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A salient is an area of a defensive line or fortification that protrudes beyond the main works. In the Civil War, it extended closest to an enemy's position and usually invited an attack. Generals erected salients primarily to cover dominating ground beyond their entrenchments.
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An outcrop of the trenches bringing it closer the enemy lines. For example, the Ypres Salient curved around the ruined city for approx three kilometres in a rough horseshoe shape. It could be attacked by the Germans from three sides and at times was only 50 metres from enemy lines.
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