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Destroying the Manta Art Print
by Ray Agius
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Destroying the Manta art print by Ray Agius. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Destroying the Manta
By late August there were signs that the elite Turkish troops were exhausted and perhaps even refusing to fight. Mustapha was reduced to forcing camp followers to dress up in the uniforms of his elite soldiers and follow him into battle. He launched another major assault on August 20, but by late afternoon the momentum waned and the Turks were forced to withdraw. The assault resumed the following day, but this time there was noticeably less determination and the Turks retired after only a few hours of fighting.
Turkish engineers began constructing a movable wooden canopy, a siege engine known as a �manta� or �tortoise�. It was designed to provide overhead protection for attacking troops. Such devices had been in use in siege warfare since classical times. Unfortunately for the Turks, the construction of the device had not gone unnoticed by the Knights.
The Knights placed a hidden cannon at the base of a wall fa...
About Ray Agius
I am first and foremost a Gemini. My feet are placed precariously in several camps and constantly and easily cross over many boundaries. My working life spanned 3 decades and embraced 3 continents. Some of my time was spent in the British Royal Navy and much of it in the International Automotive Industry. An Engineer and Designer is automatically a keen observer of life and human nature and from that I take much inspiration for my art. I do not call myself just an artist but rather a purveyor, documenter and expositor of life, from which my art bleeds and sometimes gushes forth! My skills and qualifications have been honed over decades, influenced by both current and long dead artists., Some of those with whom I...
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