THE CIT£ OF LA ROCHE-PONT IS FORTIFIED BY ERRARD DE
BAR-LE-DUC, ENGINEER TO THE MOST CHRISTIAN KING
OF FRANCE AND NAVARRE 275

CHAPTER XIV.
THE SIXTH SIEGE 282



CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XV

TAGB

THK TOWN OF LA ROCHE-PONT IS FORTIFIED BY M. DE VAUBAN 304



CHAPTER XVI.
THE SEVENTH SIEGE 315

CHAPTER XVII.
CONCLUSION 354



EXPLANATION OF SOME OF THE TECHNICAL TERMS USED

IN THIS BOOK 385



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
FIG. PAGE

1. MAP OF THE LAND OF OHET Frontispiece.
THE SAPPER .... Vignette.
2. THE OPPIDUM I4

3. RAMPART OF THE OPPIDUM ... 1 5

4. GATES OF THE OPPIDUM 16

5. THE NEMiDE AND THE DRUIDS' DWELLINGS 1 6

FIRST SIEGE. — SIGILD AND TOMAR 32

6. „ „ WOODEN TOWERS OF THE OPPIDUM ... 35

7. „ „ ADVANCED WORK OF THE OPPIDUM ... 46

8. „ „ ASSAULT ON THE OPPIDUM 55

9. THE TOWN AND CIt£ D'AVON (WAR OF THE GAULS) . . 70

10. SECOND SIEGE. — THE ROMAN 'AGGER' AND 'VINEiE' . . 79

11. „ „ A STIMULUS 80

12. „ „ THE MOVABLE TOWER 82

13. „ „ ATTACK ON THE STRONGHOLD OF THE

OPPIDUM 86

14. THE ROMAN PERMANENT CAMP 91

15. GATES OF THE CAMP 93

16. THE GALLO-ROMAN TOWN. CITY JULIANA . . (to face) 99



xii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
