Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 52
... captured , but of the 40,000 inhabitants , only 800 escaped the legionaries ' swords ; it was a lesson to all would ... captured by Vespasian during that campaign . Note Suetonius ' use of the word ' captured ' rather than ' stormed ...
... captured , but of the 40,000 inhabitants , only 800 escaped the legionaries ' swords ; it was a lesson to all would ... captured by Vespasian during that campaign . Note Suetonius ' use of the word ' captured ' rather than ' stormed ...
Page 81
... capture of Rochester Castle on 30 Novem- ber 1215 was a feat of organisation and general- ship for which King John has ... captured Rochester , sacked the cathedral and stormed the castle's bailey . The Great Tower proved more difficult ...
... capture of Rochester Castle on 30 Novem- ber 1215 was a feat of organisation and general- ship for which King John has ... captured Rochester , sacked the cathedral and stormed the castle's bailey . The Great Tower proved more difficult ...
Page 84
... capture the next wall - only to face the third line of fortifica- tion . And having done all that , the invader still ... captured 15,000 Bulgars in battle . He ordered that they all be blinded , except every tenth man , who only had one ...
... capture the next wall - only to face the third line of fortifica- tion . And having done all that , the invader still ... captured 15,000 Bulgars in battle . He ordered that they all be blinded , except every tenth man , who only had one ...
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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