Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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... royal castles , putting a royal constable in charge of each . This officer was responsible for maintaining the fabric of the place , garrisoning it with properly trained sol- diery , equipping it with arms , armour and weap- ons of ...
... royal castles , putting a royal constable in charge of each . This officer was responsible for maintaining the fabric of the place , garrisoning it with properly trained sol- diery , equipping it with arms , armour and weap- ons of ...
Page 124
... Royal Navy was driven off , so the army had to be called in . They found that the tower was invulnerable to infantry attack because the only entrance - naturally barred by a solid door was halfway up the smoothfaced tower , only ...
... Royal Navy was driven off , so the army had to be called in . They found that the tower was invulnerable to infantry attack because the only entrance - naturally barred by a solid door was halfway up the smoothfaced tower , only ...
Page 187
... Royal House of Stewart , Edinburgh , 1960 Seignobos , C. , The World of Babylon , Leon Amiel ( Geneva ) , 1975 Shrubb , Lieutenant - Commander R.E.A. and Sainsbury , Captain A.B. , The Royal Navy Day by Day , Centaur ( Fontwell ) , 1979 ...
... Royal House of Stewart , Edinburgh , 1960 Seignobos , C. , The World of Babylon , Leon Amiel ( Geneva ) , 1975 Shrubb , Lieutenant - Commander R.E.A. and Sainsbury , Captain A.B. , The Royal Navy Day by Day , Centaur ( Fontwell ) , 1979 ...
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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