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1
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Sappers

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Specialist soldiers could fill in a moat with logs stones or soil. Also, they could dig under a wall or tower and collapse it. The wooden cover was called a tortoise.

2
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Mangonel

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Another machine used to fire rocks at the castle

3
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Archers

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A skilled archer could fire an arrow over 200m or even straight through the arrow slits

4
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Trebuchet

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Could fire rocks or quicklime. Sometimes dead bodies were fired into the castle

5
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Siege tower

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A large wooden tower protected by animal skins

6
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Battering ram

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A tree trunk hanging on a wooden frame, protected by an animal skin roof

7
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Greek fire

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A mixture of tar, oil and sulphur which could not be put down with water; only with urine.