Zoca Flank Battery is an artillery battery on the west side of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The unusual name of the battery comes from...
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Cumberland Flank Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The Cumberland Flank Battery was a large battery that was...
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Rock Gun Battery Signal Hill Battery Bellman's Cave Victoria Battery Wellington Front Windmill Hill Batteries Woodford's Battery Zoca Flank Battery Devil's...
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south by the three-gun Woodford's Left Flank battery, which together with the 1st Europa Point Right Flank battery enfiladed the ground in front of the...
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eastern side of the Rock was inaccessible because of its steep terrain. Gun batteries were placed in a series of galleries on the north face of the Rock, providing...
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Breakneck Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located on Ministry of Defence property at the Upper Rock...
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guns in 1900. In 1878 a new battery, also called Victoria Battery, was constructed on the right flank of the earlier battery to house a 100 ton gun. It...
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Grand Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. To the west of the grand battery was a very formidable flank which...
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Victoria Battery Waterport Battery West Battery White Rock Battery Willis' Battery Windmill Hill Batteries Woodford's Battery Zoca Flank Battery Castles...
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Prince William's Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Fa & Finlayson (2006). The Fortifications of Gibraltar...
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Scud Hill Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Fa & Finlayson (2006). The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068-1945...
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Little Bay Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Fa & Finlayson (2006). The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068-1945...
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Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The battery is located at Europa Flats just north of Eliott's Battery...
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Martin's Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. During World War Two there were two 4 inch and two 4 inch Quick...
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List of fortifications in Gibraltar (section Batteries)
Rock Battery Willis' Battery Windmill Hill Batteries Woodford's Battery Zoca Flank Battery, 1879 Moorish Castle Charles V Wall Line Wall Curtain Montagu...
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Prince Henry's Battery was an artillery battery built in Gibraltar during the Anglo-Spanish War of 1762–63, adjoining the Prince of Wales Lines. They mounted...
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Queen Charlotte's Battery is a 1727 artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Queen Charlotte's battery is on the eastern corner...
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O'Hara's Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located at the highest point of the Rock of Gibraltar,...
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casemates, gun batteries, magazines, tunnels and galleries. At their peak in 1865, the fortifications housed around 681 guns mounted in 110 batteries and positions...
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British began constructing fortified defensive lines on the north-west flank of the Rock of Gibraltar – the King's Lines, Queen's Lines and Prince's...
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Detached Mole, Gibraltar Harbour (redirect from Detached Mole Battery)
entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar and was the site of the Detached Mole Battery. In addition to the role the breakwater plays in the defence of and access...
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support the British counter-bombardment of Spanish and French artillery batteries during the successful defence of Gibraltar. Its success made Koehler famous...
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Tower Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Fa & Finlayson (2006). The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068-1945...
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Lighthouse Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Lighthouse Battery had four 3.7-inch (94 mm) Anti-Aircraft...
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magazine at Princess Anne's Battery on 11 June 1782 took the lives of fourteen men. The following August, the flank of the battery was rebuilt. Later, in the...
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southern Jumper's Bastion. This battery was between the similarly armed Lady Augusta's Battery and the Cumberland Flank Battery. Fa & Finlayson (2006). The...
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Hill Battery refers to one particular battery almost equidistant between Genista Battery and Europa Advance Battery. The armament of the batteries changed...
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magazine of Princess Anne's Battery further up the Rock, causing a massive explosion that blew the flank of the battery into the Prince's Lines, killing...
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Pass Battery, Europa Battery, Eliott's Battery, Harding's Battery, Half Way Battery, Lighthouse Battery, Lady Louisa's Battery and Woodford's Battery were...
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St. George's Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Fa & Finlayson (2006). The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068–1945...
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