Attacking
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Attacking & Defending a Castle Muhammed Almeshhedani Dear diary Today has been a very interesting day. My men & I started to besiege the Castle of Hedge Hill that is owned by baron Jean-Pierre from Normandy. His castle was hidden between mountains and cliffs surrounding it. It was the hardest siege for us, as we couldn't use a lot of heavy weaponry. It had four sets of walls this was hard to attack because we needed to use a lot of ammunition for the mangonel and trebuchet. The castle is surrounded by a moat from all directions and has a single drawbridge. We couldn't use a siege tower or battering ram we needed a mangonel because we needed something powerful for close range as the mangonel is good at that, we needed a trebuchet because we needed something for far range to knock down the walls. The men used grappling hooks and ladders...


