Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 51
... British hillforts . Considering the close links the British tribes had with the Continent , they must have heard how the Romans had captured Avaricum in 52 BC . Now the modern Bourges in the Département de Cher , it was then the capital ...
... British hillforts . Considering the close links the British tribes had with the Continent , they must have heard how the Romans had captured Avaricum in 52 BC . Now the modern Bourges in the Département de Cher , it was then the capital ...
Page 144
... British army was able to fight campaigns in every part of the globe . There was still not enough - there never is - and the supply system often broke down , but , overall , the British armed forces and their allies were much better off ...
... British army was able to fight campaigns in every part of the globe . There was still not enough - there never is - and the supply system often broke down , but , overall , the British armed forces and their allies were much better off ...
Page 171
... British to attempt an assault on them ; that is what custom- arily happens when ' the sacred soil of the home- land ' is occupied . As a result , the coast defence structures on the Channel Islands were the most formidable sections of ...
... British to attempt an assault on them ; that is what custom- arily happens when ' the sacred soil of the home- land ' is occupied . As a result , the coast defence structures on the Channel Islands were the most formidable sections of ...
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accommodation Antonine Wall armour artillery assault attack barracks base bastions battery battle became besieged blockhouses bombardment Britain British brochs building built Cadbury Castle camp cannon captured casemates century Chepstow Castle citadel Constantinople construction covered Crusader curtain wall Deal Castle defenders ditch earth Eastbourne Redoubt embrasures emperor Empire enemy entrance equipment erected field army fieldworks fire force fortifications fortress forts French frontier garrison gates German gunpowder guns Hadrian's Wall Harlech Castle Henry VIII hillforts infantry invader iron Iron Age keep kilometres King legion Maginot Line Martello Martello Towers massive medieval ment metres metres high metres thick metres wide military architecture missiles mortar motte-and-bailey mounted Norman operations palisade parapet perhaps pillboxes protection purpose-built raids rampart refuge Rochester Castle Roman roof round royal side siege slope soldiers solid stone stronghold strongpoints structures surrender surrounded target timber tion towers troops tunnels turrets Vauban warfare warriors weapons wooden