Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 111
... guns broke up siegeworks and smashed enemy artillery . Every minute the fort held out enabled the seaward guns to keep firing at the main body of the enemy's fleet , preventing it landing the principal assault , and gained time for ...
... guns broke up siegeworks and smashed enemy artillery . Every minute the fort held out enabled the seaward guns to keep firing at the main body of the enemy's fleet , preventing it landing the principal assault , and gained time for ...
Page 152
... guns , located in several batteries . These would only be fully manned by reservists recalled to the colours in time of war . There were four 12 - pounders mounted on the terreplein ( or level area ) behind the rampart of Staddon Point ...
... guns , located in several batteries . These would only be fully manned by reservists recalled to the colours in time of war . There were four 12 - pounders mounted on the terreplein ( or level area ) behind the rampart of Staddon Point ...
Page 166
... guns below , and lighter weapons above , each one a smaller ver- sion of the great underground forts . Their visible portions were surrounded by an anti - tank ditch , with vertical posts ( ' asparagus ' ) , barbed wire , booby traps ...
... guns below , and lighter weapons above , each one a smaller ver- sion of the great underground forts . Their visible portions were surrounded by an anti - tank ditch , with vertical posts ( ' asparagus ' ) , barbed wire , booby traps ...
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