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Reminds me of a maneuver performed by Mehmed the Conqueror during the Siege of Constantinople: "On 22 April, Mehmed transported his lighter warships overland,
by Cyph0n 10y ago
Reminds me of a maneuver performed by Mehmed the Conqueror during the Siege of Constantinople:
"On 22 April, Mehmed transported his lighter warships overland, around the Genoese colony of Galata, and into the Golden Horn's northern shore; eighty galleys were transported from the Bosphorus after paving a route, little over one mile, with wood. Thus the Byzantines stretched their troops over a longer portion of the walls." [1]
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_the_Conqueror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_the_Conqueror
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