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English: Some illustrations of the Siege of Candia. The detail pictures show the Sant' Andrea and Panigra Bastions of the fortress:
  • No. 22, upper left: Turkish batteries and approaches (the grid-like lines are trenches)
  • No. 23, upper right: Plan of defenders countermines
  • No. 24, lower left: Underground combat, note the stock of gunpowder charges in the lower right corner which will blow up the mine
  • No. 21, lower right: Plan of the bastions
Deutsch: Illustrationen zur Belagerung von Candia, die Kartenausschnitte zeigen die Bastionen Panigra und Sant'Andrea der Festung:
  • No. 22, oben links: Osmanische Geschützstellungen und Laufgräben vor den Bastionen
  • No. 23, oben rechts: Karte der von den Verteidigern angelegen Gegen-Minen
  • No. 24, unten links: Minenkrieg, im unteren rechten Teil ist eine Pulverladung dargestellt, die die gesamte Mine sprengen wird
  • No. 21, unten rechts: Plan der beiden Bastionen
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Source Scan from: Christopher Duffy: The Fortress in the Age of Vauban and Frederick the Great 1660-1789; Siege Warfare Vol. II; London, Boston, Melbourne and Henley: 1985 First published in Scheither: Novissima praxis militaris, Brunswick: 1672
Author Johann Bernhard Scheither, military engineer from Brunswick and veteran of the siege of Candia, date of birth unknown, died after 1677
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