Timeline for Did Sauron originally intend for a prolonged siege of Minas Tirith?
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| Aug 24, 2022 at 12:56 | comment | added | AKA | The trenches are to protect the engines from sorties by the defender - see acoup.blog/2019/05/24/… | |
| May 26, 2015 at 14:25 | comment | added | Matt Gutting | I wonder if those weren't intended to block off Rohan's approach? One of the Rohirrim says to Theoden: "There are great fires, lord ... The City is all set about with flame, and the field is full of foes." | |
| May 25, 2015 at 22:50 | comment | added | Wad Cheber | +1 One of the things that confused me was the trenches full of fire. Trenches make sense in a siege, because they offer your troops cover from enemy fire (in this case, arrows and stones), but once you set them on fire, they are useless. The only effect the fire trenches had was to make it more difficult for Sauron's troops to maneuver the siege engines. | |
| May 25, 2015 at 22:22 | history | answered | Rand al'Thor♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |