Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 59
... raid would find no difficulty in climbing over the Wall at night , overpowering the sleepy guards and . . . doing ... raids simply by mak- ing them not worth the effort . But it could not have held off a full - scale army offensive ...
... raid would find no difficulty in climbing over the Wall at night , overpowering the sleepy guards and . . . doing ... raids simply by mak- ing them not worth the effort . But it could not have held off a full - scale army offensive ...
Page 123
... raid . Bonfires ignited on their roofs at the approach of the corsairs gave the locals time to run and hide in the ... raids by sea or land might be anticipated . When the violence of the enemy did descend upon the little community ...
... raid . Bonfires ignited on their roofs at the approach of the corsairs gave the locals time to run and hide in the ... raids by sea or land might be anticipated . When the violence of the enemy did descend upon the little community ...
Page 168
... raid shelter in Alton. From 1940 to 1944 two mighty fortresses faced each other across the English Channel , the ... raids by German para- troops or marine units . An important part of pillbox construction was the use of steel bars ...
... raid shelter in Alton. From 1940 to 1944 two mighty fortresses faced each other across the English Channel , the ... raids by German para- troops or marine units . An important part of pillbox construction was the use of steel bars ...
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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