Flashcards in Methods of Attack in a Siege Deck (7)
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1
Q
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
Q
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
Q
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
Q
Greek fire
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A mixture of tar, oil and sulphur which could not be put down with water; only with urine.