Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 43
... direct assault . Or perhaps at some early stage in development each State's acropolis was declared a sacred area , a refuge for women and children , respected by all combatants . Whatever the reason , most battles were decided in single ...
... direct assault . Or perhaps at some early stage in development each State's acropolis was declared a sacred area , a refuge for women and children , respected by all combatants . Whatever the reason , most battles were decided in single ...
Page 85
... direct assault on the walls of Constantinople . The Saracens went into winter quarters at the end of each campaigning season , but disease and combat resulted in their force losing some 30,000 troops ; in 675 they were compelled to ...
... direct assault on the walls of Constantinople . The Saracens went into winter quarters at the end of each campaigning season , but disease and combat resulted in their force losing some 30,000 troops ; in 675 they were compelled to ...
Page 89
... direct action against the besiegers Crusader castles were provided with a number of small , heavily fortified gateways , known as sally- ports ( or posterns , which are more properly simple doorways for peacetime use by foot travellers ...
... direct action against the besiegers Crusader castles were provided with a number of small , heavily fortified gateways , known as sally- ports ( or posterns , which are more properly simple doorways for peacetime use by foot travellers ...
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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