The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c1.27

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c1.27

Chapter XXIV. Sieges . . . . . 270—295 General remarks, 270. — Approach by sap and mine, 273. — Sābāt, 274. — Sandbags, 278. — Movable shields, 278. — Shātūr, 278. — Malchār, 278. — Temporary wall, 279. — Sībā or Towers, 279. — Indian defence of forts, storming, 281. — Scaling ladders, 281. — Modes of repelling assaults, 282. — Stones, 283. — Evacuation after assault, 284. — Reduction by starvation, 284. — Gurdāspūr, 285. — Thūn, 285. — Second siege of Thūn, 287. — Communications between besiegers and besieged, 287. — Keys of fortresses, 287. — Particular sieges, 288. — Jaitpur, 289. — Allahābād, 290. — Bangarḥ, 291. — Āgrah, 294.

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