fortresses

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French taxes paid for the powerful artillery that breached English-held fortresses and mowed down England’s last expeditionary force, at Castillon, Gascony, in July 1453.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Two medieval fortresses face each other across the Narva River separating Estonia from Russia on Europe's eastern edge.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Saturday's main event took place after pre-sunrise rituals, and hundreds of youngsters used the pool in front of one of Gondar's fortresses to get baptised.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2024

In addition to identifying forts similar to the walled fortresses Poidebard found, the team identified forts with interior architecture features and ones built around a mounded citadel.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2023

All around stood their massive fortresses, packed in so close they almost touched one another.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth