• Eliott's Practice Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Fa & Finlayson (2006). The Fortifications of Gibraltar...
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  • Eliott's Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The battery is located in front of the Officer's Barracks at...
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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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    Spy Glass Battery or Spyglass Battery was originally a high angle artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The battery is mounted...
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    and the batteries. Europa Advance Batteries, Europa Pass Batteries, Europa Batteries, Eliott's Battery, Europa Advance Battery, Half Way Battery, Lighthouse...
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    other route, where the British garrison sought to install a new artillery battery to cover a blind angle. The tunnel was the initiative of the company's...
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    Napier of Magdala Battery is a former coastal artillery battery on the south-western cliffs of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, overlooking...
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    Bowling Green Battery Devil's Gap Battery Devil's Tongue Battery Edward VII Battery Eliott's Battery Eliott's Practice Battery Engineer Battery Europa Advance...
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    flooding the land in front and turning the curtain wall into the Grand Battery. Today, the bastion is surrounded by reclaimed land to the west and north...
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    Bowling Green Battery Devil's Gap Battery Devil's Tongue Battery Edward VII Battery Eliott's Battery Eliott's Practice Battery Engineer Battery Europa Advance...
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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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    Gardiner's Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is named after the governor Sir Robert Gardiner. Gardiner's...
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    Bowling Green Battery Devil's Gap Battery Devil's Tongue Battery Edward VII Battery Eliott's Battery Eliott's Practice Battery Engineer Battery Europa Advance...
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    the North Bastion south along the western coast of the town to Engineer Battery, just south of the New Mole. It protected the town from bombardment from...
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    bastions and retired batteries. Jones's recommendations were immediately accepted and put into practice. A series of new batteries aligned on a roughly...
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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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    Princess Caroline's Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located at the northern end of the Upper Rock...
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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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    Castle Batteries are a series of artillery batteries that are part of the Northern Defences of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The batteries descend...
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    Rooke Battery is a now derelict artillery battery on the west side of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The derelict battery can now be found...
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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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  • to a surprise attack from the sea and was heavily fortified with gun batteries, perimeter walls and scarped cliffs. In 1841, Major General Sir John Thomas...
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    lines were broken at intervals by embrasures for batteries housing guns mounted in pairs. Batteries at the Flat Bastion and the demi-bastion above would...
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    Devil's Gap Battery is a coastal battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, overlooking the Bay of Gibraltar near the westernmost limits of...
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    Bowling Green Battery Devil's Gap Battery Devil's Tongue Battery Edward VII Battery Eliott's Battery Eliott's Practice Battery Engineer Battery Europa Advance...
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  • Sir Herbert Miles Promenade (category Artillery battery fortifications in Gibraltar)
    Sir Herbert Miles Promenade served as an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The promenade runs along the Line Wall Curtain...
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    Forbes' Batteries are a pair of artillery batteries in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The batteries are casemated. The Forbes' Batteries are...
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    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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    The Orillon Batteries were artillery batteries in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The batteries were three-storey gun positions within a natural...
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    southeast of Princess Anne's Battery. Formerly known as Willis' Battery, and later, Queen Anne's Battery or Queen's Battery, it was renamed in the late...
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