In 1940, as a result of his concern, the unit was partially mechanised and further defences were built.
The excavation of earth to make the mound left a ditch around the motte which acted as a further defence.
They were linked by earthworks and bulwarks to provide further defence along this important stretch of coastline.
Any further defence advanced by the accused could be made then.
I will trust to your penetrating good sense and make no further defence of my proposal.
There may also have been further defences around the cliffs fringing the high ground.
It had become clear that further defences, better adapted to the current era, needed to be adopted.
Suddenly Ramage understood something which had puzzled him for years: why, at the trial, his father had eventually refused to make any further defence.
And since the demure days in which he was originally writing, further defences against satire have been erected at the lower end of the business.
Mountain Infantry Division had also been destroyed and further defence of the area was impossible.