ðə fˈaʊɡæs wʌz jˈuːzd baɪ sˈæmjuːl zˈɪmɚmən æɾ ˈɔːɡsbɜːɡ ɪnðə sˈɪkstiːnθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi, ɹᵻfˈɜːd tə baɪ vˈɔːbən ɪnðə sˈɛvəntˌiːnθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi, ænd wˈɛl nˈoʊn tə mˈɪlətˌɛɹi ˌɛndʒɪnˈɪɹz baɪ ðə mˈɪdˈeɪtiːnθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi.
The fougasse was used by Samuel Zimmermann at Augsburg in the sixteenth century, referred to by Vauban in the seventeenth century, and well known to military engineers by the mid-eighteenth century.