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Defensible Barracks (304 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Point, was long felt to be potentially vulnerable to a surprise attack from the sea and was heavily fortified with gun batteries, perimeter walls and

Retrenched Barracks (310 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

which was long felt to be potentially vulnerable to a surprise attack from the sea and was heavily fortified with gun batteries, perimeter walls and

Portsmouth Harbour (1,937 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

gave it a considerable advantage of being virtually impregnable to attack from the sea. Before the fortifications were built the French burned Portsmouth

Monestir de Sant Feliu de Guíxols (418 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

to flee and would give a certain degree of protection in cases of attack from the sea. The decision was no doubt also influenced by the martyrdom of Saint

USS Owasco (474 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Philip and Jackson which protected New Orleans, Louisiana against attack from the sea. Owasco was one of seven steamers assigned to the flotilla to tow

Fort Banks (Massachusetts) (3,401 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

Winthrop, Massachusetts. It served to defend Boston Harbor from enemy attack from the sea and was built in the 1809 during what is known as the Endicott period

Saint Gonzalo (574 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

has been described as "economically unremunerative and exposed to attack from the sea; the endowments ... were meagre; and the bishops were overshadowed

Tokyo Bay Fortress (664 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

guard the entrance to Tokyo Bay and thus the city of Tokyo from attack from the sea. These gun batteries and fortifications ceased to be used after the

Late Bronze Age collapse (9,013 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

until the late 11th century BC. Later the coastal regions came under attack from the Sea Peoples. During this period, from the 12th century BC, the incoming

Green Island (Egypt) (426 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

thick rows of barbed wire was built at the water's edge, to deter attack from the sea. Heavy machine guns were emplaced in the roof, and there were over

TRNC Coast Guard Command (201 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

for defending the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus against any attack from the sea. This force was established in 1976. It is affiliated with the Security

Walls of Thessaloniki (629 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

and the Slavs. In 904 the city was captured by the Saracens by an attack from the sea side, which led to the sea walls being strengthened after the departure

Soli (Cilicia) (1,554 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

ended Hittite hegemony in Cilicia, and Soli may have suffered an attack from the Sea Peoples. This "destruction layer" is populated by burned and broken

Operation Postmaster (2,696 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

aerial attack, but the six-inch guns protecting the harbour from attack from the sea remained silent. From entering the harbour to leaving with the ships

Viking Ship Museum (Roskilde) (636 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

the most important fairway and to protect Roskilde from an enemy attack from the sea. These ships, later known as the Skuldelev ships, were excavated

Yura Fortress (572 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

guard the entrance to Osaka Bay and thus the city of Osaka from attack from the sea. These gun batteries and fortifications ceased to be used after the

History of Fredericton (1,420 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

its central inland location meaning it was less prone to American attack from the sea. The site of Fredericton was designated as provincial capital by

Winthrop, Massachusetts (2,820 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Artillery fort, which served to defend Boston Harbor from enemy attack from the sea and was built in the 1890s during what is known as the Endicott period

Guanabara Bay (1,648 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

of Guanabara Bay, rendering it almost impregnable against a naval attack from the sea. They were the Santa Cruz, São João, Lajes and Villegaignon forts

Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881) (1,906 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

China had no unified navy and no sense of how vulnerable she was to attack from the sea; British forces sailed and steamed wherever they wanted to go...

Hall XPTBH (1,526 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ISBN 0-8229-5340-4. Retrieved 2011-01-22. Trimble, William F. (2005). Attack from the Sea: A History of the U.S. Navy's Seaplane Striking Force. Annapolis

Aircraft carrier (13,851 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Diplomacy, power projection, quick crisis response force, land attack from the sea, sea base for helicopter and amphibious assault forces, anti-surface

Chauci (2,756 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Toxandria in 358. According to Zosimus, this happened in response to an attack from the sea by the "Kouadoi" Saxons which affected both Romans and Salians, who

Oda Nobunaga (21,184 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Akechi Mitsuhide to pacify Tanba Province, Kuki Yoshitaka to support attack from the sea, and Nobunaga eventually blocked the Mōri's supply lines.: 228 : 288–89

Battle of Cabrita Point (577 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

and in that year, the French had made a first failed attempt to attack from the sea in the Battle of Vélez-Málaga. In January 1705, Philip V of Spain

