![Fort Bourtange, Netherlands - construction finished in 1593 [1300x1434 - 433KB]](https://pic8.co/sh/7qscs9.jpg){kind=link}
An insane amount of digging and artillery, it’s crazy when you see one of these forts. Literally 10s of thousands of men are required to assault or defend.
An insane amount of digging and artillery, it’s crazy when you see one of these forts. Literally 10s of thousands of men are required to assault or defend.
You can see the scars of sieges past in the photo, the flood field in the top right has that zig zag shape because it is where sappers dug trenches to approach the fort and establish canon and mortar positions.
You can see the scars of sieges past in the photo, the flood field in the top right has that zig zag shape because it is where sappers dug trenches to approach the fort and establish canon and mortar positions.
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