Featured in siegeBYTeam MightyNov 17, 2022ShareToday in military history: Siege of Knoxville beginsOn Nov. 17, 1863, Confederate General James Longstreet laid siege to the city of Knoxville, Tennessee. In the fall of 1863, Union Major General Ambrose Burnside occupied Knoxville where a… BYTeam MightyNov 17, 2022ShareBYCam ReaMay 16, 2022ShareHow these armies beat their foe with a prostitute, palm trees and plague bodiesSiege warfare is a military tactic in which an enemy army surrounds a castle or fortress and attempts to break in either by physical force or by starving the inhabitants into submission. In other words, it is a nasty ordeal for all involved and it o… BYCam ReaMay 16, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyNov 21, 2022ShareToday in military history: Joan of Arc besieges La CharitéOn Nov. 24 1429, Joan of Arc besieged La Charité. Born a peasant girl in medieval France, Joan of Arc would grow up to lead an army against the English… BYTeam MightyNov 21, 2022ShareBYRuddy CanoApr 29, 2020ShareThis is why the trebuchet was the superior siege engineThroughout the history of combined arms, artillery has played a key role in supporting the infantry. Commanders laying siege to fortified cities would call upon their engineers to identify weak points in defensive walls. Resources and manpower were … BYRuddy CanoApr 29, 2020Share
BYTeam MightyNov 17, 2022ShareToday in military history: Siege of Knoxville beginsOn Nov. 17, 1863, Confederate General James Longstreet laid siege to the city of Knoxville, Tennessee. In the fall of 1863, Union Major General Ambrose Burnside occupied Knoxville where a… BYTeam MightyNov 17, 2022Share
BYCam ReaMay 16, 2022ShareHow these armies beat their foe with a prostitute, palm trees and plague bodiesSiege warfare is a military tactic in which an enemy army surrounds a castle or fortress and attempts to break in either by physical force or by starving the inhabitants into submission. In other words, it is a nasty ordeal for all involved and it o… BYCam ReaMay 16, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyNov 21, 2022ShareToday in military history: Joan of Arc besieges La CharitéOn Nov. 24 1429, Joan of Arc besieged La Charité. Born a peasant girl in medieval France, Joan of Arc would grow up to lead an army against the English… BYTeam MightyNov 21, 2022Share
BYRuddy CanoApr 29, 2020ShareThis is why the trebuchet was the superior siege engineThroughout the history of combined arms, artillery has played a key role in supporting the infantry. Commanders laying siege to fortified cities would call upon their engineers to identify weak points in defensive walls. Resources and manpower were … BYRuddy CanoApr 29, 2020Share
