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Vauban and the French Military

Under Louis XIV

A LSO BY J EAN -D ENIS G.G. L EPAGE

AND FROM M C F ARLAND

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Vauban and

the French Military

Under Louis XIV

An Illustrated History of

Fortiﬁcations and Strategies

J EAN -D ENIS G. G. L EPAGE

McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers

Jefferson, North Carolina, and London

Acknowledgments: I would like to express my gratitude for

the friendly and helpful collaboration of Jeannette à Stuling,

Anne Chauvel, Eltjo Jakobus De Lang and Ben Marcato,

Nicole and Robert Fresse, Jan van Groningen à Stuling,

Wim Wiese, Michèle Clermont, Véronique Janty,

Christiane “Kiki” and Ludovic Morandeau, and Jean-Pierre Rorive.

— Jean-Denis Gilbert Georges Lepage, Groningen, Fall 2009

L IBRARY OF C ONGRESS C ATALOGUING - IN -P UBLICATION D ATA

Lepage, Jean-Denis.

Vauban and the French military under Louis XIV : an illustrated

history of fortiﬁcations and strategies / Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-7864-4401-4

softcover : 50# alkaline paper

1. Vauban, Sébastien Le Prestre de, 1633–1707. 2. Vauban, Sébastien

Le Prestre de, 1633–1707 — Inﬂuence. 3. Marshalls— France — Biography.

4. Military engineers— France — Biography. 5. France — History, Military —

1643–1715. 6. Fortiﬁcation — France — History —17th century. 7. France.

Armée — Biography. 8. France — History — Louis XIV, 1643–1715. I. Title.

DC130.V3L46 2010

623'.194409032 — dc22

2009034538

British Library cataloguing data are available

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On the cover: Port Louis (Morbihan) Salient of

Demi-Lune Richelieu (courtesy of the author)

Manufactured in the United States of America

McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers

Box 611, Jefferson, North Carolina 28640

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