Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 67
... forts were so vulnerable to fire , why did they go on building them until 350 BC , if everybody knew they were likely to be destroyed within twenty years ? Actually this last theory is the most unsatisfactory of arguments against their ...
... forts were so vulnerable to fire , why did they go on building them until 350 BC , if everybody knew they were likely to be destroyed within twenty years ? Actually this last theory is the most unsatisfactory of arguments against their ...
Page 109
... forts and by existing castles - and they would still have to deal with Henry VIII's field army . And at any time the fleet would appear to attack the enemy supply ships upon which the French and Imperial armies depended . Henry VIII's ...
... forts and by existing castles - and they would still have to deal with Henry VIII's field army . And at any time the fleet would appear to attack the enemy supply ships upon which the French and Imperial armies depended . Henry VIII's ...
Page 159
... forts at Liège were believed capa- ble of surviving bombardment by 8 - inch ( 21 - cm ) guns , assumed to be the biggest practicable field artillery . Admittedly , the Japanese had employed 11 - inch ( 28 - cm ) howitzers against the ...
... forts at Liège were believed capa- ble of surviving bombardment by 8 - inch ( 21 - cm ) guns , assumed to be the biggest practicable field artillery . Admittedly , the Japanese had employed 11 - inch ( 28 - cm ) howitzers against the ...
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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