bastioned
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But the Germans had not yet solved the Red Army's technique of taking bastioned cities by complex, encircling attacks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Below the window, on one of the bastioned traces on the seaward side of the hotel, waits the big 88.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Before leaving the bastioned system it will be of interest to study a couple of actual and complete examples, one irregular and one regular.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
The bastioned system was the 17th-century solution of the fortification problem.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
It will be observed that the bastioned trace is abandoned, the ditches, like those of the German fort, being defended by caponiers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
