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    A wagon fort, wagon fortress, wagenburg or corral, often referred to as circling the wagons, is a temporary fortification made of wagons arranged into...
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    when the first migrant wagon train was organized in Independence, Missouri, a wagon trail had been cleared to Fort Hall, Idaho. Wagon trails were cleared...
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  • Promontory fort, mainly Iron Age Star fort, in 15th and 16th century Europe Tegart fort, in Palestine from 1930s Wagon fort, a mobile fortification Fort (band)...
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  • tabir in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tabir may refer to: A tabor, or Wagon fort A drum, see Tabor (instrument) Tabeer (disambiguation) Tabar (disambiguation)...
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    works. They used the wagon fort effectively, a tactic that had been mastered in the Hussite Wars of the previous century. Wagons were chained together...
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    tactic) and Vytautas left his wagon fort to pursue him. Once Lithuanian forces were suitably far away from the wagon fort, the units of Edigu appeared...
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    during the Russo-Kazan Wars, and it was understood not only as a type of wagon-fort, but also as siege towers. Later, this term could cover mobile barriers...
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    A wagon or waggon is a heavy four-wheeled vehicle pulled by draught animals or on occasion by humans, used for transporting goods, commodities, agricultural...
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  • Wagenburg may refer to: Wagenburg (wagon fort), a temporary fortification made of wagons Wagenburg (trailer park), a humorous term for trailer parks Wagenburg...
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    Khanwa Second Battle of Panipat Third Battle of Panipat Battle of Ghaghra Wagon fort Watts 2011, p. 707. Chandra 2009, p. 30. Jadunath Sarkar, Military history...
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    extensive use of early handheld firearms such as hand cannons, as well as wagon forts. Starting around 1402, priest and scholar Jan Hus denounced what he judged...
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    would draw his opponent into attacking his wagon fort, then, at the right moment, sortie out of the fort with his cavalry, bowmen, and pikemen to ravage...
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    advancements, including introduction of firearms to field battles as well as the wagon fort strategy, called vozová hradba in Czech. Modern history precedes the 1918...
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    drivers to haul supplies. Although American forces evacuated Fort Ticonderoga on July 6, the wagon train didn't start to arrive until mid-July, preventing...
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    Late that day a decision was taken by the rebels to withdraw into a wagon fort on the hill overlooking the town. It is unclear who initiated a truce...
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    The Wagon Box Fight was an engagement which occurred on August 2, 1867, in the vicinity of Fort Phil Kearny during Red Cloud's War. A party of twenty-six...
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    The Conestoga wagon, also simply known as the Conestoga, is an obsolete transport vehicle that was used exclusively in North America, primarily the United...
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  • film ends during the Hussite Wars with Žižka leading a Hussite army in wagon fort facing a large army. It is shown that he is still keeping Katherine's...
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  • artillery (hand guns) mounted on wagons, and effect a retreat. This skirmish was the first documented use of the wagon fort during the Hussite Wars. The results...
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    wagons that their protection was breached. The Varangians, armed with their distinctive Danish axes, hacked their way through the Pecheneg wagon fort...
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  • Fort Craig - Fort Thorn Wagon Road, was a road ran down along the west bank of the Rio Grande, from a turnoff from the west bank route of the Camino Real...
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    Architecture portal Bivouac shelter Cantonment Castra Force Provider Wagon fort Wagluhe TM 30-410 Handbook on the British army : with supplements on the...
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    "The Women of the Teutones Defend the Wagon Fort" (1882) by Heinrich Leutemann...
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    The fort became the eastern anchor of the Great Platte River Road and thus an important military and civilian way station for 20 years. Wagon trains...
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    Martello tower (redirect from Martello Fort)
    Martello towers, sometimes known simply as Martellos, are small defensive forts that were built across the British Empire during the 19th century, from...
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    The Hussite wagon fort...
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    Promontory fort Rampart Ringfort (Rath) Refuge castle Schwedenschanze Stockade Sudis Trou de loup Vallum Wagon fort (Laager) Vitrified fort Post-classical...
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  • Wagon Train is an American Western television series that aired for eight seasons, first on the NBC television network (1957–1962) and then on ABC (1962–1965)...
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    rise to expressions such as Wagenburg, Wagendorf, and Bauwagenplatz ("wagon fort", "trailer village" and "construction trailer site" respectively). Either...
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    Hussite war wagons and Žižka's tactical skills, the Hussites eventually won the battle. Hussites took the high ground and built their wagon fort there. The...
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