Cork (city) (10,453 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

forces, until it was retaken by the pro-Treaty National Army in an attack from the sea. The boundary was expanded in 1840, in 1955 and in 1965. In 2018

Republic of Venice (15,040 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

even in countries where aid is near at hand which are not liable to attack from the sea". The Turks took the islands of Tinos and Aegina, crossed the isthmus

1790 in Canada (3,761 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

with plaster of Paris Formation of U.S. militia anticipates "an attack from the sea-side by an European power, aided by our sworn enemies settled on

Kedah Sultanate (2,160 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

security, for Kedah it provided a protective strip against enemy attack from the sea. The treaty also provided for the free flow of food and commodities

Gallipoli campaign (18,717 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Rosenberg. ISBN 978-1-922013-53-8. Rudenno, Victor (2008). Gallipoli: Attack from the Sea. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300124408. Tyquin, Michael

Battle of Trocadero (639 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

to the city. On 31 August 1823 they launched a surprise bayonet attack from the sea side, taking advantage of the low tide, and took the fort. After

Folkestone (6,414 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

fishermen and cross-channel boats. The cliffs are constantly under attack from the sea, and the original headlands, which once protected the port, long

Battle of Leyte Gulf (13,786 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Gulf secured the beachheads of the U.S. Sixth Army on Leyte against attack from the sea. However, months of hard fighting would be required before the island

Century of humiliation (2,512 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

had no unified navy and not a sense of how vulnerable she was to attack from the sea. British navy forces sailed and steamed wherever they wanted to go

Scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon (4,074 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

coastal defences were strengthened to safeguard Toulon from an attack from the sea by the Allies. These preparations included preparations to scuttle

History of Cork (3,145 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

was taken in August 1922 by the pro-Treaty National Army in an attack from the sea. The Free State forces landed at nearby Passage West with 450 troops

Retignano (1,829 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Alps. It was mainly used as a hideout in the event of an imminent attack from the sea, since it was a known stronghold of sighting of the enemies coming

Kingdom of Munster (3,626 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

these monasteries primarily because they were isolated and easy to attack from the Sea; they took provisions, precious goods (metalwork especially), livestock

New Imperialism (9,365 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

China had no unified navy and no sense of how vulnerable she was to attack from the sea; British forces sailed and steamed wherever they wanted to go. .

Operation Cobra (6,127 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

but the port defenses had been designed principally to meet an attack from the sea. Organized German resistance finally ended on 27 June, when the U

Mutiny on the Bounty (11,393 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

reef and could, Christian surmised, be easily defended against any attack from the sea. Bounty arrived at Tubuai on 28 May 1789. The reception from the

Alaska Highway (4,765 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Tanana Valley. However, the route was vulnerable to possible enemy attack from the sea, experienced steep grades and heavy snowfall, and had no airbases

Blohm & Voss BV 222 Wiking (3,696 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1933–45. Brassey's. ISBN 1-57488-469-7. Trimble, William F. (2005). Attack from the Sea: A History of the U.S. Navy's Seaplane Striking Force. Annapolis

Coastal management (6,742 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

England and the Netherlands began in the 6th century or earlier. Attack from the sea caused many coastal towns and their harbours to be abandoned. Other

Battle of Cartagena de Indias (8,988 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

coastal shelf extending out from the city walls prevented a direct attack from the sea, while a high water table hindered sapping and exposed unacclimatised

Svartholm fortress (1,467 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

many guns on the fortress as would be required to repulse a big attack from the sea. It had also been noted that the southern part left much to wish

Robert Blake (admiral) (5,006 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

port so well fortified that it was thought to be impregnable to attack from the sea—for the loss of just one ship. With expert marksmanship Blake's artillery

USS Hatteras (1861) (1,495 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

stationed there, including their commanding officer. Such unceasing attack from the sea on any point along her long coastline and inland waterways cost the

Great Siege of Gibraltar (10,546 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the floating batteries—'unsinkable' and 'unburnable'—intended to attack from the sea in tandem with other batteries bombarding the British from land.

Hexamilion wall (3,030 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

threats. As Frey notes, the Hexamilion could not defend against attack from the sea, as it was designed to counter only overland threats, and did not

Outline of Syria (3,384 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Assyrians, Mitanni and Egyptians, and the coastal regions came under attack from the Sea Peoples. From the 13th Century BCE the Arameans came to prominence

Fortress of São João Baptista (Angra do Heroísmo) (3,563 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

of the Azores. Further, it was his opinion that, should an enemy attack from the sea, that defenses should be concentrated at the ports and anchorages

Battle of Empress Augusta Bay (2,912 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the vulnerable transports and minelayers from air attack and from attack from the sea. The Japanese responded with air attacks and a powerful naval force

Al Jalali Fort (3,352 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

another outcrop on the west side. Muscat was strongly defended against attack from the sea by these twin forts, by the Muttrah fort further to the west and

Castillo de los Tres Reyes Del Morro (4,922 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

decide to surrender. On the contrary, Velasco launched a desperate attack from the sea upon the British miners in the ditch. At 2:00 am the next day, two

Siege of Havana (5,665 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

surrender. On the contrary, Velasco decided to launch a desperate attack from the sea upon the British miners in the ditch. At 2:00 am the next day two

Battles of Narvik (7,595 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Cork—had difficulty cooperating: Cork advocated a swift and direct attack from the sea while Mackesy advocated a cautious approach from both sides of the

Of Nightingales That Weep (826 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

back to the manor of her exile. Soon, the Genji make their first attack from the sea. They bring a small fleet, and a few hundred skilled soldiers. They

Krepost Sveaborg (9,220 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

gun Naval mines were also used to protect Krepost Sveaborg from an attack from the sea. An outer line of contact mines was laid approximately 15 km (9 mi)

Russian frigate Admiral Essen (606 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

"Атака с моря: фрегат ВМФ ударил "Калибрами" по боевикам в Сирии" [Attack from the sea: a naval frigate hit militants in Syria with "Kalibers"]. RIA Novosti

George Alexander William Leith (1,092 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Wellesley, while for Kedah it provided a protective strip against enemy attack from the sea. Leith received a majority in the 17th Foot on 1 January 1800 and

Giroflé-Girofla (2,661 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

is beset by difficulties. The borders of his province are under attack from the sea by marauding pirates and over land by the troops of the moor Mourzouk

Board of Ordnance (8,283 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

expressed about the vulnerability of the nation's ordnance stores to attack from the sea. One response was the establishment of a Royal Ordnance Depot at

USS Matthew Vassar (642 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Fort St. Philip and Fort Jackson, New Orleans' main protection from attack from the sea. Matthew Vassar operated in the 2d Division of Commander David Porter's

Mediterranean campaign of 1793–1796 (5,552 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

William Villettes, who staged landings near Bastia on 4 April. An attack from the sea was driven off by heated shot, and the strength of the town's gun

Self-Strengthening Movement (11,703 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

China had no unified navy and no sense of how vulnerable she was to attack from the sea; British forces sailed and steamed wherever they wanted to go...

History of Penang (9,180 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Wellesley. For Kedah it provided a protective strip against enemy attack from the sea. In exchange for this acquisition, the annual payment to the Kedah

Western imperialism in Asia (12,738 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

China had no unified navy and no sense of how vulnerable she was to attack from the sea; British forces sailed and steamed wherever they wanted to go...

Fort Saulsbury (889 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

from the coast was thought to be sufficient concealment against attack from the sea. Unusually, Fort Saulsbury had no smaller guns sited near it, probably

Robert Brooke-Popham (2,966 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

defences which already existed were primarily directed towards an attack from the sea and everywhere sufficient forces were lacking. The Command's aerial

Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon (5,948 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

cannon had been commandeered from ships in the harbour. Fears of attack from the sea were realised on 26 July 1706, when the French 16-gun brig Queen

Coast Artillery fire control system (3,459 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

across the country. Designed to protect major U.S. harbors against attack from the sea, the coast artillery system in the continental United States never

Seacoast defense in the United States (10,853 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

painted black pointed out the embrasures) were sufficient to deter attack from the sea. But, undefended and unfortified, Washington, D.C., the national

Thomas Treffry (died 1564) (630 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

latter post in 1541. The south Cornish coast being vulnerable to attack from the sea, the government started building the artillery fort called St Mawes

Invasion of Corsica (1794) (3,372 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

ammunition box and killed six men and wounded another 56. The plan to attack from the sea was abandoned and instead batteries were erected on land by parties

Military history of China before 1912 (13,409 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

China had no unified navy and no sense of how vulnerable she was to attack from the sea; British forces sailed and steamed wherever they wanted to go...

250t-class torpedo boat (8,297 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

May, the Allies were anticipating a significant Austro-Hungarian attack from the sea to mark the first anniversary of the Italians entering the war, and

History of the Republic of Venice (9,286 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

even in countries where aid is near at hand which are not liable to attack from the sea".[citation needed] The Turks took the islands of Tinos and Aegina

George F. Good Jr. (1,657 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

machine guns and were ideal for the defense of the islands from the attack from the sea and air. Good was relieved in command of the battalion by Colonel

USS Racer (1861) (642 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

Jackson which, with Fort St. Philip, protected New Orleans from attack from the sea. The schooner kept up the bombardment intermittently for 6 days.

Bertram A. Bone (1,278 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

machine guns and were ideal for the defense of the islands from the attack from the sea and air. At the beginning of March 1940, 2nd Defense Battalion was

Harry K. Pickett (1,635 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

machine guns and were ideal for the defense of the islands from attack from the sea and air. In addition to his duties as Marine officer of the 14th

Mount Wise, Plymouth (2,010 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Mount Wise provided the key vantage point for defending against an attack from the sea. An octagonal redoubt with stone walls was built on Mount Wise in

John H. Griebel (1,395 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

His battalion was tasked with defense against possible Japanese attack from the sea or air just few weeks following the Battle of Midway, a decisive

Lowell E. English (2,477 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

of Marine units was designated to defend Pacific islands from the attack from the sea and air and consisted of the batteries with 5"/51 caliber guns, searchlight

Edward H. Forney (1,978 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

for the defense of the U.S. naval bases in South Pacific from the attack from the sea and air. Forney was transferred to the staff of Amphibious Corps

Harvey Broadbent (1,824 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1930s, Museums Australia May 2008 *18 Book Review of Gallipoli: Attack from the Sea by Victor Ruddeno, New Haven, 2008 Book Review of The Landing at

Lester A. Dessez (1,360 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

machine guns and were ideal for the defense of the islands from the attack from the sea and air. In March 1941, Dessez led his battalion to Tutuila, American

North Carolina International Port (2,326 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the 11 most vulnerable because it further lacks protection against attack from the sea, and the proximity of a major international port would have served

Thomas H. Robbins Jr. (2,024 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

A&M University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-89096-680-X. Trimble, William. Attack From The Sea: A History Of The U.S. Navy's Seaplane Striking Force. Annapolis

Hoppo (2,781 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

dynasty they feared that rebels and remnants of the Ming dynasty would attack from the sea, but now it felt safe to end restrictions on sea trade and allow

Fort Cowan Cowan (3,131 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Jervois identified the principal threat to Queensland security as an attack from the sea on the major ports (Brisbane, Rockhampton and Maryborough), in the

History of Sino-Russian relations (8,547 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

China had no unified navy and no sense of how vulnerable she was to attack from the sea; British forces sailed and steamed wherever they wanted to go...

Timeline for aircraft carrier service (10,478 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

HMS Hermes sunk by U-27. 25 December – Attack on Cuxhaven, the first attack from the sea upon a land target using aircraft (seaplanes carried to within range

Château de Brest (6,840 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

In this era the defences protected the castle effectively against attack from the sea, but the fortress had to defend above all against a landborne attack

Green Hill Fort (3,021 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

had identified the principal threat to Queensland security as an attack from the sea on the major ports (Brisbane, Rockhampton and Maryborough), to secure

List of English Heritage properties (132 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

built on the north bank of the River Thames to defend London from attack from the sea. Henry VIII built the first fort here, and Queen Elizabeth I rallied

List of places of interest in Essex (79 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

art-deco cinema. Tilbury Fort Tilbury Fort built to defend London from attack from the sea, particularly during the Spanish Armada and the Anglo-Dutch Wars

Cecil Hoskins (12,517 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Lithgow, Port Kembla's coastal location made it vulnerable to an enemy attack from the sea, and local volunteers manned coastal batteries, searchlights and

Rudolf Singule (1,014 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 14 September 2024. Rudenno, Victor (2008). Gallipoli: Attack from the Sea. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-0300124408. Gibson

Bornholm uprising (2,726 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

overseeing the guards around the island. However, the fear of a Swedish attack from the sea was not unthinkable, and on 27 December a Swedish galiot, Spes, arrived

Carthage Punic Ports (3,186 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

superiority. Carthage thought it was impossible for them to receive an attack from the sea, as they were prepared to repel any incursion. The final assault