Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 69
... means of a removable ladder . The local population would shelter in them until the raiders gave up trying to batter the solid foundation wall , or retreated at the approach of the local lord's army . Pele towers were similar in ...
... means of a removable ladder . The local population would shelter in them until the raiders gave up trying to batter the solid foundation wall , or retreated at the approach of the local lord's army . Pele towers were similar in ...
Page 176
... means of knocking out the entrenched enemy ; governments do not usually encourage the peacetime employment of heavy artillery to destroy a block of flats , just because a single sniper might be hiding in one of them . The same posture ...
... means of knocking out the entrenched enemy ; governments do not usually encourage the peacetime employment of heavy artillery to destroy a block of flats , just because a single sniper might be hiding in one of them . The same posture ...
Page 180
... means of producing their own air , living off their own recycled waste products . Such armoured filter - ventilators , ob- servation slits and remote control cameras as are necessary for monitoring external conditions are proof against ...
... means of producing their own air , living off their own recycled waste products . Such armoured filter - ventilators , ob- servation slits and remote control cameras as are necessary for monitoring external conditions are proof against ...
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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