Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 46
... effectively cut off all escape from Plataea and prevented the arrival of the oft- promised relief column from Athens ... effective , being too large in extent to defend against the new equipment and skilled engineers now being employed ...
... effectively cut off all escape from Plataea and prevented the arrival of the oft- promised relief column from Athens ... effective , being too large in extent to defend against the new equipment and skilled engineers now being employed ...
Page 67
... effective technique . The space between the ram- parts could have been intended to be a forced- draught blast - furnace , designed to obtain full advantage of the wind whistling round the hill- top . Smelting was carried out in one ...
... effective technique . The space between the ram- parts could have been intended to be a forced- draught blast - furnace , designed to obtain full advantage of the wind whistling round the hill- top . Smelting was carried out in one ...
Page 132
... effective these stages were in Stone Age warfare , the defenders were easy targets for muskets introduced after Captain Cook's discov- eries in 1769. In later years the fighting - stages ( puwhara ) were abandoned in favour of solid ...
... effective these stages were in Stone Age warfare , the defenders were easy targets for muskets introduced after Captain Cook's discov- eries in 1769. In later years the fighting - stages ( puwhara ) were abandoned in favour of solid ...
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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