- The
cheval de frise (plural:
chevaux de frise [ʃə.vo də fʁiz], "Frisian horses") was a
defensive obstacle,
existing in a
number of forms, prin****lly as...
- war's end in 1782. Two
other barriers across the river,
referred to as
chevaux-
de-
frise, were
undertaken by the Colonials; the first,
between Fort Washington...
-
Chevaux De Frise is an
unincorporated community in
Ritchie County, West Virginia,
United States. The
etymology of the name of
nearby Chevaux de Frise...
- ****ault,
fourteen ditches were
lined with sword-blades and
poisoned chevaux-
de-
frise around the fort by the
French soldiers. The then Duke of Wellington...
-
attempted to
prevent the
British from p****ing
upriver by
emplacing 106
chevaux de frise (upright logs
tipped with iron points)
between the
island and Plum...
- of ladders, a
prominent feature of
siege warfare in
medieval times.
Chevaux de frise:
sword blades chained together to
incapacitate people trying to charge...
-
purchased for 600 pounds. The fort was
built to
protect a line of
chevaux de frise obstacles that were
placed in the
river in 1775.
Tadeusz Kościuszko...
-
exhibited by
coastal communities,
including the
frequent use of
stones as
chevaux-
de-
frise, the
establishment of
cliff castles, or the
domestic architecture sometimes...
-
Goldenhof Hill,
fenced on all
sides by
barracks and
sharpened stakes (the
chevaux de frise) and
adapted to all-around defence.
Charles divided his
infantry into...
-
almost directly across the
North River (Hudson River) in New York.
Chevaux-
de-
frise,
south of the
Hudson River Chain, were laid
between them.
These twin...
