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from 1821. The counterguard protected the bastion as the enemy would have to capture the counterguard before taking on the bastion; and whilst attempting this the enemy would come under the direct fire of the bastion. A third layer of protection was added by constructing a
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firing out to ships 600–700 yards (550–640 m) away.
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503:Fortifications of Gibraltar
28:Fortifications of Gibraltar
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765:Governor's Lookout Battery
424:"Restoring Orange Bastion"
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925:Princess Amelia's Battery
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715:Eliott's Practice Battery
308:RML guns from the nearby
193:and was built to protect
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920:Prince William's Battery
880:North Mole Elbow Battery
725:Europa Advance Batteries
680:Cumberland Flank Battery
222:Great Siege of Gibraltar
1055:Windmill Hill Batteries
930:Princess Anne's Battery
915:Prince of Wales Battery
905:Prince George's Battery
302:Government of Gibraltar
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910:Prince Henry's Battery
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820:Lady Augusta's Battery
805:Jews' Cemetery Battery
700:Devil's Tongue Battery
665:Civil Hospital Battery
281:RML 10 inch 18 ton gun
197:against enemy attack.
127:36.143455°N 5.354505°W
1476:Bastions in Gibraltar
1440:Prince of Wales Lines
1349:Stanley's Clock Tower
1245:Ragged Staff Magazine
1235:Flat Bastion Magazine
1179:Prince Albert's Front
1116:Grand Casemates Gates
825:Lady Louisa's Battery
775:Green's Lodge Battery
735:Europa Pass Batteries
685:Detached Mole Battery
675:Crutchett's Batteries
312:were relocated here.
277:rifled muzzle loading
261:Governor of Gibraltar
1430:Montagu Counterguard
1390:Chatham Counterguard
1126:Prince Edward's Gate
1010:St. George's Battery
865:Mount Misery Battery
850:Lord Airey's Battery
815:King's Lines Battery
795:Hayne's Cave Battery
740:Farringdon's Battery
572:Hesse's Demi Bastion
524:Buena Vista Barracks
253:Chatham Counterguard
132:36.143455; -5.354505
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985:Signal Hill Battery
860:Middle Hill Battery
695:Devil's Gap Battery
544:Retrenched Barracks
529:Defensible Barracks
456:on 5 September 2013
291:During World War II
270:amphibious assaults
249:Orange Counterguard
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1450:Ragged Staff Guard
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845:Little Bay Battery
840:Lighthouse Battery
750:Gardiner's Battery
705:Edward VII Battery
670:Couvreport Battery
640:Buenavista Battery
635:Bomb Proof Battery
519:Bombproof Barracks
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980:Scud Hill Battery
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790:Harding's Battery
760:Genoese Batteries
660:Catalan Batteries
645:Buffadero Battery
630:Breakneck Battery
625:Alexandra Battery
539:Lathbury Barracks
344:. Visit Gibraltar
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211:Line Wall Curtain
207:William of Orange
195:Gibraltar Harbour
191:Line Wall Curtain
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960:Rock Gun Battery
955:Raglan's Battery
885:O'Hara's Battery
875:New Mole Battery
855:Martin's Battery
780:Half Way Battery
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720:Engineer Battery
710:Eliott's Battery
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187:many sieges
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106:Coordinates
1415:Inundation
1278:South Mole
1273:North Mole
1093:City gates
319:References
266:breakwater
255:after the
115:36°08′36″N
1217:Magazines
617:Batteries
306:Victorian
183:Gibraltar
118:5°21′16″W
44:Gibraltar
1470:Category
1121:Landport
559:Bastions
511:Barracks
434:10 March
401:Panorama
370:(2006).
234:parapets
215:Old Mole
175:bastions
26:Part of
1288:Tunnels
1194:Ditches
1075:Castles
408:7 March
348:7 March
230:orillon
201:History
177:in the
147:Bastion
1405:Glacis
1395:Flêche
1326:Towers
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1373:Other
1260:Moles
460:7 May
232:with
158:Owner
462:2013
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