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Gefallen Engel U-666
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no animals were harmed in the winning of this seige!
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Originally Posted by Stealhead
You supply the trebuchet and I'll supply the livestock. 
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DEADSTOCK ACTUALLY and not animals! The first example of catapulting plague victims into a besieged city was that of Caffa (Modern day Feodosia) in the Crimea. This was in fact the first account of plague in European history.
Caffa had been under siege by the Mongol (aka. Tartar or Golden Horde) army. The siege had been long a protracted. First starting in 1343, it was lifted by the arrival of Italian reinforcements in January 1344. The city was again under siege in 1345 however, a year later the Mongols started to die from a new disease - plague.
The Mongols tried to force the siege by catapulting victims corpses into the city and they were successful in spreading the disease to Caffa people. Even during the siege, Caffa's sea ports remained open and trade was conducted by Italian merchants with other nearby cities under Mongol control. Thus from here the plague was spread out to the rest of Europe. http://history.stackexchange.com/questions/360/how-did-a-besieged-city-castle-defend-itself-vs-catapulting-diseased-dead-bodie
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