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"Stone!" one cries, and points to the likely point of impact, to which spearmen rush, that the breach not be exploited. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 41, Sentence #4)

Besieged It shattered sharp loud startling sudden debris leaping blossoming out and down then the gray waterfall of stone the narrow cascade of loosened rocks the width and weight of it the avalanche the tumbling and rolling of rock and then dust like dry rain choking hard to breathe hard to see get the grit out of your eyes wipe face cough out dirt. "Where are your robes of white and gold?" had asked a man, eyes widening. Sometimes, if one is on the wall, and it is still light, one sees it coming, like a large slow bird rising, and then descending, approaching, growing larger and larger. "Stone!" one cries, and points to the likely point of impact, to which spearmen rush, that the breach not be exploited. Yet, of late, there was little danger of that. Several times in the early days of the siege, the enemy had attempted to apply a tactic brilliant in the manuals but hazardous in the field. The tactic is for contingents of the invasive force, in the "box formation," shield walls to the sides and a shield roof or ceiling overhead, to protect against arrow fire and cast stones, to approach under artillery fire so as to be able to enter a new breach almost instantly, before defenders can reach the point in sufficient numbers to repel would-be entrants and repair the breach. - (Avengers of Gor)