This is why I always tried to be low man on the ladder when we were attacking a Foreign Legion fort. Actually, I’ve always wondered why we bothered. Why not just go around it?
Tunnel under the wall? While I doubt they would build a fort’s wall on sand, they would build it on stone. And outside the wall, it looks like sand. Not exactly easy to tunnel under these walls, even if you had the right tools. And long sieges … in the desert? Shirley you jest! Only if you have control of a watering hole.
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member almost 5 years ago
When push comes to shove, it’s always good to have Tarzan around…
Gent almost 5 years ago
Stupid Tuareg. He went for the hero instead of the ones in the red shirts. Oh wait, the French legion hasn’t got anyone in red shirts, do they?
Gent almost 5 years ago
Yeah, all the legionnaires were as brainless as the jungle natives that they needed a jungle ape boy to tell them to do that.
Polsixe almost 5 years ago
Corporal Shea will be Mentioned in Dispatches, his family will be so pleased.
h.v.greenman almost 5 years ago
Enough raiders to surround the fortress but they only brought one ladder? and they only brought one ladder?
Old Comic Strip Lover almost 5 years ago
Well, I guess that’s the end of this story arc. That all ended well.
J Short almost 5 years ago
The LADDER! Duh!
Ray*C almost 5 years ago
This is why I always tried to be low man on the ladder when we were attacking a Foreign Legion fort. Actually, I’ve always wondered why we bothered. Why not just go around it?
RobertaPyle almost 5 years ago
Keep the defenders busy at the rampart while digging a tunnel under the wall on the other side—then set off gunpowder charges to collapse the wall!
profkatz almost 5 years ago
“Remember the Alamo!” where’s Davy Crockett when you really need him?
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Tunnel under the wall? While I doubt they would build a fort’s wall on sand, they would build it on stone. And outside the wall, it looks like sand. Not exactly easy to tunnel under these walls, even if you had the right tools. And long sieges … in the desert? Shirley you jest! Only if you have control of a watering hole.
ScottHolman almost 5 years ago
O.K. men, so much for the ladder idea. What else is in the suggestion box?