Fort Collection (page 26)

Georgia - Tbilisi - The Old Hilltop Fortress
The Old Hilltop Fortress at Tbilisi, the capital (and largest) city in Georgia - formerly known as Tiflis. Located strategically at the crossroads between Europe and Asia

Lourdes, France - The Castle and the Gave
Lourdes, France - The Castle and the stream ( Gave )

Manonviller fort WWI
A small for on the railway east of Luneville, close to the German border. IT had been improved shortly before World War I, when the concrete defences were thickened

Trading houses and twin towers, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Colonial style trading houses and the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in the Fort area of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Destroyed fortifications WWI
Destroyed fortifications in Belgium during World War I

Fort Loncin, Belgium WWI
Destroyed gun cupola at Fort Loncin near Liege during World War I

Destroyed gun cupola in Belgium WWI
Annihilated gun dome part of the stronghold at Namur in Belgium during World War I

Turkish artillery WWI
One of the three guns of Fort Top Chamlar Tepe, which were together known as Asiatic Annie

Khyber Pass - Afghanistan / Pakistan - Fort Peshawar
The Khyber Pass - the mountain pass that links Pakistan and Afghanistan. Throughout history it has been an important trade route between Central Asia and South Asia and a strategic military location

Fort du Conde WWI
Entrance to Fort du Conde, Aisne, in France during World War I

Egyptian fort WWI
Fort in the Western Desert about 50 miles south of Mersa Matruh, guarding desert route between Siwa and Wadi Natrum in Egypt during World War I

Estonia - Tallinn
Tallinn (also known as Reval - many other alternate spellings depending on which country you are from!) - the capital and largest city of Estonia

Muscat, Oman - Mirani Fort
Mirani Fort, Muscat, Oman

Muscat, Oman - Fort Jalali
Fort Jalali, Muscat, Oman

Tower at the Rumeli Hisari
A Tower at the Rumeli Hisari (European Side of Constantinople) looking away from the Black Sea down the Bosphorus

View toward the Black Sea - Constantinople
Panoramic view from the Asian side of the Bosphorus, looking toward the Black Sea with Rumeli Hisari on the European Side

Fishermen pushing off from the shore. The caption reads: " Good Fortune Guide Thee". A scene from the coast of Scotand on the West coast, close to Fort William

Mombasa - Kenya - Fort Jesus
Fort Jesus at Mombasa, Kenya - overlooks the entrance to the old port and was built by the Portuguese between 1593 and 1596 to protect the trade routes to India and East Africa

Unidentified building in Madhya Pradesh, Central India
An unidentified building, possibly a fort, in Madhya Pradesh, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Ajaigarh Fort and Temple Ruins, Central India
Ajaigarh Fort and Temple Ruins, Madhya Pradesh, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Captured Turkish Guns - 1915
Captured Turkish guns, manufactured by Krupp (77s) in the Old European Castle with piles of ammunition. War in the Dardanelles - 1915. Sed Dul-Bahr

Ruins of Fort at Sed Dul-Bahr
Ruins of the Fort after the Battle at Sed Dul-Bahr

Allied force - Dardanelles
Allied forces unloading equipment and supplies at the Sed Dul-Bahr Fort. The inclined planes used for the first landing of forces here are visible

WWI - Dardanelles - Turkish guns
Dardanelles, Turkey. Old Turkish Guns in Sed Dul-Bahr Fort

Turkey - Marmaris
Turkey - view of houses on the waterfront and the fort at Marmaris in the province of Caria. The ancient name for Marmaris was Physkos - part of the Rhodian Empire during the reign of Alexander

Fort de la Malmaison 1918
Interior of the Fort de la Malmaison, Chemin des Dames on the Western Front in France during World War I in October 1918

Harbour - Tangiers, Morocco
Harbour at Tangiers, Morocco

Charles Ange Laisant / Gill
Charles Ange Laisant (1841-1920), French politician, military engineer, mathematician

Hagenbecks Nubian Exhibit
Carl Hagenbeck (1844-1913) founded Germanys most successful privately owned zoo, the Tierpark Hagenbeck which moved to its present location in Hamburg-Stellingen in 1907

The Fort at Durres (Durazzo) - Albania
Fifty miles south of Shkoder on the Bay of Durres - an inlet on the Adriatic Sea

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

Agra Fort, India
View of the Agra Fort, Agra, India, also known as Lal Qila, Fort Rouge and Red Fort of Agra. It can be more accurately described as a walled palatial city

A fine Hilltop Palace - Madhya Pradesh - India
An imposing hilltop fortified palace in Madhya Pradesh Province, India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

The fort at Agra
Oldest part of the fort at Agra, India, now a UNESCO world heritage site. The great Mughals Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jehangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb lived here, and the country was governed from here

Jamrud Fort, Peshawar, NWFP
North West Frontier Province, Jamrud Fort - 10 miles from Peshawar

Khyber Pass, Afghanistan - Fort Ali-Musjid

Senegal Matam
Fort built at Matam, on the bank of the Senegal River, for the protection of French traders

Egypt - The Citadel
A line of wonderful old taxi cabs parked below the imposing fortifications of the Cairo Citadel

Egypt - Cairo - The Citadel and village
Arabian Village set under the imposing walls of the Citadel, Cairo, Egypt

Martinique - Fort-de-France - Cathedral. Designed by Parisian architect Pierre-Henri Picq. The cathedral is built entirely out of wood

Rabat, Morocco
A view over the rooftops at Rabat, Morocco

Khyber Pass - Afghanistan / Pakistan - Jandola Fort
The Khyber Pass - the mountain pass that links Pakistan and Afghanistan. Throughout history it has been an important trade route between Central Asia and South Asia and a strategic military location

Martinique - The Covered Market at Fort-de-France
Fort-de-france, Martinique, The Old Covered Market

Chitral Bridge 1895
The bridge at Chitral. Major Biddulph states that " half a mile above the fort is an excellent bridge protected by a stone tower at each end." One tower is shown here

People outside a building, unidentified location
An unidentified location, somewhere in the Middle East: a small square building like a fort, with a few people and animals outside. There are hills or mountains in the background

Croatia - Klis. During the Ottoman wars in Europe, an already existing Roman fortress on a nearby hill was expanded into Klis Fortress

Lord Randolph Churchill at a Camp-fire Concert, 1891
Engraving showing Lord Randolph Churchill and a group of British Army officers at a camp fire concert at Fort Tuli, South Africa, 1891

Port of Christianborg near Accra, 1873
This former Swedish outpost on the Gold Coast was sold to the British in 1873 when, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British and the Acing people of central Ghana

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