Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 37
... enabled the defenders to fire at anybody assaulting the wall or adjacent towers , it also made the towers themselves ... enabling the defenders to maintain a deadly rain upon the attackers in the semi - darkness between the gates . Most ...
... enabled the defenders to fire at anybody assaulting the wall or adjacent towers , it also made the towers themselves ... enabling the defenders to maintain a deadly rain upon the attackers in the semi - darkness between the gates . Most ...
Page 91
... enabled crusading barons like Simon de Montfort to amass great wealth . Thousands of alleged Albigenses were slaughtered - ' Kill them all ! God will know his own ! ' - as , one by one , their places of refuge were overwhelmed ...
... enabled crusading barons like Simon de Montfort to amass great wealth . Thousands of alleged Albigenses were slaughtered - ' Kill them all ! God will know his own ! ' - as , one by one , their places of refuge were overwhelmed ...
Page 105
... enabled gunners to traverse their pieces and to trundle them around the siege works to take advantage of any fleeting opportunity . This mobility , plus the accuracy of depression and elevation , enabled all the artillery to concentrate ...
... enabled gunners to traverse their pieces and to trundle them around the siege works to take advantage of any fleeting opportunity . This mobility , plus the accuracy of depression and elevation , enabled all the artillery to concentrate ...
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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