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    Default Re: Moats

    Quote Originally Posted by Autumn View Post
    Evening all

    Not sure if this is the right section to post this, but here goes.

    I was siegeing a castle yesterday, and seeing all those men with ladders and siege towers trundling along on tiny wheels made me wonder; what DID they do when they seiged a castle with a moat?

    Obviously they could starve them out, but how would you get a victory by force? I mean, boats seems the logical answer, but then how do you get up the walls from them boats? Surely any troops in them would be (haha) sitting ducks to the defenders.

    My apologies in advance is some poor, over worked Moderator has to move this thread.

    Pete
    Interesting question... First, moat with water: Problem where this water comes from. Most probably from a river. Decision: build a barrier* to stop the river or to make it flow in different place. Then you start digging the walls.




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    * can not remember the exact word in English
    Last edited by Prince Cobra; 07-09-2008 at 16:48.
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