 less than six forts and batteries have been constructed, the total length of coast-line being only about two miles ; but it still remains weak, should an attack be made with mail-clad ships able to silence the batteries. There would be no difficulty in...  The Channel Islands - Page 13by David Thomas Ansted, Robert Gordon Latham - 1865 - 594 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Thomas Ansted, Robert Gordon Latham - Channel Islands - 1865 - 638 pages
...use of for landing men and artillery. To strengthen as much as possible this part of the island, no less than six forts and batteries have been constructed,...ships able to silence the batteries. There would be 110 difficulty in constructing a deep and wide canal, detaching this weak part of Alderney altogether,... | |
 | David Thomas Ansted - Channel Islands - 1868 - 270 pages
...use of for landing men and artillery. To strengthen as much as possible this part of the island, no less than six forts and batteries have been constructed,...a deep and wide canal, detaching this weak part of Alderney altogether, reducing the number of men and guns required for the defence of the place, and... | |
 | David Thomas Ansted - Channel Islands - 1875 - 310 pages
...use of for landing men and artillery. To strengthen as much as possible this part of the island, no less than six forts and batteries have been constructed,...a deep and wide canal, detaching this weak part of Alderney altogether, reducing the number of men and guns required for the defence of the place, and... | |
 | David Thomas Ansted - Channel Islands - 1879 - 260 pages
...use of for landing men and artillery. To strengthen as much as possible this part of the island, no less than six forts and batteries have been constructed,...mail-clad ships able to silence the batteries. There would be.no difficulty in constructing a deep and wide canal, detaching this weak part of Alderney altogether,... | |
 | Channel Islands - 1885 - 332 pages
...use of for landing men and artillery. To strengthen as much as possible this part of the island, no less than six forts and batteries have been constructed,...a deep and wide canal, detaching this weak part of Alderney altogether, reducing the number of men and guns required for the defence of the place, and... | |
 | David Thomas Ansted - Channel Islands - 1885 - 340 pages
...use of for landing men and artillery. To strengthen as much as possible this part of the island, no less than six forts and batteries have been constructed,...a deep and wide canal, detaching this weak part of Alderney altogether, reducing the number of men and guns required for the defence of the place, and... | |
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