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Banner of the 12th artillery battalion, whose force covered the batteries of San Juan during the battle of May 12, 1898. Nº 3.466 of the Artillery Museum Catalog.-4. Flag of the Mayagüez Volunteers battalion. Nº 4.972 of the Artillery Museum Catalog. Ordóñez gun. 1625 – The Dutch attack and take San Juan from the land side. Construction ...
San Juan Island is located in Puget Sound, the westernmost of the main islands of the San Juan Islands group. This island group is separated from Vancouver Island (part of British Columbia in Canada) by the Haro Strait, and from the Washington mainland by the Rosario Strait.
Fort San Cristobal had two 150mm (5.9") Ordóñez guns and two 240mm (9.45") Ordóñez howitzers, Castillo San Felipe del Morro, which apparently fired the first shot, had five 150mm Ordóñez guns and two 240mm Ordóñez howitzers, the San Antonio battery had four 150mm Ordóñez guns, the San Fernando Battery had four muzzleloading 210mm (8.3 ...
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English: Devil's watchtower—bartizan at fort San Cristóbal, in Old San Juan (Puerto Rico), seen from the upper-northern side of the fort. Italiano: Garitta del Diavolo nel forte San Cristóbal , nella Vecchia San Juan ( Porto Rico ), vista dalla zona superiore lato nord del forte.
Fort San Cristóbal: San Juan: Military: Historic 17th-century fortress and the largest European fortification built in the Americas established to protect San Juan from foreign and pirate attacks from the Atlantic Ocean and the San Juan Bay. Part of San Juan National Historic Site and operated by the National Park Service. Fortín de San ...
San Juan National Historic Site (Spanish: Sitio Histórico Nacional de San Juan) in the Old San Juan section of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a National Park Service-managed historic site which preserves and interprets the Spanish colonial-era fortification system of the city of San Juan, and features structures such as the San Felipe del Morro and San Cristóbal fortresses. [3]
Fort San Felipe, Cavite City; Fort ... Fort Washington; Fort William Henry; Castle Williams; ... Castillo San Felipe del Morro in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.