Vauban, a genius in the service of Louis XIV (2/2]. Listen to the rest of the life of the Marquis de Vauban told by Virginie Girod.
A military engineer in theService of Louis. XIV, he wanted to perfect siege techniques to increase efficiency and. limit butchery. He will have the opportunity to put. into practice his vision of poliorcetics, the science of siege, during. that of Maastricht in 1673. Rather than trenches in a straight line to reach the fortress, he had the idea of digging them in zigzag.