Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 25
... interesting but unrealistic . After all , the speed at which a modern infantryman digs a foxhole when being mortared is quite different from the rate at which he turns over the soil when out in his garden to escape a family argument ...
... interesting but unrealistic . After all , the speed at which a modern infantryman digs a foxhole when being mortared is quite different from the rate at which he turns over the soil when out in his garden to escape a family argument ...
Page 37
... interesting archaeologically , as the foundations of the guardrooms can be seen , while the outer court of the gates has stone benches for the transaction of legal and other business . It was inevitable that walls and their gateways ...
... interesting archaeologically , as the foundations of the guardrooms can be seen , while the outer court of the gates has stone benches for the transaction of legal and other business . It was inevitable that walls and their gateways ...
Page 44
... interesting to note that the city of Knossos had no defensive walls at all , relying entirely on maritime power to keep foes at a distance . ) The situation became somewhat different dur- ing both the Persian invasions of 490-479 BC ...
... interesting to note that the city of Knossos had no defensive walls at all , relying entirely on maritime power to keep foes at a distance . ) The situation became somewhat different dur- ing both the Persian invasions of 490-479 BC ...
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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