The position of the new camp was admirably selected and well fortified, its easily defensible nature being one good reason why Howe did not attack it.

At that time the entire frontier was being fortified for the first time.

Alfred's military reorganisation of Wessex consisted of three elements: the building of thirty fortified and garrisoned towns ( burhs ) along the rivers and Roman roads of Wessex ; the creation of a mobile ( horsed ) field force, consisting of his nobles and their warrior retainers, which was divided into two contingents, one of which was always in the field ; and the enhancement of Wessex's seapower through the addition of larger ships to the existing royal fleet.

Due to the strategic location of the site it was fortified from very early. In the 8th and 7th century BC the site of Amphipolis was ruled by Illyrian tribes.

The town had a strong garrison and was well fortified.

Its task was to attack fortified positions such as bunkers at close range ( see Hobart's Funnies ).

It was heavily fortified with concrete walls and turrets of T-34, Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks.

An Oppidum was a fortified warehouse, where a tribe's treasures were stored and guarded.

In 1099, Bethlehem was captured by the Crusaders, who fortified it and built a new monastery and cloister on the north side of the Church of the Nativity.

It was strongly fortified on every side, bidding defiance to every enemy.

Bonaparte demanded that his fleet be permitted entry to the fortified harbour of Valletta, and when the demand was refused the French general responded by ordering a large scale invasion of the Maltese Islands, overrunning the defenders after 24 hours of skirmishing.

They attacked and finding no opposition, managed to recover eastern Thrace with its fortified city of Adrianople, regaining an area in Europe which was only slightly larger than the present-day European territory of the Republic of Turkey.

Their preferred tactic was to avoid an open field battle, and to fight from the cover of a huge fortified camp.

The Mandara kingdom in the Mandara Mountains was founded around 1500 and erected magnificent fortified structures, the purpose and exact history of which are still unresolved.

However, states that he was instigated by Viscount Ji Huan to invade the Lu capital in an attempt to avoid dismanteling the Bi fortified walls.

Egypt was conquered from their base in Ifriqiya and a new fortified city northeast of Fustat was established.

Dublin Castle was the fortified seat of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | British rule in Ireland until 1922.

Featuring philosophical post-hippie lyrics on peace, love and morality, its acoustic folk rock occasionally fortified by harder rock, the album was not a commercial success at the time of its release.

In past wars on the island of Sicily, Carthage had won out by relying on certain fortified strong-points throughout the island, and their plan was to conduct the land war in the same fashion.

Geneva was a border town, fortified against the Celtic tribe Helvetii, when the Romans took it in 121 BC.

At the same time, there was a process of " Romanization " of the Germanic and Hunnic tribes settled on both sides of the limes ( the fortified frontier of the Empire along the Rhine and Danube rivers ).

The town became a naval base in 1657 and was heavily fortified, with Harwich Redoubt, Beacon Hill Battery, and Bath Side Battery.

His Brahma Sphuta Siddhanta was translated into Arabic in 773 and was subsequently translated into Latin in 1126.

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the region was repeatedly invaded by the Burgundians, the Goths ( 5th century ), Byzantines, Lombards ( 6th century ), Franks ( 773 ).

At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Messala and Cotta ( or, less frequently, year 773 Ab urbe condita ).

Year 773 ( DCCLXXIII ) was a common year starting on Friday ( link will display the full calendar ) of the Julian calendar.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 33, 321, and the median income for a family was $ 39, 773.

At the time of the 2001 census, the population of Carlisle was 71, 773, with 100, 734 living in the wider city.

* Pippin of Italy ( 773 – 810 ), whose original name was Carloman

In 773 the Lombard Kingdom was annexed by the Frank empire ; the first Carolingian count of Genoa was Ademarus, who was given the title praefectus civitatis Genuensis.

The median income for a household in the county was $ 45, 773, and the median income for a family was $ 50, 438.

With the collapse of the Lombard kingdom in 773, Duke Arechis II was elevated to Prince under the new empire of the Franks, in compensation for having some of his territory transferred back to the Papal States.

The per capita income for the borough was $ 15, 773.

As of 2000, the population was 19, 773.

As of 2010, the population was 2, 773.

The median income for a household in the county was $ 30, 643, and the median income for a family was $ 36, 773.

In 2010, its population was 48, 773.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $ 24, 773, and the median income for a family was $ 21, 420.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 38, 773, and the median income for a family was $ 43, 894.

Her face was very thin, and burned by the sun until much of the skin was dead and peeling, the new skin under it red and angry.

Gavin's stallion was in the barn and he tightened the cinches over the saddle blanket, working by touch in the darkness, comforting the animal with easy words.

It was pierced by a wagon gate built of two wings.

In the brief moment I had to talk to them before I took my post on the ring of defenses, I indicated I was sickened by the methods men employed to live and trade on the river.

His face was split by a vermilion streak, his eyes were pools of white ; ;

It was pitiful to see the thin ranks of warriors, old and young, wheeling and twisting their ponies frantically from side to side only to be tumbled bleeding from their saddles by the relentless slam, slam of the cruelly efficient Hawkinses.

He grabbed her by the shoulders and went down on one knee, taking her weight so that some of the wind was driven out of him.

There was an artificial lake just out of sight in the first stand of trees, fed by a half dozen springs that popped out of the ground above the hillside orchard.

only the counter at one end was lighted by a long fluorescent tube suspended directly above it.

He had looked over my forms and was impressed by what he had seen there ; ;

The office was of logs, four rooms, each heated by an iron stove.

The building was dwarfed by the scene outside.

It was partially cemented by ages and pressure, yet it crumpled before the onslaught of the powerful streams, the force of a thousand fire hoses, and with the gold it held washed down through the long sluices.

Even Hague was repelled by the machinelike deadliness that was Kodyke.

When they reached their neighbor's house, Pamela said a few polite words to Grace and kissed Melissa lightly on the forehead, the impulse prompted by a stray thought -- of the type to which she was frequently subject these days -- that they might never see one another again.

She was sure she would reach the pool by climbing, and she clung to that belief despite the increasing number of obstacles.

It was secured by an oversized padlock.

The rustling problem was by no means solved.

Jess's coarse features twisted in a surprised grin which was smashed out of shape by Curt's fist.

Russ ran through the bills and named an amount it was highly unlikely any cowpuncher would come by honestly.

The truth was, the puncher was both bewildered and dismayed by his own mixed luck.

When it was followed by a second, whining even closer, Cobb swerved sharply aside into a depression.