10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BESIEGER»
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Chapter. X. DEMETRIUS. THE. BESIEGER. In the Hellenistic age that Alexander
the Great began, siege warfare became increasingly technical and the
equipment more and more sophisticated. Demetrius the Besieger's siege of
Rhodes in ...
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Treatises on geometrical drawing: on the arms in use: on ...
It must be assumed that the besieger, when attacking a countermined system, is
acquainted with the general arrangement of the galleries and their extent in
advance of the place. This sort of knowledge relating to the defences of a fortress
has ...
Woolwich roy. military acad, 1843
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Instruction in fortification, military engineering, and ...
When the besieger has finished the third parallel, the garrison should make
arrangements for repelling an assault of the covered way. The troops in the
salient places of arms and branches of the covered way, should not, as a rule,
wait for the ...
Woolwich roy. military acad, 1871
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Professional Papers of the Corps of R. Engineers
We may indeed consider all systems as fallacious that depend on the principle of
direct fire as their basis, and pretend to crush the besieger's batteries before they
can open. If ever a fortress had a powerful fire of artillery combined with great ...
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Papers on Subjects Connected with the Duties of the Corps of ...
coverod way ; it would be more than temerity for the sortie to attempt to force the
outworks, or even to penotrate into the ditches ; this would be to venture into a
labyrinth, from which it would be most difficult, indeed, for the besieger to
extricate ...
Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers, 1853
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The Age of Titans: The Rise and Fall of the Great ...
Although Philo does not state the obvious, the besieger will leave a restricted
entrance to allow his own ships to move in and out. The goal was to reduce
access into the harbor to an easily defended space. In this way, no relief vessels
can slip ...
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The Age of Titans: The Rise and Fall of the Great ...
Although Philo does not state the obvious, the besieger will leave a restricted
entrance to allow his own ships to move in and out. The goal was to reduce
access into the harbor to an easily defended space. In this way, no relief vessels
can slip ...
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Papers on Geometrical Drawing: On the Arms in Use and ...
Mines should, if possible, be prepared to blow up the lodgements and batteries of
the besieger on the glacis (see chap, on mining). If the besiegers resort to
systematic approaches, blinded batteries to fire on them should be prepared in
the ...
Joseph Ellison Portlock, 1858
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Aide-mémoire to the Military Sciences: Framed from ...
By a study of the ' Attack of Fortresses ' it will hare been seen how irresistible is its
march ; that the means of destruction at ' the disposal of the besieger, and the
mode of application, render the reduction of a fortress a matter of calculation.
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Encyclopaedia metropolitana: or Universal dictionary of ...
Let it now be supposed that the besieger has begun attack, by giving shafts
behind the parapet of his parallel, at forty yards from the ends of the branches of
the besieged ; and that, in order to avoid destroying his own works upon the
surface, ...
Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BESIEGER»
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CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series - The Decline and Fall of Macedon
Demetrius I, nicknamed “The Besieger”[3] (Poliorcetes), who ruled from 306 to 283 BCE, was the first Macedonian king to place his own portrait ... «CoinWeek, Jun 15»
Greece: Neither 'honourable compromise' nor 'accidental rupture …
The analogy that could be used to better understand the essence of the current "negotiation" is that of a well armed besieger who lays siege to ... «In Defense of Marxism, May 15»
Fighting Under the Earth: The History of Tunneling in Warfare
Rather than burning the timber placed to prop up walls, a besieger could instead excavate a chamber under the wall and fill it full of powder. «ISN, May 15»
Tower Offense
Perhaps not the most accurate name in the world, as you're not the kind of besieger who sits half a league from the city walls and waits for your ... «Game Debate, Mar 15»
$10 million gold coin in Portland: National Money Show shows off …
... a coin roughly the size of an American quarter but with an intricate, sculptural depiction of Macedonian king Demetrius I (aka "The Besieger"). «OregonLive.com, Mar 15»
The Next Thing
... Islam plays an ambiguous role, as both the feared besieger and the admirable Other. Charles Maurras feared Islam, and prophesied, in the ... «The New Yorker, Jan 15»
Le Pen kann von Terrorangst nicht profitieren
... sondern Karl Martell" - nach dem Besieger eines arabischen Invasionsheeres im Jahr 732 n. Chr. Außerdem übernahm Le Pen senior eine ... «derStandard.at, Jan 15»
Time to 'Do Business' With Hamas
It is beyond ludicrous to invite the besieger that has repeatedly destroyed Gaza's infrastructure beyond any conceivable notion of "self-defense" ... «Huffington Post, Aug 14»
Inevitable logic of Gaza tunnels
... sea and air, sieges are by definition a violent test of ingenuity between a well-armed, technologically advanced besieger and the besieged, ... «Arab News, Jul 14»
Hiding War Crimes Behind a Question
Now back to the question that undergirds Israeli and American feeble rationalizations: does the besieger have a right to defend itself from its ... «Consortium News, Jul 14»
