This triangular
fortification was where the American flag was first hoisted in 1898 after the First Colorado Regiment took possession of the site.
The reporter added that the army operations inflicted heavy losses upon ISIS terrorists in personnel and equipment, in addition to destroying their positions and
fortifications.
He was addressing the Advocacy Workshop organized by Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and National
Fortification Alliance (NFA).
Early European visitors spoke admiringly of the
fortifications and their efficacy: in 1597 the Jesuit Nicholas Pimenta said that it was bigger than any other city in Portugal except for Lisbon, and in 1615 Samuel Kindt described the southern fort and city of Senji as "as large as Amsterdam." Like many
fortifications of its era, Senji eventually passed into European hands, becoming an outpost of the French colonial rule at Pondichery.
Hess's Trench Warfare Under Grant & Lee is the second of a three-volume series examining
fortifications in the Eastern Theater during the American Civil War and another volume in Gary Gallagher's Civil War America series.
It culminates with
fortification studies, many of which teach students to transition from the floor to knees to standing smoothly.
(4) The difficulty with these routes in the past was that they ran directly within the view of the powerful
fortifications of Acrocorinth, often prompting an invading army to seek an alternative course.
The medieval castle is inseparably connected with
fortifications and architecture.
In response to the English seizure of Havana in 1762 administrative reforms were undertaken to bolster defensive capabilities, and these were accompanied by a surge in Crown expenditures on
fortifications and infrastructure projects.
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Fortifications, Machines, and Festival Architecture.