Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 28
... slope six metres across , just before he dropped into a ditch four metres deep . Here he was safe if he pressed himself against the rock wall opposite , and tried to ignore the sling - shot which ricocheted and bounced around him . To ...
... slope six metres across , just before he dropped into a ditch four metres deep . Here he was safe if he pressed himself against the rock wall opposite , and tried to ignore the sling - shot which ricocheted and bounced around him . To ...
Page 119
... slope on which the attacker was completely exposed to fire . A covert - way was a level pathway in front of the ditch , but lower than and covered by a parapet , where infantry could wait to break up an assault . Places of arms were ...
... slope on which the attacker was completely exposed to fire . A covert - way was a level pathway in front of the ditch , but lower than and covered by a parapet , where infantry could wait to break up an assault . Places of arms were ...
Page 128
... slope ) at the top of the wall on the right , so constructed that it deflected shot up and over the heads of the defenders . Although now largely obscured in this photograph by modern buildings , the earth outside the encircling ditch ...
... slope ) at the top of the wall on the right , so constructed that it deflected shot up and over the heads of the defenders . Although now largely obscured in this photograph by modern buildings , the earth outside the encircling ditch ...
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