Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 48
Page 27
... weapon , used by children to protect their flocks . Perhaps in time of assault it was the custom for those same boys and girls to defend the ramparts with their slings , laying aside their childish weapons for adult spear and sword when ...
... weapon , used by children to protect their flocks . Perhaps in time of assault it was the custom for those same boys and girls to defend the ramparts with their slings , laying aside their childish weapons for adult spear and sword when ...
Page 100
... weapons which would have a maximum range of 2,500 metres compared with 275 metres of a trebuchet . It seems obvious now that cannon were the weapons of the future . However , these achieve- ments were noted simply because they succeeded ...
... weapons which would have a maximum range of 2,500 metres compared with 275 metres of a trebuchet . It seems obvious now that cannon were the weapons of the future . However , these achieve- ments were noted simply because they succeeded ...
Page 144
... weapons and equipment . Thousands of cannon , muskets , uniforms , pulley - blocks and barrels of gunpowder enabled the Royal Navy to keep the seas in all weathers , continually practising tactics and exercising the great guns , while ...
... weapons and equipment . Thousands of cannon , muskets , uniforms , pulley - blocks and barrels of gunpowder enabled the Royal Navy to keep the seas in all weathers , continually practising tactics and exercising the great guns , while ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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