| An old form of outwork somewhat similar to the ravelin, originally placed before the salients of bastions. |
| The Germans now became a menace on the borders of the wood, where they impinged on a number of awkward pockets or little salients. |
| The salients could then be supplied along Watling Street, dividing the invaders into pockets south of the Weald in east Kent and around the Wash. |
| Salients and tombolos tend to occur when the distance between the island and the shoreline is less than four times the size of the island. |
| There are also counterguards in front of the salients, whose ends overlap the ends of the tenaille. |
