The United Service Magazine, Volume 81H. Colburn, 1856 - Military art and science |
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... yards ( we believe , in reality , it was 900 ) , it ought to be concluded that such tower might be easily destroyed by ships ; but first , we do not know whether the masonry on the sea face was not much more substantial than on that ...
... yards ( we believe , in reality , it was 900 ) , it ought to be concluded that such tower might be easily destroyed by ships ; but first , we do not know whether the masonry on the sea face was not much more substantial than on that ...
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... yards wide ; the batteries now prepared or preparing there will be very powerful , and chiefly directed on the line of necessary approach by the enemy's ships , that line being between shoals , from which , at such a moment , of course ...
... yards wide ; the batteries now prepared or preparing there will be very powerful , and chiefly directed on the line of necessary approach by the enemy's ships , that line being between shoals , from which , at such a moment , of course ...
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... yards from Hurst , 1,700 from Cliff's End , and 1,800 yards across from the fort to the opposite mud banks ; it would no doubt have been more advanta- geous had those distances been less ; but that is not the fault of the engineers ...
... yards from Hurst , 1,700 from Cliff's End , and 1,800 yards across from the fort to the opposite mud banks ; it would no doubt have been more advanta- geous had those distances been less ; but that is not the fault of the engineers ...
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... yards . The fort is ac- knowleged to be in a very strong position in rear of a marshy valley called Gomer's Ponds , and , being part of a line of defences across to the harbour , has been constructed with reference to that view , which ...
... yards . The fort is ac- knowleged to be in a very strong position in rear of a marshy valley called Gomer's Ponds , and , being part of a line of defences across to the harbour , has been constructed with reference to that view , which ...
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... yards at the base and ten yards at the top , was raised on the rubble superstructure . The foundation of this wall , laid at the level of low- water ordinary springs , is a layer of concrete , ten feet thick , within a casing of granite ...
... yards at the base and ten yards at the top , was raised on the rubble superstructure . The foundation of this wall , laid at the level of low- water ordinary springs , is a layer of concrete , ten feet thick , within a casing of granite ...
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