Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 70
... strong walls around their cities , riverside castles and fortified bridges , equipped with artillery , bowmen and booms to prevent longships coming upriver or to trap and destroy them on their return downstream . Yet the Vikings were ...
... strong walls around their cities , riverside castles and fortified bridges , equipped with artillery , bowmen and booms to prevent longships coming upriver or to trap and destroy them on their return downstream . Yet the Vikings were ...
Page 140
... strong ) was established at places which were likely sniper positions . Besides provisions , ammunition and bedding , they were protected with a stone breastwork or sangar , plus a light trip wire . On 21 December 1919 two companies ...
... strong ) was established at places which were likely sniper positions . Besides provisions , ammunition and bedding , they were protected with a stone breastwork or sangar , plus a light trip wire . On 21 December 1919 two companies ...
Page 177
... strong- holds , the means of production and the popula- tion to maintain that industry being jealously guarded by security services from defection to the other side . At the same time they are shielded by invisible walls of radar and ...
... strong- holds , the means of production and the popula- tion to maintain that industry being jealously guarded by security services from defection to the other side . At the same time they are shielded by invisible walls of radar and ...
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