Fort Risban is a fort in Calais, France, located on the coast on the Avenue Raymond Poincaré at the port entrance. In English medieval accounts it is...
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and Nielles, and the Army Corps reduced Fort Risban the next day. On 3 January, the artillery moved into Fort Nieulay at Rysbank. Thomas, Lord Wentworth...
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Fréthun Nielles, and the Army Corps reduced Fort Risban the next day. On 3 January, the artillery moved into Fort Nieulay at Rysbank. Thomas, Lord Wentworth...
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Pierrefonds • Montataire Pas-de-Calais (62) Bailleulmont • Boulogne • Fort Risban (Calais) • Citadel of Calais • Hardelot • Olhain Somme (80) Boves...
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The design was analogous to that of Fort Risban at Calais, or Grand Risban at Dunkirk. Work on building the fort's foundations began on 19 June 1691. Because...
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Inventory of Henry VIII (category Device Forts)
Iron House; 7000 horseshoes; 48000 horse nails; etc. Ruysbank Castle, (Fort Risban), Sir George Somerset; 2 brass culverins on wheels; 2 demi-culverins...
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fortifications of the city, namely the citadel, Fort Risban and the reconstruction of Fort Nieulay, one of the very rare forts-écluses in France. The King returned...
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castles in Nord-Pas-de-Calais is a list of medieval castles or château forts in the region in northern France. Links in italics are links to articles...
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Dunkirk Lighthouse (French: Phare de Dunkerque or Phare de Risban) is an automated first order (i.e. 60 km beam or further) port lighthouse, the highest...
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including 1st and 2nd S/L Btys, were deployed in a semi-circle from Fort Risban and Fort Vert west of the town, round to the east side where there was a screen...
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Recques-sur-Course by the architect Giraud Sannier Citadelle de Calais in Calais Fort Risban in Calais Château de la Bien-Assise in Guînes Château royal-citadelle...
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five forts, Château d'Espérance, Château Vert, Grand Risban, Château Gaillard, and Fort de Revers. An additional fort was built in 1701 called Fort Blanc...
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and several later years. By 1483, he was Deputy of the Tower of Risban, an outlying fort, and before 1497 Lieutenant of the Castle. It may well have been...
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