> Of course the only way to win would be by pushing yfour enemy back down the stairs and then with whoever is left above you, retake the entire castle. I see w

> Of course the only way to win would be by pushing yfour enemy back down the stairs and then with whoever is left above you, retake the entire castle. I see we're dealing with a castle siege expert over here. As I have visited many castles in Europe (I also live in bicycle driving distance of at least 5 medieval castles) and have heard this explanation many times, I was wondering about the authors counter arguments. Unfortunately there weren't any. I cannot tell for sure since part of the article is missing after "Of course if the enemy ". Now I will never now this another obvious fact. Reminds me of moon landing denier arguments: "Of course we didn't land on the moon. Duh! It doesn't make any sense AT ALL. Pfff!"