Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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... employed at the same time- and not only in different parts of the world , but in the same areas and in the same societies . Just because something new has been invented , does not mean that everything of earlier design is immediately ...
... employed at the same time- and not only in different parts of the world , but in the same areas and in the same societies . Just because something new has been invented , does not mean that everything of earlier design is immediately ...
Page 46
... employed at the siege of Syracuse in Sicily , a colony of Corinthian foundation . Blockaded by an Athenian fleet from 415 BC , its landward walls were paralleled by an Athenian double - wall similar to that constructed by the Spartans ...
... employed at the siege of Syracuse in Sicily , a colony of Corinthian foundation . Blockaded by an Athenian fleet from 415 BC , its landward walls were paralleled by an Athenian double - wall similar to that constructed by the Spartans ...
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... employed by flame- throwers in the European Theatre of Operations was a thin mixture , producing a big bushy flame , its appearance often persuading the defenders to retreat . The Japanese in the Pacific were not so inclined to retreat ...
... employed by flame- throwers in the European Theatre of Operations was a thin mixture , producing a big bushy flame , its appearance often persuading the defenders to retreat . The Japanese in the Pacific were not so inclined to retreat ...
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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