Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 113
... battery pierced by five embrasures . Pendennis Castle was com- posed of a keep completely encircled by one continuous battery . Sandgate Castle's chemise of bastions formed what can best be described as a three - pointed ellipse ...
... battery pierced by five embrasures . Pendennis Castle was com- posed of a keep completely encircled by one continuous battery . Sandgate Castle's chemise of bastions formed what can best be described as a three - pointed ellipse ...
Page 117
... BATTERY . E A PLATE IV . Fig . 4 . P H Fig 2 . G H B A B E Eta 5 . E B A FORT Fia H P M B T T X CAVALIER Fig 3 D H E Battery en Barbe or Barbet Fig 3 . P F 11 I Fig 9 D He Ꮢ E Fig . 7 Fig . 10 . Bran terstat Fig . 5 . GALLERY . K Fia ...
... BATTERY . E A PLATE IV . Fig . 4 . P H Fig 2 . G H B A B E Eta 5 . E B A FORT Fia H P M B T T X CAVALIER Fig 3 D H E Battery en Barbe or Barbet Fig 3 . P F 11 I Fig 9 D He Ꮢ E Fig . 7 Fig . 10 . Bran terstat Fig . 5 . GALLERY . K Fia ...
Page 152
... Battery , and backed by the then empty casemates which had been hollowed out of the solid cliff . That battery adjoined Fort Bovisand itself . Just over a kilometre farther along was situated Renney Battery , with its three 6 - inch ...
... Battery , and backed by the then empty casemates which had been hollowed out of the solid cliff . That battery adjoined Fort Bovisand itself . Just over a kilometre farther along was situated Renney Battery , with its three 6 - inch ...
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