Places of Arms

This term has various significations, although it uniformly means places which are calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc. When an army takes the field, every stronghold or fortre which supports its operations by affording a safe retreat to its depots, heavy artillery, magazines, hospitals, etc., is called a place of arms . In offensive operations, those lines are called places of arms , or parallels, which unite the different means of attack, secure the regular approaches, etc., and contain bodies of troops who either do duty in the trenches, protect the workmen, or are destined to make an impre ion upon the enemy’s outworks. There are dem i-places of arms between the places of arms . These are more or le numerous in proportion to the resistance made by the besieged. See Re-entering Places of Arms .