Fortress Gallery

Battle of Auray, France, Hundred Years' War, 1364

Capture of Bertrand de Guescelin in the Battle of Auray, where John de Montford and Charles de Blois led opposing sides, 1364.
Hand-colored woodcut

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Champlain's Quebec fort, 1613, showing the dwellings (C, D), drawbridge (I), Moat (M), cannon (N), garden (O).
Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of Champlain's drawing

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Siege of a French town in the 100 Years' War

Charles VII of France besieges the town of Harfleur, held by the English, Hundred Years' War.
Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration

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