Aanteekeningen van de Kapiteins Delprat en Van der Hoeven gemaakt bij de oefeningen in den Vestingoorlog en de daarbij genomen proeven door de Pruissische troepen te Coblenz, van 25 Augustus tot 10 October 1856

G.G. van der Hoeven & F.A.J. Delprat - Aanteekeningen van de Kapiteins Delprat en Van der Hoeven gemaakt bij de oefeningen in den Vestingoorlog en de daarbij genomen proeven door de Pruissische troepen te Coblenz, van 25 Augustus tot 10 October 1856 - Breda - Broese & Comp. - Januarij 1864 - 1st edition - [2],40 pp - Cloth binding - 15,5 x 24 cm.

Condition: Good - with stamp 'Koninklijk Instituut van Ingenieurs'.

Antiquarian edition of a 19th century military report of tests with explosives and bombs by the Prussian army. Illustrated with 2 diagrams and a fold-out print (a lithograph by A.J. Bogaerts).

The two soldiers, one a Captain Engineer and the other a Captain of Artillery, were part of an international delegation of officers from Germany, Russia, England, Greece and Serbia. Defences were bombarded with all kinds of artillery to test both.

¶ The print (62 x 31.5 cm) shows a map of the siege works that were under fire. Not in Sloos (2012); Not in NCC. This appears to be an independent print of an article that previously appeared in the Militaire Spectator. Rare militaria.