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Index of FORT Articles by Subject.

 

Issue

Author

Title

 

12

David H Caldwell

A 16th Century group of Gun Towers in Scotland.

8+

T.G. Davenport & C.W. Partridge

The Victorian fortification of Alderney.

8

T.G. Davenport & C.W. Partridge

The Victorian fortification of Alderney

8+

W.F.D Jervois

Short description of Works proposed and in progress at Alderney Isle.

29

John Tomkinson

The Henrician bastions of Ambleteuse.

12

T.J Gander

American 16 inch Coast Defence Guns in the Second World War

26

Terrance McGovern

The American Defences of the Panama Canal.

32

Edward Cecil Harris MBE, JP, Phd FSA

American Defense of British Bermuda, 1941 – 45

23

Martin Locock

An Anti-Aircraft Battery at Newport, Gwent

27

Bernard Lowry

The Anti-Invasion Defences of Western Command in 1940

12

H.M le Page

The Fortified Place of Antwerp

29

Charles H. Bogart

The Tubac Presidio and the Spanish defence of Arizona.

27

Pieter Martens

A c.16th drawing of two bulwarks at Arras.

3

John R. Kenyon.

Artillery and the Defences of Southampton Circa 1360-1660.

6

David Barnes

Artillery fortifications in the south-east – a review

15

M Kitson

Australia: the south channel defences at Port Phillip. Factors and design, 1876-1909

23

Franklin Garie

Australian Colonial Forts.

18

F Hebbert

Belle-Ile and the siege of 1761

22

John Bury

Benedette da Ravenna (c.1485-1556)

15

Alan Mardis

A battery in Bermuda

24

Martin Barros & Gunther Reiss

Fort Saint Sébastien and the defence of Bitche.

33

Dr. Roger Sarty

Canada’s Coastal Fortifications od the Second World War

20

Ute Seeman

The Amsterdam Battery, Cape Town

33

Bolling W. Smith

Casemates or Turrets: The Evolution of the American Casemated 16-inch Battery

17

Martin Dean

Changes in the role of fortresses during the French revolutionary wars

32

Rudi Rolf

German defences in the Channel Islands

8+

Harry D. Inglis

The Channel Islands; Jersey, Guernsey, etc

6

J.R.E Hamilton-Ballie

More notes on the siege exercises at Chatham 1907

5

Victor T C Smith

Chatham Siege Operations in 1907.

8+

Quentin Hughes

Cherbourg: a French naval base.

19

Nicholas Wright

The fortified church at Chitry

2

John Goodwin 

Circular Masonry Redoubts.

8

Ian V Hogg

Notes on the Identification of Coast Artillery Gun Emplacements

16

Mac Eoin Bisset

Coast artillery in South Africa; 1899-1955

19

Michael Pearson

Coast defence radar

9

J.R.E Hamilton-Ballie

The Coast Defences of Orkney in Two World Wars

23

Carlo Alfredo Clerici & Eugenio Vajna de Pava,

Coastal defences of Genoa during the Second World War.

33

Juan Vazquez Garcia

The Coastal Defences of the Naval Base of Ferrol

18

William Chu

Computer graphics

9

Andrew Powter

Concrete in 19th Century Fortifications constructed by the Royal Engineers.

16

Rudi Rolf

Revolving concrete turrets

14

Quentin Hughes

The defences of Corfu

27

Ian Stevenson

The Defences of Cork Harbour in Ireland.

29

Marino Viganò

Giovan Giacomo Paleari Fratino and the tower at Mortalla Point, Corsica (1563).

7

Douglas Turnbull

Some problems about the origin of Criccieth Castle.

24

Vanja Kovacic

The defence of Omis in Croatia.

26

Gunther Reiss

Daniel von Salis-Soglio.

29

Günther D. Reiss

Daniel von Salis-Soglio – leader of armoured fortification.

8

Quentin Hughes

Letters from the defence Committee in 1861

19

Frank Kitchen

Aspects of the defence of the south coast of England: 1756-1805

24

Anna-Maria Kasdagli & Katerina Manoussou-Della

The defences of Rhodes and the Tower of St John.

11

Margaret Pinsent

The Defences of the Bristol Channel in the last two centuries.

13

Victor Smith

Defending the Forth, 1880-1910

6

Ian V Hogg

The rise and fall of the disappearing carriage

6

Norman Hodgson

An introduction to defences of Dover

18

David Evans

The Duke of Richmond as designer

16

David Evans

The Duke of Richmond, James Glenie, Maker and the Fortifications Bill

9+

Quentin Hughes

The Duke of Wellington’s warning of invasion

17

Joseph Kaufmann.

The Dutch and Belgian defences in 1940,

20

Joep Hoof

Dutch Fortifications

1

John R. Kenyon.

