Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 51
... position . If they had to mount a major operation against a small rearguard each time they encoun- tered some sort of ditch and rampart , they should eventually wear themselves out , so that they would fall easy victim to the Britons ...
... position . If they had to mount a major operation against a small rearguard each time they encoun- tered some sort of ditch and rampart , they should eventually wear themselves out , so that they would fall easy victim to the Britons ...
Page 101
... position on timber - framed beds . That meant that they had to be manhandled across rivers , through marshes , even up cliffs to get within range of the target . How much easier it was for the castellan to employ his cannon . He could ...
... position on timber - framed beds . That meant that they had to be manhandled across rivers , through marshes , even up cliffs to get within range of the target . How much easier it was for the castellan to employ his cannon . He could ...
Page 103
... position of the chapel is denoted by the large decorated - style east window . The small watchtower just visible above that window belongs to the gatehouse over the postern gate and bridge to the south . That range of buildings from the ...
... position of the chapel is denoted by the large decorated - style east window . The small watchtower just visible above that window belongs to the gatehouse over the postern gate and bridge to the south . That range of buildings from the ...
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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