Assertion: castle's defence | /r/CapableOf | protect inhabitant
Facets:
value: from bombardment
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: by the besiegers
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: During the 18th century, it was found that the continuous enceinte, or main defensive enclosure of a bastion fortress, could not be made large enough to accommodate the enormous field armies which were increasingly being employed in Europe, neither could the defences be constructed far enough away from the fortress town to protect the inhabitants from bombardment by the besiegers, the range of whose guns was steadily increasing as better manufactured weapons were introduced.