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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 390 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CIRCUMVALLATION, LINES OF (from See also:Lat. circum, See also:round, and vallum, a rampart) , in fortification, a continuous circle of entrenchments surrounding a besieged See also:place. " Lines of Contravallation " were similar See also:works by which the besieger protected himself against the attack of a relieving See also:army from any See also:quarter. These continuous lines of circumvallation and contravallation were used only in the days of small armies and small fortresses, and both terms are now obsolete.

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