From Hastings to Culloden: (battlefields in Britain)Roundwood Press, 1979 - 292 Seiten |
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... guns . At the siege of Pontefract we find Parliamentarian guns bombarding for an hour and a half at a rate of about one round every seven minutes . Even if field guns could manage , say , one round in five minutes it is obvious that one ...
... guns . At the siege of Pontefract we find Parliamentarian guns bombarding for an hour and a half at a rate of about one round every seven minutes . Even if field guns could manage , say , one round in five minutes it is obvious that one ...
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... guns would seldom fire at over 1,000 yards . For siege work the gunners liked to be close to the target to get the maximum effect . Mortars firing a primitive shell already existed and were very useful in a siege . The ordinary cannon ...
... guns would seldom fire at over 1,000 yards . For siege work the gunners liked to be close to the target to get the maximum effect . Mortars firing a primitive shell already existed and were very useful in a siege . The ordinary cannon ...
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... guns , besides demi - culverins , small field guns and drakes of which about 15 figure in various accounts of the fight . The precise composition of his train has not come to light , but he probably had at least as many guns as the King ...
... guns , besides demi - culverins , small field guns and drakes of which about 15 figure in various accounts of the fight . The precise composition of his train has not come to light , but he probably had at least as many guns as the King ...
Inhalt
The Strategic Geography of Britain | 1 |
The Battle of Hastings 14 October 1066 | 22 |
The Battle of Lewes 14 May 1264 | 46 |
Urheberrecht | |
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advance Albans archers armour arms artillery attack August Barrel's battle Battle of Newbury Battle of Sedgemoor battlefield body Branxton bridge brigade Bussex campaign cannon Captain Castle cavalry centre charge Colonel commanded Cromwell Cromwell's Culloden Cumberland's Donnington Castle Doon Hill dragoons Duke Dunbar Earl Simon Edgehill enemy England English Essex Evesham Fairfax fell field fight fire flank foot force fought front line Gloucester ground guns Harold Henry Tudor Highland Army Hill horse killed King Charles King's Lambert Lancastrian Leslie Lifeguard London Lord George Murray Lostwithiel Lt.-General Marston Moor miles Monmouth musketeers Naseby Newbury night Norman officers Parliamentarian position Prince Edward rear rebels regiment Richard right wing road rode Roundhead Royal Royalist Royalist army Rupert Scots Scottish Sedgemoor sent September Severn shot siege Sir John Sir William Skippon soldiers Somerset Speen squadrons stood Surrey sword Tewkesbury thegns town trained bands troops Warwick Worcester wounded Yorkist