Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 50
... covered aries ( the battering- ram ) . This was an enormous swinging beam , up to 55 metres long , with an iron - shod head . Other tabulata in the siege - tower were equipped with swinging beams of lesser size , variously headed with ...
... covered aries ( the battering- ram ) . This was an enormous swinging beam , up to 55 metres long , with an iron - shod head . Other tabulata in the siege - tower were equipped with swinging beams of lesser size , variously headed with ...
Page 111
... covered the arcs of fire where the upper cannon could not bear . An underground tunnel connected the ring of outer bastions to the central keep and the basement magazine . The whole fortress was enclosed within an artificial ditch ...
... covered the arcs of fire where the upper cannon could not bear . An underground tunnel connected the ring of outer bastions to the central keep and the basement magazine . The whole fortress was enclosed within an artificial ditch ...
Page 166
... covered by fire from a fortified house . All that interlocking defence in depth was controlled from the one ouvrage , itself within 75- mm range of its neighbours . Every fortification was so strong that it could be bombarded by ...
... covered by fire from a fortified house . All that interlocking defence in depth was controlled from the one ouvrage , itself within 75- mm range of its neighbours . Every fortification was so strong that it could be bombarded by ...
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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