Counter-castle

"Counter-castle" in a Sentence (3 examples)

One advantage of using counter-castles was that it allowed prosecution of the blockade with a minimum of men, leaving the bulk of the king's army free to move against other targets.

One method was to blockade the enemy fortification with a counter-castle.

He therefore decided to construct a counter-castle near Dunster to restrict the activities of the castle's garrison, and he left the counter-castle under the command of Henry de Tracy.

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