Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 84
... enemy was in , there was nothing to prevent him rampaging all through the city . In Constantinople about 413 the architects of the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II proposed solving the problem by constructing concentric fortifications on ...
... enemy was in , there was nothing to prevent him rampaging all through the city . In Constantinople about 413 the architects of the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II proposed solving the problem by constructing concentric fortifications on ...
Page 107
... enemy's work and thus entomb the miners and seal the mine . That was done by John Vrano during the Turkish siege of Belgrade . A sophisticated refinement was employed by the Venetian defenders of Padua in 1509 , when they tunnelled ...
... enemy's work and thus entomb the miners and seal the mine . That was done by John Vrano during the Turkish siege of Belgrade . A sophisticated refinement was employed by the Venetian defenders of Padua in 1509 , when they tunnelled ...
Page 109
... enemy supply ships upon which the French and Imperial armies depended . Henry VIII's coastal forts not only took account of the new weaponry , they also repre- sented a new concept of military defence . There had to be living ...
... enemy supply ships upon which the French and Imperial armies depended . Henry VIII's coastal forts not only took account of the new weaponry , they also repre- sented a new concept of military defence . There had to be living ...
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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