Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 29
... defenders could do the same , and there would be no advantage . To achieve overwhelm- ing superiority , it would be necessary to obtain the co - operation of another tribe - and they were not to be trusted . They would not understand ...
... defenders could do the same , and there would be no advantage . To achieve overwhelm- ing superiority , it would be necessary to obtain the co - operation of another tribe - and they were not to be trusted . They would not understand ...
Page 107
... defenders were better able to make employment of another use of gunpowder , which came into service about this time . One of the standard methods of breaching a fortress wall was to dig a tunnel under it and remove the foundations ...
... defenders were better able to make employment of another use of gunpowder , which came into service about this time . One of the standard methods of breaching a fortress wall was to dig a tunnel under it and remove the foundations ...
Page 133
... defenders would prepare for battle . When the taua or war party arrived , its mem- bers took up position on the open space in front of the pa to carry out the preliminary haka or war- dance , challenging the defenders to single or group ...
... defenders would prepare for battle . When the taua or war party arrived , its mem- bers took up position on the open space in front of the pa to carry out the preliminary haka or war- dance , challenging the defenders to single or group ...
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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