| If we try to attack the Canines at a range, then they run at us before we can adjust our bows, ballista, or catapults sights. |
| But there wasn't much time for birding and besides, little boys with catapults ensured there wasn't a mossie, pigeon or starling anywhere. |
| The only things that were in decent repair were the few arbalest and catapults, mainly maintained, I suspected, for show. |
| Some ships had no catapults and the OS2Us were lowered to the water by cranes. |
| To capture a town through a siege one must, according to Philon, make proper use of machines such as catapults and other war engines. |
| The two types of siege weapons were catapults and ballistae, with catapults being the predecessor. |
