Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 59
... force . A small well- rehearsed commando - style raid would find no difficulty in climbing over the Wall at night , overpowering the sleepy guards and . . . doing what ? Maybe burning a couple of farms ; driving off a few cattle ...
... force . A small well- rehearsed commando - style raid would find no difficulty in climbing over the Wall at night , overpowering the sleepy guards and . . . doing what ? Maybe burning a couple of farms ; driving off a few cattle ...
Page 90
... force had suffered enough casualties in the previous three weeks for him to appreciate that storming the Hospitallers ' final refuge would be far too costly . That was when the idea of tricking the survivors into surrender was put into ...
... force had suffered enough casualties in the previous three weeks for him to appreciate that storming the Hospitallers ' final refuge would be far too costly . That was when the idea of tricking the survivors into surrender was put into ...
Page 114
... force was unable to force a passage through the English fleet and its supporting forts . The French drew off and contented themselves with harrying the Isle of Wight before sailing away altogether . To forestall the use of the island as ...
... force was unable to force a passage through the English fleet and its supporting forts . The French drew off and contented themselves with harrying the Isle of Wight before sailing away altogether . To forestall the use of the island as ...
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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