Bagration flèches
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The Bagration flèches are three historic military earthworks named after General Pyotr Bagration, who ordered their construction. They served as the pivotal strongholds on the Russian left flank durin
Fight for the Bagration flèches, fragment of the Borodino battle panoramic painting by Franz Roubaud. The fortifications themselves appear on the far right.
French artillery supports an attack on the Bagration flèches, a fragment of the Borodino battle panoramic painting by Franz Roubaud. The fortifications appear on the far side of the painting.
One of the flèches today
Redan
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Redan is a feature of fortifications. It is a work in a V-shaped salient angle towards an expected attack. It can be made from earthworks or other material.
Saint Anthony's Battery in Qala, Malta, with a redan containing the entrance
"Cascalho" Redan in the city walls of Elvas, Portugal