Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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... authorities for the welfare of the people in their charge . Those which were still standing in 1866-93 were rebuilt and modernised . One is now a museum , while the others still make good homes , as can be seen from this photograph . 4 ...
... authorities for the welfare of the people in their charge . Those which were still standing in 1866-93 were rebuilt and modernised . One is now a museum , while the others still make good homes , as can be seen from this photograph . 4 ...
Page 60
... authorities did not want them taking their skills off to benefit some barbarian chief . Second , it hardly spoke well of the marvels of Roman civilisation if - given the opportunity - people preferred to opt out and go somewhere else ...
... authorities did not want them taking their skills off to benefit some barbarian chief . Second , it hardly spoke well of the marvels of Roman civilisation if - given the opportunity - people preferred to opt out and go somewhere else ...
Page 161
... authorities still had great faith in their fortifications . But Namur was finished as a viable defence system on 26 August 1914 , Maubeuge followed and Antwerp's defences were bom- barded from 4 to 9 October 1914. Next day , the Germans ...
... authorities still had great faith in their fortifications . But Namur was finished as a viable defence system on 26 August 1914 , Maubeuge followed and Antwerp's defences were bom- barded from 4 to 9 October 1914. Next day , the Germans ...
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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