-
large degrees of
freedom to vary the
elevation and
direction of
their bowshot but
makes it
difficult for
attackers to harm the
archer since there is...
-
constructed of tuff and tiling,
forty feet high, with 44
strong towers at
bowshot intervals. The m****ive
round corner tower that
still crowns the Vatican...
- extended, deep and broad, That from the highway,
where men rode, Was full a
bowshot either side. The
lines in
Barbour also
indicate that King
Robert dug three...
- the
earthquake which took
place in 1301, when the Nile cast its
boats a
bowshot on the land and the
walls of
Alexandria were
thrown down. Sandys, G. (1615)...
- horn at the center. The
Sword Bridge connects the
island to a causeway, a
bowshot away,
which leads to the mainland. In Meleagan's day, many men were beheaded...
- BC. Adam Hook (illustrator).
Osprey Publishing. p. 6. ISBN 1-85532-867-4. "The
Bowshot and Marathon".
Journal of ****enic
Studies (90): 197–198. 1970....
- tight,
dense formations of
about 16
ranks each, and were
positioned a
bowshot length from each other. Albret,
Boucicaut and
almost all the
leading noblemen...
-
protected town,
since the church,
manor house and
castle were all
within bowshot. In the
Domesday Book of 1086 it is
spelt 'Moltone'.
Moulton Parish Council...
- the
battle of Neville's
Cross and, when the
archers were
almost within bowshot,
earnestly urged the King to send a body of
cavalry to
charge them in flank...
-
instructed his two
culverins to open fire;
since the guns were out of
effective bowshot range, the
English archers were
unable to respond, and left
their positions...
