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construction of five forts, Château d'Espérance, Château Vert,
Grand Risban, Château Gaillard, and Fort de Revers. An
additional fort was
built in 1701...
- Fort
Risban is a fort in Calais, France,
located on the
coast on the
Avenue Raymond Poincaré at the port entrance. In
English medieval accounts it is Risbanke...
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Pierrefonds •
Montataire Pas-de-Calais (62)
Bailleulmont •
Boulogne • Fort
Risban (Calais) •
Citadel of
Calais •
Hardelot •
Olhain Somme (80)
Boves •...
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invested Sangatte, Fréthun and Nielles, and the Army
Corps reduced Fort
Risban the next day. On 3 January, the
artillery moved into Fort
Nieulay at Rysbank...
- city for
military harbour purposes but the
proposals came to nothing. Fort
Risban,
located on the
coast on the
Avenue Raymond Poincaré at the port entrance...
-
invested Sangatte and Fréthun Nielles, and the Army
Corps reduced Fort
Risban the next day. On 3 January, the
artillery moved into Fort
Nieulay at Rysbank...
- Additionally, the
vitally important city of
Calais and the
coastal fortress of
Risban,
which had been
captured by the
Spaniards in 1596, were
returned to the...
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Dunkirk Lighthouse (French:
Phare de
Dunkerque or
Phare de
Risban) is an
automated first order (i.e. 60 km beam or further) port lighthouse, the highest...
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placed the
citadel into the
heart of conflict. On
April 24, 1596,
after Fort
Risban and Fort
Nieulay had
already fallen, the
inhabitants of
Calais found refuge...
- on both levels. The
design was
analogous to that of Fort
Risban at Calais, or
Grand Risban at Dunkirk. Work on
building the fort's
foundations began...
