Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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... complete overlap of building for both municipal and military authorities . This modern block of flats has been erected for British army families at Aldershot , but in some places soldiers ' , sailors ' and airmen's families are ...
... complete overlap of building for both municipal and military authorities . This modern block of flats has been erected for British army families at Aldershot , but in some places soldiers ' , sailors ' and airmen's families are ...
Page 25
... complete the entire project , are interesting but unrealistic . After all , the speed at which a modern infantryman ... completing the work on time . Perhaps summary punishments such as flogging or death were inflicted upon those slaves ...
... complete the entire project , are interesting but unrealistic . After all , the speed at which a modern infantryman ... completing the work on time . Perhaps summary punishments such as flogging or death were inflicted upon those slaves ...
Page 78
... complete reconstruction was undertaken from 1245 to 1270. This was when the motte was crowned with a stone tower . The problem of subsidence would not arise for the Normans if the new masonry structure replaced a temporary wooden ...
... complete reconstruction was undertaken from 1245 to 1270. This was when the motte was crowned with a stone tower . The problem of subsidence would not arise for the Normans if the new masonry structure replaced a temporary wooden ...
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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