Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 57
... troops was outside the fort , and so was the vicus or civilian cantonment . The most significant feature of the forts was that they projected beyond the northern face of the Wall , so that columns could debouch simultaneously from the ...
... troops was outside the fort , and so was the vicus or civilian cantonment . The most significant feature of the forts was that they projected beyond the northern face of the Wall , so that columns could debouch simultaneously from the ...
Page 85
... troops ; in 675 they were compelled to withdraw . ( Incidentally , the im- portance of the summer for warfare was not because the soldiers of those days could not stand the cold , nor even because they might find it difficult to obtain ...
... troops ; in 675 they were compelled to withdraw . ( Incidentally , the im- portance of the summer for warfare was not because the soldiers of those days could not stand the cold , nor even because they might find it difficult to obtain ...
Page 155
... troops scattered about in billets or half - ruined castles . Modern armies needed to be concentrated in areas where they could undertake indoor and outdoor train- ing programmes and yet still be ready to proceed overseas at the shortest ...
... troops scattered about in billets or half - ruined castles . Modern armies needed to be concentrated in areas where they could undertake indoor and outdoor train- ing programmes and yet still be ready to proceed overseas at the shortest ...
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