PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Illustrations of history@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoProcess of undermining a castle's walls illustratedlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down10
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minus-squaregibmiser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·24 hours agoWonder how many commanders had their diggers… just keep digging until collapse.
minus-squareSaledovil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoYou sort of need to know when the wall collapses. If it collapses too early, you can’t press your advantage, and if it collapses too late, then your troops will be under enemy fire for quite some time while they wait for the wall to collapse.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·24 hours agoTunneler: “Is this safe?” Very Brave Commander, yelling down the tunnel from the surface: “Probably! Just keep going!”
minus-squarethirdBreakfast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·20 hours ago“And light a big fire down there!”
Wonder how many commanders had their diggers… just keep digging until collapse.
You sort of need to know when the wall collapses. If it collapses too early, you can’t press your advantage, and if it collapses too late, then your troops will be under enemy fire for quite some time while they wait for the wall to collapse.
Tunneler: “Is this safe?”
Very Brave Commander, yelling down the tunnel from the surface: “Probably! Just keep going!”
“And light a big fire down there!”