Like going through the breach of an enemy fortress, he reckoned.

"Follow my lead toward the enemy fortress," he spoke into the communicator.

In European warfare, besieging an enemy fortress usually provoked a battle.

His route took him up a gentle slope to a grassy crest that offered another view of the enemy fortress.

The tree branches attached to the top of the ladder were meant to camouflage the ladder as they approached the enemy fortress.

He is then credited as the strategos (general) responsible for capturing an enemy fortress, which was considered impregnable.

The main objective of players in this mode is to destroy the enemy fortress while keeping their fortress intact.

Players may capture initially neutral outposts in order to help accomplish this goal, or they can initiate direct attacks on the enemy fortress.

Verlaine's lord always treated any barrier as if he were storming an enemy fortress.

Rather than capturing the king to win, one had to occupy an enemy fortress.