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I saw a fellow, aflame, running below, beyond the wall, then he fell and rolled in the dirt. - (Renegades of Gor, Chapter 17, Sentence #148)

Too, it makes it much easier to prevent the dropping of the bridges, by blocking them with beams or poles, or, in some cases, by fouling one or both of the chains, usually with metal pins. It is better for the attackers, usually, to have the tower isolated, back from the wall, and to be able to control its bridge without concern for the defenders. Thus they may lower it when they will and raise it when they will, perhaps after a retreat, transforming the tower then into what, in effect, is a small, inaccessible, impregnable keep, with its moat of space, a keep, however, whose bridge might then, suddenly, at any moment of the day or night, drop again, once more disgorging its onslaught of attackers. I saw a fellow, aflame, running below, beyond the wall, then he fell and rolled in the dirt. The pounding of the ram below continued. It had a different sound now than before. I did not understand why. - (Renegades of Gor)