Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 41
... operations , from which , at the appointed time , an all - conquering army would sally forth . No matter how complex their fortifications , they were simply refuges , places where frightened people could hide more- or - less passively ...
... operations , from which , at the appointed time , an all - conquering army would sally forth . No matter how complex their fortifications , they were simply refuges , places where frightened people could hide more- or - less passively ...
Page 104
... operations , but a refuge affording temporary shelter for the local people and their valuables during French raids . on the Sussex coast and up the River Rother . Such corsairs carried little in the form of siege equipment , and every ...
... operations , but a refuge affording temporary shelter for the local people and their valuables during French raids . on the Sussex coast and up the River Rother . Such corsairs carried little in the form of siege equipment , and every ...
Page 120
... operations conducted under his direction . He co - ordinated the bombardment of individual batteries , deliberately employed ricochet fire to reach targets behind ramparts , and introduced the systematic application of ' sap - and ...
... operations conducted under his direction . He co - ordinated the bombardment of individual batteries , deliberately employed ricochet fire to reach targets behind ramparts , and introduced the systematic application of ' sap - and ...
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