Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Mar 8, 2022 20:08
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English term
Poland
Native in: Polish 
apron
English to Polish
Tech/Engineering
Military / Defense
Context:
The French do manage to flood the southern
apron defenses and deny the Germans this potential avenue of attack.
The French do manage to flood the southern
apron defenses and deny the Germans this potential avenue of attack.
Proposed translations
(Polish)
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Andrzej Mierzejewski
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Change log
Mar 10, 2022 11:17: grzegorzzeml Created KOG entry
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Andrzej Mierzejewski
Poland
Poland
Native in Polish
Works in field
Poland
M.Sc. Engineer (Mechanics)
Native in: Polish
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish, German to Polish, and 3 more.
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Reference comments
4 hrs
Reference:
wygląda na zalanie/zatopienie okopów obronnych miasta
The French do manage to flood the southern apron defenses and deny the Germans this potential - https://youtu.be/x5DfYxCHFHk?t=104 - widoczne na mapie od 1'45"
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Note added at 4 hrs (2022-03-09 00:46:17 GMT)
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At first the French did not expect an attack, so they’re not well prepared. They only start flooding the trenches and preparing southern forward defences after the arrival of the first German troops. - https://realtimehistory.net/blogs/news/battle-of-colombey-no...
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Note added at 4 hrs (2022-03-09 00:54:30 GMT)
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The barrage was constructed from 1686 to 1690 in pink Vosges sandstone by the French Engineer Jacques Tarade according to plans by Vauban. The principal defensive function of the barrage was to enable, in the event of an attack, the raising the level of the River Ill and thus the flooding of all the lands south of the city, making them impassable to the enemy. This defensive measure was deployed in 1870, when Strasbourg was besieged by Prussian forces during the Franco-Prussian War, and resulted in the complete flooding of the northern part of the suburb of Neudorf. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrage_Vauban
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Note added at 4 hrs (2022-03-09 00:46:17 GMT)
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At first the French did not expect an attack, so they’re not well prepared. They only start flooding the trenches and preparing southern forward defences after the arrival of the first German troops. - https://realtimehistory.net/blogs/news/battle-of-colombey-no...
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Note added at 4 hrs (2022-03-09 00:54:30 GMT)
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The barrage was constructed from 1686 to 1690 in pink Vosges sandstone by the French Engineer Jacques Tarade according to plans by Vauban. The principal defensive function of the barrage was to enable, in the event of an attack, the raising the level of the River Ill and thus the flooding of all the lands south of the city, making them impassable to the enemy. This defensive measure was deployed in 1870, when Strasbourg was besieged by Prussian forces during the Franco-Prussian War, and resulted in the complete flooding of the northern part of the suburb of Neudorf. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrage_Vauban
Note from asker:
| Zalanie rowów obronnych miasta od południa? Dziękuję :-) |
Peer comments on this reference comment:
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Crannmer
: "rów obronny" to po polsku fosa.
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Discussion
These extremely short-barreled howitzers (caliber length L13 or L14) were set up in some defense systems in such a way that they could repel infantry attacks with shrapnel directly in the fortress apron with the weakest charge (1st charge).
https://second.wiki/wiki/festungsartillerie
Zalać można fosę, kanały, w ostateczności podejścia.
- https://www.google.com/books/edition/Eyewitness_on_the_Somme...