Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 104
... protected by a portcullis . At the foot of these towers can be glimpsed the gunloops , round holes for gun barrels , with vertical sighting slits above . Any hope of cover in the dead ground between the towers was denied the enemy by ...
... protected by a portcullis . At the foot of these towers can be glimpsed the gunloops , round holes for gun barrels , with vertical sighting slits above . Any hope of cover in the dead ground between the towers was denied the enemy by ...
Page 113
... protected by a fort and two blockhouses at Kingston - upon - Hull . Although all these Henrician forts involved some variation on the semicircular bastion idea , not all of them were as complex in plan as the basic design of Deal Castle ...
... protected by a fort and two blockhouses at Kingston - upon - Hull . Although all these Henrician forts involved some variation on the semicircular bastion idea , not all of them were as complex in plan as the basic design of Deal Castle ...
Page 140
... protected with a stone breastwork or sangar , plus a light trip wire . On 21 December 1919 two companies ( 250 men ) ... protecting a road during the Razani Campaign of 1937. They had four strong , heavily wired picquets , each holding a ...
... protected with a stone breastwork or sangar , plus a light trip wire . On 21 December 1919 two companies ( 250 men ) ... protecting a road during the Razani Campaign of 1937. They had four strong , heavily wired picquets , each holding a ...
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