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Coast defenses

Military operations and doctrine regarding protection of coastlines against military attack

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  • Crimean War: panoramic view of the interior of Fort Nicholas. Tinted lithograph by E. Walker, 1856, after W. Simpson.
  • Crimean War: panoramic view of the interior of Fort Nicholas. Tinted lithograph after W. Simpson.

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    L'Ingenieur de campagne: or, Field engineer . Written in French by the Chevalier de Clairac, and translated by Major Lewis Nicola. To which is added, by way of appendix, a short treatise on sea batteries, shewing their defects, and an attempt to remedy them. Likewise, an explanation of all the technical terms used in the work. By the translator. Illustrated with a variety of copper-plates.

    Clairac, Louis André de la Mamie, chevalier de, 1690-1752. | Date: M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776]
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    Crimean War: panoramic view of the interior of Fort Nicholas. Tinted lithograph after W. Simpson.

    William Simpson | Reference: 21427i
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    Crimean War: panoramic view of the interior of Fort Nicholas. Tinted lithograph by E. Walker, 1856, after W. Simpson.

    William Simpson | Date: 27 February 1856 | Reference: 21453i

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