Redoubt

Redoubt

A redoubt is a fort or fort system usually consisting of an enclosed defensive emplacement outside a larger fort, usually relying on earthworks, though others are constructed of stone or brick.cite web
title=Dictionary of Fortifications: Redoubt
url=http://civilwarfortifications.com/dictionary/xgr-015.html
date=September 2005
publisher= [http://civilwarfortifications.com Civil War Field Fortifications Website]
accessdate= ] It is meant to protect soldiers outside the main line of defense and can be a permanent structure or a hastily-constructed temporary fortification. Redoubts were a component of the military strategies of most European empires during the colonial era, especially in the outer works of Vauban-style fortresses made popular during the 17th century, although the concept of redoubts has existed since medieval times. A redoubt differs from a redan in that the redan is open in the rear, whereas the redoubt was considered an enclosed work.cite web
title=Field Fortifications: On The Trace Of Field Fortifications
url=http://civilwarfortifications.com/introductory/introductory-trace.html
publisher= [http://civilwarfortifications.com Civil War Field Fortifications Website]
date=March 2003
accessdate=2007-02-26]

The advent of mobile warfare in the 20th Century generally diminished the importance of the defense of static positions and siege warfare, though combat bases and fire bases of the Vietnam War, and Forward Operating Bases of the Iraq War and Afghanistan can be seen as the descendants of this type of fortified position.Fact|date=August 2008

Historically important redoubts

Wars of the Three Kingdoms

During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms redoubts were frequently built to protect older fortifications from the more effective artillery of the period. Often close to ancient fortifications there were small hills that overlooked the defences, but in previous centuries these had been too far from the fortifications to be a threat. A small hill close to Worcester was used as an artillery platform by the Parliamentarians when they successfully besieged Worcester in 1646. In 1651 before the Battle of Worcester the hill was turned into a redoubt by the Royalists, (the remains of which can be seen today in Fort Royal Hill Park). During the Battle of Worcester, the Parliamentarians captured this redoubt and turned its guns on Worcester. In so doing they made the defence of the city untenable. This action effectively ended the battle, the last of the English Civil War.

Other important redoubts

See the Battle of Poltava (1709), the Battle of Yorktown (1781), the Battle of Bunker Hill (1775), the Lines of Torres Vedras of the Peninsular War (1809–1810), the Battle of Borodino (1812), the Charge of the Light Brigade (1854), the Railroad Redoubt of the Battle of Vicksburg (1863), and the Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt of World War I (1916) for examples where redoubts played a crucial role in military history.

ee also

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External links

* [http://andy_bennett.home.mindspring.com/redoubt1.html Advance Redoubt] , near Pensacola, Florida
* [http://civilwarfortifications.com/fortification_images/Grenada_MS_Redoubt/index.html Redoubt Traced on an Irregular Hexagon. Grenada, Mississippi]

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  • Redoubt — Re*doubt , v. t. [F. redouter, formerly also spelt redoubter; fr. L. pref. re re + dubitare to doubt, in LL., to fear. See {Doubt}.] To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread. [R.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Redoubt — Re*doubt (r?*dout ), n. [F. redoute, fem., It. ridotto, LL. reductus, literally, a retreat, from L. reductus drawn back, retired, p. p. of reducere to lead or draw back; cf. F. r[ e]duit, also fr. LL. reductus. See {Reduce}, and cf. {Reduct}, {R[ …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • redoubt — (n.) c.1600, from Fr. redoute, from It. ridotto place of retreat, from M.L. reductus place of refuge, retreat, from L. reduct , pp. stem of reducere to lead or bring back (see REDUCE (Cf. reduce)). The b was added by influence of unrelated… …   Etymology dictionary

  • redoubt — ► NOUN ▪ a temporary or supplementary fortification, typically square or polygonal and without flanking defences. ORIGIN French redoute, from Latin reductus refuge …   English terms dictionary

  • redoubt — [ri dout′] n. [Fr redoute < It ridotta < ML reductus, refuge, orig. pp. of L reducere: see REDUCE] 1. a) a breastwork outside a fortification, to defend approaches, etc. b) a breastwork within a fortification 2. any stronghold …   English World dictionary

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