Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 129
... usually in some comfort - until a ransom had been paid . Com- mon prisoners , though , were either stripped and abandoned to find their own way home or join parties of brigands , or were press - ganged into joining the victorious army ...
... usually in some comfort - until a ransom had been paid . Com- mon prisoners , though , were either stripped and abandoned to find their own way home or join parties of brigands , or were press - ganged into joining the victorious army ...
Page 161
... usually armoured and invulnerable , except for a direct hit - which was impossible because of a screening blast - wall or because the door was below ground level down a flight of steps ( preferably with a right - angle turn in them ) ...
... usually armoured and invulnerable , except for a direct hit - which was impossible because of a screening blast - wall or because the door was below ground level down a flight of steps ( preferably with a right - angle turn in them ) ...
Page 168
... usually in groups with interlocking fields of fire . Sometimes they covered particular road junctions ; sometimes they formed defensive belts across country or along the coast ; and sometimes rings of them made up defensive ' islands ...
... usually in groups with interlocking fields of fire . Sometimes they covered particular road junctions ; sometimes they formed defensive belts across country or along the coast ; and sometimes rings of them made up defensive ' islands ...
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