Outside Europe, the star fort became an "engine of European expansion," and acted as a force multiplier so that small European garrisons could hold out against numerically superior forces. Wherever star forts were erected the natives experienced great difficulty in uprooting European invaders.
Outside Europe, the star .fort became a,n "engine of European expansion," and acted as a force multiplier so that small European garrisons could hold out against numerically superi?or :forces. Wherever star forts were erected the natives experienced great difficulty in uprooting European invaders.