- The fort du
Mengant or fort du Léon in the
commune of Plouzané is part of the
defences of the
roadstead of Brest. It is made up of a high
battery (58m...
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therefore has a
number of
military installations, for example: Fort du
Mengant, and
Brest ****nal, on the
north of the bay; the
submarine base of the...
-
Prestre de Vauban.
Defensive strongholds include Fort de Bertheaume, Fort du
Mengant, and Fort du Dellec.
Inhabitants of Plouzané are
called Plouzanéens in...
- the defenders, as it has a
spine down its length, in the form of the Le
Mengant rocks,
which force ships to sail
either to
their north or south. The body...
-
magazine (1891)
Located on the
Roscanvel peninsula facing the Fort du
Mengant, they are a late
addition to the
defences of the
goulet de
Brest (a lower...
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situated on the
Roscanvel peninsula and,
facing as it does the Fort du
Mengant, a
battery on the
point forms part of the
defences of the
goulet de Brest...
- Englishman's death). When
battle was
joined Vauban found himself at Fort du
Mengant and only
reached the
battlefield itself when it was all over. In a letter...
