History of Medieval Siege

A siege is an attack on a city or fortress with the purpose of capturing them. The story of the siege-craft a parallel with the development of enrichment for the protection against enemy attacks. Both siege and mounting of technological development and, finally, the use of the catapult was extinct.

In early times battering rams and bores were employed to break down the walls and gates of a fortified place. This tactic was a betrayal, treachery, famine or not. To protect the sieges of rockets, oil and other incendiaries, by the defenders, a shelter was built. This was mainly from the large wicker shields of wood or hide (mantelets). Rams, hills and movable wooden towers were approved by the investment and strangely besieged in a race to reach heights from which the enemy can be attacked. Engines of war such as catapults were from both sides with stones, spears, pots of flaming oil and arrows. It was also common for besiegers to build a wall (circumvallation) around their objective to prevent sorties (columns of troops from a fort to stop the sieges) and a second wall (contravallation) around their own army as security against relieving forces.

Just as the catapult was a formidable weapon power sieging pistol was discovered. Cannons, mortars and artillery quickly, because the more useful weapons of choice for sieging. Artillery, that the fight against high walls was necessary to get and medieval fortifications and mount defensive artillery. Many siege was artillery duels. The development of tanks, aircraft, and missiles in the 20th century gave the besieger a great advantage in firepower and mobility. Now sieging days is much faster, more explosive and destructive processes. The slow and sluggish kind of catapult a relic from the past.