Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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... material and information , making research facilities available , assisting with typing and the production of illustrations , checking and commenting on the typescript , and generally helping with advice and encouragement , I am ...
... material and information , making research facilities available , assisting with typing and the production of illustrations , checking and commenting on the typescript , and generally helping with advice and encouragement , I am ...
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... materials probably being used in the construction of a wall running parallel with the more northerly wall between Athens and Piraeus . Being a mere 170 metres apart , each sector of the seven - kilometre Long Walls could be defended by ...
... materials probably being used in the construction of a wall running parallel with the more northerly wall between Athens and Piraeus . Being a mere 170 metres apart , each sector of the seven - kilometre Long Walls could be defended by ...
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... materials into the besieged fortress to spread disease and fire . This was no doubt due in part at least to the fact that the aim of their warfare was the conquest of people and property , not their wanton destruction . At the same time ...
... materials into the besieged fortress to spread disease and fire . This was no doubt due in part at least to the fact that the aim of their warfare was the conquest of people and property , not their wanton destruction . At the same time ...
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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