Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 145
... fortifications . From 1859 onwards Henri Brialmont em- barked upon a building programme of staggering magnitude for such a small country . The whole of Antwerp was enclosed by a linked system of eleven lengths of fortification , the ...
... fortifications . From 1859 onwards Henri Brialmont em- barked upon a building programme of staggering magnitude for such a small country . The whole of Antwerp was enclosed by a linked system of eleven lengths of fortification , the ...
Page 161
... fortifications . But Namur was finished as a viable defence system on 26 August 1914 , Maubeuge followed and Antwerp's defences were bom- barded from 4 to 9 October 1914. Next day , the Germans were in the city . The German advance was ...
... fortifications . But Namur was finished as a viable defence system on 26 August 1914 , Maubeuge followed and Antwerp's defences were bom- barded from 4 to 9 October 1914. Next day , the Germans were in the city . The German advance was ...
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... Fortifications in the North Island of New Zealand , New Zealand , 1970 Fry , P.S. , Castles , David & Charles ( Newton Abbot ) , 1980 Galer , D. , Tower 73 , Borough of Eastbourne , 1979 Gardiner , N. , ' Giant Fake Fires to Fool Nazi ...
... Fortifications in the North Island of New Zealand , New Zealand , 1970 Fry , P.S. , Castles , David & Charles ( Newton Abbot ) , 1980 Galer , D. , Tower 73 , Borough of Eastbourne , 1979 Gardiner , N. , ' Giant Fake Fires to Fool Nazi ...
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