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was built there, which was sufficient to repel an attempted landing by
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landed forces on The Rim. Guns mounted at Fort Foster fired on the first ships to arrive, but the fort was abandoned prior to the landing, and its guns were destroyed.
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production, and its earthworks, some as much as 6 feet (1.8 m) in height, were still visible then. They have since again become overgrown.
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was laid across the river just to the south. In August 1777, the
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