Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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... soldiers trying to cross the dry ditch and assault the walls . At the same time the Egyptian army was trained in siege techniques , which mainly involved digging tunnels to undermine the walls , while above ground there were wheeled ...
... soldiers trying to cross the dry ditch and assault the walls . At the same time the Egyptian army was trained in siege techniques , which mainly involved digging tunnels to undermine the walls , while above ground there were wheeled ...
Page 61
... soldiers ' . In fact their paramilitary status does not neces- sarily make them any less efficient nor more loved by the people they policed . It is worth remember- ing that the twentieth - century Nazi SS were technically ' gendarmerie ...
... soldiers ' . In fact their paramilitary status does not neces- sarily make them any less efficient nor more loved by the people they policed . It is worth remember- ing that the twentieth - century Nazi SS were technically ' gendarmerie ...
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... soldiers had to learn how to use them ; some had to be taught how to read . Such education could not be easily undertaken on a rainswept parade - ground . At the same time , railways and steamships meant that the opening phase of a war ...
... soldiers had to learn how to use them ; some had to be taught how to read . Such education could not be easily undertaken on a rainswept parade - ground . At the same time , railways and steamships meant that the opening phase of a war ...
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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