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Cherbourg-Octeville - Wikipedia  Cherbourg-Octeville is a city and former commune situated at the northern end of the Cotentin ... Cherbourg-en-Cotentin is protected by Cherbourg Harbour, between La Hague ... a first-rate military port under the leadership of Louis XVI and Napoleon, and ..... Following these ravages, Philip the Fair fortified the city in 1300.
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Captains Guide & Mega Yachts 2014 by Captain's Guide - issuu  May 3, 2016 ... Find a flashing red #8 buoy off the call Northport. northern end of Little Neck .... along Old Field Beach, a barrier beach protecting Port Jefferson Harbor. ... More than 25 Restaurants and Caf's to meet your dining needs. ..... us by above Thank you, Antigua My best, Louis G rignon Sag Harbor Yacht Yard...
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Jeopary Questions page 1098 - THEATRE 2000 - TriviaBistro.com  ELSEWHERE IN 1776: Louis XVI began construction of a fortified breakwater off this city, offering better protection than umbrellas  IT'S YOUR DIME: 8.33 % of...
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Louis de La Couldre de La Bretonnire - Wikipedia  Louis Bon Jean de la Couldre de La Bretonnire was a French naval officer and the first ... Sartine then De Castries backed this plan in 1780. Three years later, those in charge of construction had still not decided on the construction method. ... In June 1786 he received Louis XVI, who had come to take part in sinking ... More...
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Portcullis - Wikipedia  A portcullis is a heavy vertically-closing gate typically found in medieval fortifications, consisting of a latticed grille made of wood, metal, or a combination of the two, which slides down grooves inset within each jamb of the gateway. ... Portcullises fortified the entrances to many medieval castles, securely closing off the castle...
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VAUBAN!S SIEGE LEGACY IN THE WAR OF THE SPANISH ...  Sbastien le Prestre de Vauban with significantly reducing these costs by toppling ..... large4scale military operations could normally be sustained only with the onset of .... was no means to silence [a fortress!s] defending artillery and to batter the ...... method of approach by zigzag trenches on lines at right angles to the.
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King Louis XVI of France - Wikipedia  Louis XVI born Louis-Auguste, also known as Louis Capet, was King of France from 1774 until ... From 1776 Louis XVI actively supported the North American colonists, who were seeking their independence from .... While none doubted Louis's intellectual ability to rule France, it was quite clear that, although raised as the...
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Fortified Areas Of Europe. Top 3 - Caption Finder  These fortifications formed the basis of Germany's West Wall, also known as the Siegfried Line. ... The construction of a French defensive line began in 1929. ... that these emplacements would be used to defend against attacks by infantry .... We may wonder, what if the building of these defensive lines had been completed?
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Fortresses and Defense Walls - Crystalinks  Fortifications are military constructions and buildings designed for defense in warfare and ... masonry structures, although brick and timber-built variants are also known. ... Large tempered earth (i.e. rammed earth) walls were built in ancient China ... In terms of China's longest and most impressive fortification, the Great Wall...
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Antonine Wall - Wikipedia  The Antonine Wall, known to the Romans as Vallum Antonini, was a turf fortification on stone foundations, built by the Romans across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland, between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde. ... Construction began in AD 142 at the order of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius, and .... These are:.
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Section 1 Trouble on the Frontier  ... In 1753, the. French began building forts to back their claim to the land ... valley. The governor of Virginia decided to send soldiers to order the French to leave.
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Fort Pitt (Pennsylvania) - Wikipedia  Fort Pitt was a fort built by British colonists during the Seven Years' War at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, where the Ohio River is formed in western Pennsylvania. It replaced Fort Duquesne, a French colonial fort built in 1754 as tensions ... In present-day Michigan, the British garrisoned Fort Detroit.
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Castle Learning Center Glossary - Castles of Britain  besiege: surrounding a castle in order to cut off its supplies and make the ... Jagged protective stonework at the top of a castle wall. ... cusp: projecting point usually in the upper portion of a tracery window and ... drawbridge: a bridge or roadway across a moat or ditch that lifted to make ... A body of water around the castle.
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Castillo de San Marcos - St. Augustine Record  Oct 2, 2009 ... The Castillo was not the first fort built by the Spanish but was in fact the tenth, with ... Following a pirate attack on St. Augustine in 1668, the Queen Regent ... The Castillo had its first test when British forces under Governor Moore of ... them in the same class as Sir Francis Drake who burned the city in 1586.
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Maginot Line | The Few Good Men  Oct 5, 2012 ... Maginot Line is a elaborate defensive barrier in northeast France constructed in ... the 1930s and named after its principal creator, Andr Maginot, who was France's ... Maginot Line as a permanent defense against German attack. ... not as well armed or protected as the ouvrages but they were still well built.
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Aurelian Walls - Wikipedia  The Aurelian Walls (Italian: Mura aureliane) are a line of city walls built between 271 AD and ... The walls enclosed all the seven hills of Rome plus the Campus Martius and, on the right bank of the Tiber, the Trastevere district. ... The walls were constructed in brick-faced concrete, 3.5 metres (11 ft) thick and 8 metres (26 ft)...
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Bastille | historical prison, Paris, France | Britannica.com  Medieval fortress on the east side of Paris that became, in the 17th and 18th ... on the orders of Charles V of France, who had it built as a bastide, or fortification ... The Bastille, in fact, was originally a fortified gate, but Charles VI turned it into ... celebrated annually on July 14, was chosen as a French national holiday in 1880.
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History of St Petersburg - Lonely Planet Travel Information  Peter was anxious to turn Russia Westward, and he saw the Baltic Sea as the channel for ... Peter's vision for the new capital was grandiose; so was the task ahead. ... To protect the land from flooding, seawalls were built up and canals were laid down. ... In 1712 the tsar officially declared St Petersburg to be the capital.
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Defensive wall - Wikipedia  A defensive wall is a fortification used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential ... whose walls seem partially influenced by those built in the Mediterranean. .... Berlin's city wall from the 1730s to the 1860s was partially made of wood. ... The Nicosia Wall along the Green Line divides North and South Cyprus.
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BVI Boat Charter Article: PIRATES, BUCCANEERS & PRIVATEERS ...  Pirates were attracted to the islands as their hidden coves and complex reef system ... and Spanish shipping in the West Indies during the 17th and 18th centuries. ... The Caves are a popular snorkel spot where the walls are rumored to have ... haven for this band of thieves and an advantageous spot from which to keep...