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 64
... base of Camelot . However , what has been re- vealed by excavation is that about AD 500 some- body decided that the long - abandoned Iron Age fortifications of Cadbury Castle would make a suitable stronghold in those troubled times ...
... base of Camelot . However , what has been re- vealed by excavation is that about AD 500 some- body decided that the long - abandoned Iron Age fortifications of Cadbury Castle would make a suitable stronghold in those troubled times ...
Page 147
... base of Singapore by overland assault in 1941-2 . Of course , designers of nineteenth - century forts realised that the invader would have similar weapons to those in the hands of the defender . So , the fortress guns had to be shielded ...
... base of Singapore by overland assault in 1941-2 . Of course , designers of nineteenth - century forts realised that the invader would have similar weapons to those in the hands of the defender . So , the fortress guns had to be shielded ...
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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