I am thinking more of Foreign Legion forts...though this helps a little.
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Paul Davidson
Kevin Wilson <kwilson_tccs@compuserve.com> wrote in message
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> Paul Davidson wrote:
> > I'd like to know if anyone can point me to any resources (web sites, books,
> > etc.) with pictures or diagrams of forts and castles used in the Sahara and
> > Arabian regions during the last few centuries. Particularly French ones,
> > but any will do.
>
> Here's one article, though a bit older than that last few centuries:
>
> http://search.britannica.com/frm_redir.jsp?query=(krak+AND+des+AND+chevalier
s)&redir=http://www.visit-syria.com/anglais/siteshisang.html
>
> A search on "Krak des Chevaliers" brought up lots of hits.
>
> Maybe you're thinking more of Foreign Legion forts though?
>
> Kevin
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Here is a link to a wonderful site dealing with all things concerning colonial wargaming. It contains a wealth of information on building desert forts, not exactly French Foreign Legion, but it should give you some good ideas. (URL) Ewald (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
(...) Here's one article, though a bit older than that last few centuries: (URL) search on "Krak des Chevaliers" brought up lots of hits. Maybe you're thinking more of Foreign Legion forts though? Kevin ---...--- Personal Lego Web page: (URL) Park: (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.general)