English: An earthwork profile as used by the Paraguayan forces at the fortress of Humaitá. Artillery on wooden platforms (not shown) fired grape or canister i.e. towards the right. The surface was usually revetted with turf sods.
This is a a cropped and annotated version of Plate V of George Thompson's "The War in Paraguay" (1869).
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