Early Artillery Fortifications in England & Wales.

10

John Bury

The early history of the Explosive Mine

13

John Bury

Early Writing on Fortification and Siegecraft, 1502-1554

32

Joseph W.A. Whitehorn

The Liège Forts and Eben Emal

16

Terry Gander

The explosive attack on Fort Eben-Emael

25

Victor Smith

The defences of London during the English Civil War

15

Quentin Hughes

English Civil War fortifications

14

Norman H Clark

20th Century coastal defence of the Firth of Forth

20

Victor Smith

Fort George, St Kitts

3

J.R.E Hamilton-Bailie.

Fort Halstead & the London Defence Positions.

23

Charles Bogart

Fort Harrod, Kentucky.

22

Pierre Richard

Fort Mont Bart

22

Waldemar Brzoskwinia & Jadwiga Srodulska-Wielgus,

Fort No XIII San Rideau of the Przemysl Fortress

10

Quentin Hughes

The siege of Fort St Elmo in 1565.

9

J.E Portlock & C.H Nugent

The state of the art of fortification towards the end of the 19th century

16

John E. Goodwin

Fortifications against a French invasion of the East Kent coast of England. 1750-1815

16

Alain Salamagne

Fortifications du XVIIe siecle dans le nord de la France

24

Timothy Crick

Fortifications from Vauban to Jervois.

21

Gunther Reiss

Fortifications in Switzerland from 1860-1945

27

Piet Lombaerde

The Fortifications of Ostend during the Great Siege of 1601-1604.

24

John Tomkinson

The Fortress Group at Aiguebelle.

2

P Griffiths.

Fortress Wargames.

10

Gustina Scaglia

Francesco di Girogio’s Chapters on Fortresses and on War Machines.

18

Herman van Bergeijk

Francesco Tensini and the defences of Modena

5

John Bury

Francisco de Holanda: c.16th Fortification.

13

John R Kenyon

The FSG Library Catalogue

15

John R. Kenyon

The FSG Library Catalogue: Supplement One.

9

Leone Carlo Forti

The Fortifications of Genoa

25

Peter Harrison

The fortified village of Ushguli in the Georgian Caucasus

3

Hartwig Neumann

The Study of Fortifications in Germany.

1

Quentin Hughes.

The last of the big guns at Gibraltar

25

Anthony Brown

The fortifications of Goa.

33

John Martini

Defense of the Golden Gate: Battery Cavallo – Survivor of the Plan of 1870

10

Victor T.C Smith

Excavations of the Site of Milton Blockhouse, Gravesend

19

J Van Wieringen

The Grebbe Line.

26

John Tomkinson

The Henrician Bastions at Guines Castle.

9

David Hansen

The Gun-lift Battery in the defences of the United States

4

John R. Kenyon

Early Gunports.

11

Charles Trollope

The Defences of Harwich

32

Terranace McGovern

The Hawaiian Turrets: Naval Turrets in Oahu’s Coast Defences during WW2

4

F.J Malpas

Some lesser known Henrician Castles.

10

John Donnelly

A study of Coastal Forts built by Henry VIII

12

James Petre

Historians and the Role of Castles in the Wars of the Roses

16

W.F.K Engelbrecht

A bastioned entrenchment in Holland

12

John Tomkinson

The Main Magazine for Fort Hubberston at Milford Haven

5

John Tomkinson

The Open Battery of Hubberston

12

N.A Ruckley

Inchkeith: The water supply of an island fortress.

33

Aleksander Jankovic Potocnik

The First World War Fortresses abd the Battle of the Isonzo Front

1

Simon Pepper

Italian Renaissance Fortifications.

8

John R. Kenyon

James Fergusson: a critic of early Victorian military architecture

32

D. Colt Denfeld

Japanese Coastal and Island Defences in the Pacific

17

D Cathcart

King John des Roches: a 14thC. Staff Officer

13

Peter Kent

Kings Lynn

21

Quentin Hughes

Kronstadt and the Crimean War

20

Y Skorikov & A Rasdolgin

The Kronstadt Fortress

22

Peter Harrison

Church Fortifications in La Thierache

25

Raymond Role

Le Mura: Lucca’s fortified enceinte

27

Andre Bruns

Luxemburg as a Federal Fortress 1815-1866

32

Bernard Lowry

The Maginot Fortifications of Corsica

26

Joseph Kaufmann.

The Maginot Line:

14

William Allcorn

The Maginot Line in northern France

15

William Allcorn

The Maginot Line in the Alps

2

Anthony Kemp

The Maginot Line today.

18

Joseph Kaufmann.

