Meanings of strong fortresses in English

Wherever he went, he built strong fortresses, which were connected by excellent roads.

S: And you make strong fortresses that perhaps you may

In that region there were no strong fortresses, nor was there any army worth mention.

Fine cities sprang up along the seacoast, and strong fortresses were built on every height.

Nothing was left, therefore, but to bring both these countries with their strong fortresses completely under German control.

In ancient warfare sieges were usually blockades; and strong fortresses were reduced by famine much more frequently than by assault.

They should have lasting monuments erected to them, strong fortresses that will withstand time's ravages and never fall into obscurity.

Besides the two strong fortresses at the entrance, batteries run along both shores, while fortifications frown from all the surrounding heights.

The makers of these early works of art and the builders of these strong fortresses were no sorcerers, but simple sailors and traders.

The English had built a fence of strong fortresses called bastilles around Orleans-fortresseswhich closed all the gates of the city but one.

You see, Colonel Munro, that to relieve Magdeburg I must march through Kustrin, Berlin, and Spandau, and the first and last are strong fortresses.

His dominions were extensive, and included several strong fortresses, which in the event of a campaign on the Rhine would be of the highest importance.

Judah survived by reason of its greater military skill and its strong fortresses, with which Asa, Jehoshaphat, and Uzziah had fortified the country, especially Jerusalem.

"There are many strong fortresses..."