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Siege Engines and held prisoner there by the enemy . At the fourth assault , which took place about vesper - time on the Vigil of the Assumption , the miners set a fire under the tower and smoke broke through to the tower room occupied ...
Siege Engines and held prisoner there by the enemy . At the fourth assault , which took place about vesper - time on the Vigil of the Assumption , the miners set a fire under the tower and smoke broke through to the tower room occupied ...
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Sieges , Notable Henry caused siege engines to be carted from Lincoln and Northampton across Oxfordshire while others were built on the spot by carpenters who had ridden post - haste by day and night from the royal stronghold at Windsor ...
Sieges , Notable Henry caused siege engines to be carted from Lincoln and Northampton across Oxfordshire while others were built on the spot by carpenters who had ridden post - haste by day and night from the royal stronghold at Windsor ...
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Siege - Works book case of overcoming defence in depth culminating in successful attack on shell keep and its enclosed tower ( similar to Launceston ) . The garrison , having resisted in spite of excommunication , were hanged .
Siege - Works book case of overcoming defence in depth culminating in successful attack on shell keep and its enclosed tower ( similar to Launceston ) . The garrison , having resisted in spite of excommunication , were hanged .
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