Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 61
... base for the reconquest of Caledonia and the reoccupation of the Antonine Wall . Thus , of those five occasions mentioned earlier , when Hadrian's Wall was damaged or slighted , two resulted from its being decommissioned as part of ...
... base for the reconquest of Caledonia and the reoccupation of the Antonine Wall . Thus , of those five occasions mentioned earlier , when Hadrian's Wall was damaged or slighted , two resulted from its being decommissioned as part of ...
Page 104
... base for 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 ...
... base for 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 ...
Page 131
... base has a curving face to resist the heavy thrust of rain- sodden soil and to distribute the stress of earth- quake shock . The towering levels of white walls and grey roofs appear massive structures , but in fact they were lightly ...
... base has a curving face to resist the heavy thrust of rain- sodden soil and to distribute the stress of earth- quake shock . The towering levels of white walls and grey roofs appear massive structures , but in fact they were lightly ...
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