Harwich Redoubt information

9419; 1.2889 Harwich Redoubt is a circular fort built in 1808 to defend the port of Harwich, Essex from Napoleonic invasion. The Harwich Society opens...

in 1657 and was heavily fortified, with Harwich Redoubt, Beacon Hill Battery, and Bath Side Battery. Harwich is the likely launch point of the Mayflower...

command's assault against a British redoubt Lines of Torres Vedras of the Peninsular War (1809–1810) Harwich Redoubt (1809–1810) Battle of Borodino (1812)...

danger area.[citation needed] Shorncliffe Redoubt Lympne Castle Sandgate Castle Harwich Redoubt Littlehampton Redoubt British anti-invasion preparations of...

24-pounder guns was constructed in 1812, intended to supplement the larger Harwich Redoubt, which had been completed 200 yards (180 m) to the north in 1810 and...

well as formidable fortresses in their own right. A third redoubt was later constructed at Harwich in Essex to support the Martello chain built to defend...

Carnot wall and the ramparts behind. Dymchurch Redoubt Eastbourne Redoubt Harwich Redoubt Shoreham Redoubt Goodwin p 36 Gooodwin pp 24–25 Goodwin p 28 Goodwin...

1811 to cover the anchorage of the port of Harwich, Essex, England, as part of the same complex as the Redoubt, armed with 3 × 24-pdr (11 kg) cannon. The...

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also been involved with restoration projects such as Fort Amherst, Harwich Redoubt, The Needles Batteries, Newhaven Fort and Chapel Bay Fort. "Charity...

The 1st Suffolk & Harwich Volunteer Artillery, later the Essex & Suffolk Royal Garrison Artillery was an auxiliary coastal artillery unit of the British...

operation started five days later. On 11 August Redoubt, towing H5, was sailing as part of the Harwich Force on a sweep of Heligoland Bight when Zeppelin...

Carnot wall is a type of loop-holed wall built in the ditch of a fort or redoubt. It takes its name from the French mathematician, politician, and military...

in the scheme were three much larger circular forts or redoubts that were constructed at Harwich, Dymchurch and Eastbourne; they acted as supply depots...

It took off from a lighter H.5 which was being towed by the destroyer 'Redoubt' and shot down the Zeppelin L.53. The Camel was recovered almost undamaged...

During the First World War, she served with the 10th Destroyer Flotilla at Harwich. After the end of the war, Bruce spent several years in reserve at British...

Lt Culley RAF, who took off from a lighter towed by the destroyer HMS Redoubt, on 11 August 1918. LZ 100 was the last zeppelin destroyed in the war....

Spenser, Shakespeare, Bruce, Montrose; destroyers: Radiant, Redgauntlet, Redoubt, Retriever, Satyr, Sceptre, Sharpshooter, Skate, Skilful, Springbok, Starfish...

Robert John Bagshaw, MP 1857–59 (both represented same two-member seat of Harwich). William Ewart Gladstone, MP 1832–95, and sons William Henry, MP 1865–85...

September 1917 and completing in December that year. Spenser served in the Harwich Force during the rest of the First World War and in the Baltic during the...

released, aimed at the German Sixth Army's positions on the Hohenzollern Redoubt but in places the gas was blown back by wind onto the trenches of the British...