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

Priests carried tabots into one of the fortresses in Gondar, where they will be kept until the end of the festivities.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2024

These sites included large Roman cities, military fortresses, and small rural towns.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2023

But later on, fortresses were of little value to her when Cesare Borgia attacked her and when her hostile populace joined with the foreigner.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli