Forts Collection (#3)

Fort at Muscat, Oman
One of a number of forts on the coast at Muscat, capital of Oman. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

French Defensive Outpost near Paris; Franco-Prussian War, 18
Engraving showing French Gardes Mobiles, territorial soldiers called up for the war, on patrol between Forts Bicetre and Ivry, near Paris, during the Franco-Prussian War, 1870

TAKU FORTS
The Taku Forts, at the mouth of the Peiho river (today the Hai He, the name given to the lower stretches of the Bei river) : they were the scene of action in the Opium Wars

Messina Evacuated
General Fergola, commanding the remaining Neapolitan forces in Sicily, evacuates the forts of Messina

Kronstadt Harbour
A sailing vessel enters the harbour, passing the defensive forts

German Espionage 1914
German espionage

Opium War / Taku Forts
Capture of the Taku Forts

Battle of New Orleans
THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS The city surrendered on the 25th following an attack by the Federals, the forts held out until the 28th after a mutiny in Fort Jackson

Birdoswald Fort
The fort of Birdoswald on Hadrians Wall, one of 16 forts on the wall system. The sites history spans 2000 years of occupation, and overlooks the River Irthing

Swedish Frigate
The frigate - steam- powered but sail-assisted - sails past one of the defensive forts on the Swedish coast, passing a paddle steamer and some fishing vessels

Mississippi Naval Fight
The Mississippi is the scene of continuous naval operations throughout the war : here Union vessels engage confederate forts below New Orleans

Napoleon 1780 Snow Forts
NAPOLEON, circa 1780, attacking snow forts at the military school at Brienne

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