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139:. Gibraltar: Exchange Publications.
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137:Strong as the Rock of Gibraltar
287:Wellington Front Demi Bastions
84:, on which a 12.5-inch 38-ton
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370:Devil's Bowling Green Battery
670:Sir Herbert Miles Promenade
615:Princess Caroline's Battery
183:Fortifications of Gibraltar
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39:fortifications of Gibraltar
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580:Prince Ferdinand's Battery
445:Governor's Lookout Battery
630:Queen Charlotte's Battery
605:Princess Amelia's Battery
550:Napier of Magdala Battery
395:Eliott's Practice Battery
1105:Lines of Contravallation
620:Princess Royal's Battery
600:Prince William's Battery
560:North Mole Elbow Battery
405:Europa Advance Batteries
360:Cumberland Flank Battery
1189:City walls in Gibraltar
735:Windmill Hill Batteries
610:Princess Anne's Battery
595:Prince of Wales Battery
585:Prince George's Battery
78:Windmill Hill Batteries
910:Europa Sunken Magazine
590:Prince Henry's Battery
575:Parson's Lodge Battery
500:Lady Augusta's Battery
485:Jews' Cemetery Battery
380:Devil's Tongue Battery
345:Civil Hospital Battery
105:Red plaque on the wall
41:. It runs between the
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1120:Prince of Wales Lines
1029:Stanley's Clock Tower
925:Ragged Staff Magazine
915:Flat Bastion Magazine
859:Prince Albert's Front
796:Grand Casemates Gates
505:Lady Louisa's Battery
455:Green's Lodge Battery
415:Europa Pass Batteries
365:Detached Mole Battery
355:Crutchett's Batteries
31:Prince Albert's Front
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1110:Montagu Counterguard
1070:Chatham Counterguard
806:Prince Edward's Gate
690:St. George's Battery
545:Mount Misery Battery
530:Lord Airey's Battery
495:King's Lines Battery
475:Hayne's Cave Battery
420:Farringdon's Battery
252:Hesse's Demi Bastion
204:Buena Vista Barracks
86:rifled muzzle loader
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986:Great Siege Tunnels
665:Signal Hill Battery
540:Middle Hill Battery
375:Devil's Gap Battery
224:Retrenched Barracks
209:Defensible Barracks
1165:36.1424°N 5.3546°W
1135:West Place of Arms
1130:Ragged Staff Guard
864:Ragged Staff Flank
816:Ragged Staff Gates
745:Zoca Flank Battery
740:Woodford's Battery
725:White Rock Battery
525:Little Bay Battery
520:Lighthouse Battery
430:Gardiner's Battery
385:Edward VII Battery
350:Couvreport Battery
320:Buenavista Battery
315:Bomb Proof Battery
199:Bombproof Barracks
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905:Eliott's Magazine
844:Line Wall Curtain
715:Waterport Battery
660:Scud Hill Battery
570:Orillon Batteries
470:Harding's Battery
440:Genoese Batteries
340:Catalan Batteries
325:Buffadero Battery
310:Breakneck Battery
305:Alexandra Battery
219:Lathbury Barracks
51:John Thomas Jones
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655:Saluting Battery
640:Rock Gun Battery
635:Raglan's Battery
565:O'Hara's Battery
555:New Mole Battery
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786:Barcina Gate
720:West Battery
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247:Flat Bastion
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1153:36°08′33″N
1095:Inundation
958:South Mole
953:North Mole
773:City gates
92:References
82:Zoca Flank
1156:5°21′17″W
897:Magazines
297:Batteries
24:Rosia Bay
1183:Category
801:Landport
239:Bastions
191:Barracks
145:48491998
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968:Tunnels
874:Ditches
755:Castles
71:Moorish
1085:Glacis
1075:Flêche
1006:Towers
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119:Hughes
1053:Other
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