Retrenchment (military)

Retrenchment is a technical term in fortification, where it is applied to a secondary work or series of works constructed in rear of existing defences to bar the further progress of the enemy who succeeds in breaching or storming these.

An example was in the siege of Port Arthur in 1904.

A retrenchment can also be referred to as an entrenchment.

[1] This military base or fortification article is a stub.

You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.