The Maginot Line works at Fermont and Hackenberg

33

J. E. Kaufmann

The Maginot Line: A Basic Primer

6

Roger Vella Bonavita

The 100-ton gun at Rinella Battery in Malta

4

Quentin Hughes

The Fortifications of Malta.

23

Terrance McGovern

Manila Bay: The American harbour defences.

8

B.K Pegden

The Purchase of Bricks for Martello Towers in the year 1804

19

Mark Grundy

The Martello towers of Minorca

26

Richard Tomlinson

Masonry blockhouses of the Anglo-Boer War 1900-1902.

29

William H. Clements

The Medway Martellos.

14

Peter Kent

The Militant Trinity (Palmerston fortification policy)

10

Quentin Hughes

Military Architecture and the Printed Book

14

Daniela Lamberini

The military architecture of Giovanni Battista Belluzzi

21

Stephen Spiteri

Illustrated Glossary of military architecture terms

22

Herbert Jager

The Model Fort of Kaiser Wilhelm II in the Sanssouci Park

29

Slawomir Swieciochowski

The castle of Montlhéry.

13

Stephen Bull

Mortars at Elizabeth Castle, Jersey in 1651

13

Anthony Cantwell

The Needles Battery

21

John Mitchell

The Russian Scare Harbour Forts of Auckland, New Zealand

22

Nigel Prickett

British Army Field Fortifications of the New Zealand Wars

25

Victor Smith

Norham Castle and early artillery defences.

20

Neil Howard

The Dogra Forts of Greater Ladakh, North-West India

15

David Evans

A proposed installation of a tide gauge in the Palmerston sea forts

12

Quinton Hughes

A project for the defence of Paris

25

Stanley Jenkins

Pendennis Castle, Cornwall

17

John Bury

The Personification of the science of fortification

17

Charles Bogart

La Fortaleza del Real Felipe in Peru

5

Martin S Alexander

Pilgrimage to Verdun: 1916-1976.

2

Simon Pepper.

Planning versus fortification: Sangallo’s project for the defence of Rome.

11

Ian Hunt

Plymouth Sound? The Defence of a Naval Station.

3

Edmund Malacowicz

Fortifications in Poland.

9+

W.F.D Jervois

War Office letters about Portland

9+

E.A Andrews & M.L Pinsent

The coastal defences of Portland and Weymouth

11

G.H Williams

The Stokes Bay Moat near Portsmouth

15

Daniela Lamberini

Practice and Theory in 16th Century fortification

14

Charles H Bogart

The Puget Sound Defence Command

8

D.F Renn

The Enceinte Wall of Quarr Abbey

20

Andre Charbonneau

The Redoubt in New France Part II

18

Andre Charbonneau

The Redoubt in New France Part I

10

Simon Pepper

Firepower in the Design Renaissance Fortifications.

8

John Bury

Are Renaissance Fortifications Beautiful?

7

Norman Hodgson

The meaning of the Renaissance Fortress.

18

Athanassios Migos

Rhodes

21

Quentin Hughes & Athanassios Migos

Rhodes: The Turkish sieges

19

Quentin Hughes

Some thoughts on the rotating gun platform

29

Aleksander Jankovic

The Rupnik Line – Yugoslavia’s western front.

7

Quentin Hughes

Russian views on the English Defences in 1864.

5

Rosalind Tod

Scottish Castles.

17

Alain Lecomte

The Sere de Riviere fortifications, 1874-1914

7

P.K. Yeoh

Fortress Singapore

14

Franklin Garie

The movement and preservation of two 10-inch RML Armstrong guns at Fort Glanville, South Australia

11

John R. Kenyon

A hitherto Unknown Early 17th Century Survey of Southern England

27

Michael McCall

The Martello Tower in Hambantota, Sri Lanka.

6

John R. Kenyon

St Andrew’s castle, Hampshire in 1623

5

P G Griffiths

The Strategic Challenge to the French Engineers: 1815-1851.

18

T Gander

Sweden’s coastal minelayers

11

John R. Kenyon

Terminology and Early Artillery Fortification

14

David Clark & Alan Rudd

The Trow Rock floating Platform

5

Keith Gulvin & Quentin Hughes

The Twydall Profile.

12

R Hogg

The Tyne Turrets: coastal defence of First World War.

4

Hellmut Pfluger

The Defences of Ulm.

10

Simon Pepper

The Underground Siege

12

John Tomkinson

Valenca do Minho.

25

FJ Hebbert

Vauban and the building of Phalsbourg in 1679

16

Gianni Perbellini.

The Venetian defences of Cyprus

15

Douglas Howell-Everson

Victorian fortress strategy in the UK

17

Ian Stevenson

Some West Country defences

16

John R. Kenyon

The state of fortifications in the West Country in 1623