Army ought to march in over a Campaigne, narrow passages, Woods, and Rivers.
How the Artillerie, and the Carriages are to March.
How one is to march through a wood.
How, and in what manner an Armie is to passe over a River.
HAVING SHOWNE THE DUTIES OF THE Officers of the Feild, touching the Infanterie or foote, before J shew the severall forming & makeing of Battels. It is necessary that I briefly speak some thing of the Officers of the Feild, which commaunds the Cavallrie or Horse troupes, which are these, namely.
Of the Quartermaster Generall.
Of the Commissarie Generall.
Of the Lieutenant Generall.
Of the Generall.
FIRST. OF THE ORDERING AND FORMING of a Devision, or a Battalion, and then the forme of an Army of thirty thousand Horse, and Foote raunged in Battell.
The Demonstration of the figures following, marked with great A. and B.
THE ORDER AND FORME OF QVARTERING and Encamping of an Army.
THE FIRST CHAPTER.
Of three sorts of Campes or Leagers.
The Campe which dislodgeth euery moment is called Castra Temporanea.
A Campe having a trench Cast vp about it, or beset with Turne Pikes and Palissadoes.
Castra Strataria and the proprieties thereof.
THE SECOND CHAPTER. OE THE DEVISION OF HVTS FOR Officiers, Souldiers, and Sutlers.
HIS HIGHNESSE THE PRINCE OF ORANGE his new Order, and Forme for Quartering of a Regiment of ten Companies of Foote, to wit, the Colonels being 200, the Lieutenant Colonels 150, and the Captaines 120 Heads.
THE FORME OF QVARTERING OF A REGIMENT of Horse, consisting of five Troupes, according to the Prince of ORANGE his new Order, the Captaines being quartered in the Reere. THE THIRD CHAPTER.
THE DEMONSTRATION.
Of Particular Quarters.
The Ichnographie of a Campe. THE FOVRTH CHAPTER.
The duty of a Quartermaster of a Regiment.
The duty of a Sarjant.
The Alarme place.
THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE severall Quarters in this Campe.
OF ALL MANNER OF APPROCHES, AND their Profiles, with the definition what approches are. THE FIFTH CHAPTER.
Of foure wanner of Approches.
The distances betweene the beginning of an Approch, and a Fortresse.
What part of a Fortresse ought to be approched to.
The First Example.
The Second Example.
The third Example.
The Fourth Example.
OF COUNTER-APPROCHES. THE SIXTH CHAPTER.
OF ALL SORTS OF BRIDGES, ESPECIALLY, your flagg, or Bulrush Bridges. THE SEVENTH CHAPTER.
OF GALLERIES. THE SEVENTH CHAPTER.
Of the Bords and Planks for a Gallery.
THE EIGHTH CHAPTER. OF MINES.
OF COVNTER-MINES THE NINTH CHAPTER.
OF PALISADOES, PALES, TVRNE-PIKES▪ BARRICADOES, QVADRANT-TAN∣TERNAILES: AND BEARES. THE TENTH CHAPTER.
OF PALISADOES, PALES, VRIZ-RVY∣TERS, CAVALLIERS DE FRIZE, Called in English Turne-piks. THE TENTH CHAPTER.
OF RETRENCHINGS, OR INWARD CUTTINGS OFF, AND HOW ONE MUST RESIST AN ASSAVLT. THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER. Interiour.