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Seige the Castle

Seige the Castle. Definition. A siege occurs when an attacker encounters a city or fortress that cannot be easily taken and refuses to surrender. Residents of the Castle. Women and children headed for the keep Men prepared to defend their fortress How?. On the Defense.

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Seige the Castle

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  1. Seige the Castle

  2. Definition A siege occurs when an attacker encounters a city or fortress that cannot be easily taken and refuses to surrender

  3. Residents of the Castle • Women and children headed for the keep • Men prepared to defend their fortress How?

  4. On the Defense • Water and oil boiled in vats • pour on attackers climbing the outerwalls • Battlements • provided protection for archers using longbows and crossbows

  5. On the Defense • The most vulnerable part of castle? The Entrance • Drawbridge would be pulled up flush with the rest of the outerwall • The portcullis was lowered to form another barrier

  6. On the Defense • Guards were stationed at the guardhouse with longbows to ward off invaders.

  7. On the Offense • Attacking soldiers climbed the outerwalls • Tunneled under the walls • Shot at guards on the bailey with longbows and crossbows.

  8. On the Offense • Catapults • Ballistas • Battering Rams

  9. Captured! • Nobles were often captured rather than killed Why?

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