The shield wall was the most common battlefield tactic of the time, in which the two forces would form lines of locked shields before closing with the enemy to use short thrusting swords, axes and spears. The two sides would slog it out pushing and shoving in unison until one side gave ...
The former deputy commander and 15-year veteran of Russia’s elite Alfa counterterrorist unit, Sergey Goncharov, has shed some light on various controversial operations carried out by his former unit in a wide-ranging interview carried by a Russian magazine (Itogi, October 10). Goncharov is cur...
On the podium, one man who claims to be a resident of Choi Yuen Estates and supports smugglers, scolded and pushed the protesters. Police was called. About two dozen of policemen has arrived, equipped with shields and dogs, and separated the two groups. A policeman in white shirt demanded...
Three l6ft diameter tunnels were dug, with shields and compressed air, the centre one being for pedestrians and the others for horse and cart traffic. The entrances on both sides were circular brick towers, which contained not only stairs for pedestrians but also hydraulic lifts for raising and...
Pittsburg is the Merthyr-Tydvil of Pennsylvania — or perhaps I should better describe it as an amalgamation62 of Swansea, Merthyr-Tydvil, and South Shields. It is, without exception, the blackest place which I ever saw. The three English towns which I have named are very dirty, but all...
It cannot be good for us to send ships laden192 outside with iron shields instead of inside with soft goods and hardware to these thickly thronged193 American ports. It cannot be good for us to have to throw millions into these harbors instead of taking millions out from them. It cannot ...
On the podium, one man who claims to be a resident of Choi Yuen Estates and supports smugglers, scolded and pushed the protesters. Police was called. About two dozen of policemen has arrived, equipped with shields and dogs, and separated the two groups. A policeman in white shirt demanded...