Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 89
... course be used by people inside the castle just as effectively as by those outside . For more direct action against the besiegers Crusader castles were provided with a number of small , heavily fortified gateways , known as sally- ports ...
... course be used by people inside the castle just as effectively as by those outside . For more direct action against the besiegers Crusader castles were provided with a number of small , heavily fortified gateways , known as sally- ports ...
Page 147
... course this was proved to be a vain prediction ! More effec- tive in covering the ditch were varieties of caponiers plus counterscarp galleries , with loop- holes on the reverse slope of the dry ditch . Of course , none of these anti ...
... course this was proved to be a vain prediction ! More effec- tive in covering the ditch were varieties of caponiers plus counterscarp galleries , with loop- holes on the reverse slope of the dry ditch . Of course , none of these anti ...
Page 152
... course , it was exciting at night - time . Your battery would be in complete darkness . And there'd be the lookout . And all the searchlights would be out covering the whole harbour . And all of a sudden , the towing boat would come ...
... course , it was exciting at night - time . Your battery would be in complete darkness . And there'd be the lookout . And all the searchlights would be out covering the whole harbour . And all of a sudden , the towing boat would come ...
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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