Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 116
WAR AND ARMIES. 69 chance of surprising the besieged. In order to effect this, an undergroundgallery was dug as noiselessly as possible, and carried beneath the founda-tions of the ramparts. When the mine had reached the walls, these werepropped up with pieces of timber, and the earth was dug away… … Fig. 62.—Watch-tower, lighted up with beacons and protected by dogs.—Fac-simile of aMiniature of the Fifteenth Century, from a drawing by M. Prosper Merimee. that when the timber was consumed the walls crumbled down and openeda large breach to the besiegers. Nothing then was left to the garrison…
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