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Batería de la Atunara

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280: 63: 20: 82:. The southern part area of Gibraltar was already protected, however the north lacked a strong artillery that could protect its position, which is why the military advised that half a league from the battery, a detachment with 4 to 24 cannons should be added. The building had two rectangular bastions for protection and were parallel to the ground near the beach, which was protected by a shoulder. 85:
The battery could house an infantry garrison of fifteen men and one officer, six gunners and a corporal, as well as four men and a corporal of the cavalry. By 1796, the battery had only ten men and two gunners. The Spanish fortifications around Gibraltar were completely destroyed in 1810 by Sir
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R. H. Vetch, ‘Holloway, Sir Charles (1749–1827)’, rev. Alastair W. Massie, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008
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with the supposed agreement of Spain to prevent them from falling into the hands of Napoleon's troops.
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Buildings and structures in Spain demolished during the Peninsular War
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Nuestra Señora del Carmen (La Línea de la Concepción)
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artillery battery
La Línea de la Concepción
Spain
Gibraltar
Government of Spain
British Overseas Territory

Playa de La Atunara
Bay of Algeciras
Lines of Contravallation of Gibraltar
Charles Holloway
"El Campo de Gibraltar tras el Gran Asedio. Estado de su defensa en 1796"
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La Línea de la Concepción
Batería de la Atunara
Municipal Stadium
Fort St. Barbara
La Línea Congress and Exhibition Hall
La Línea Bull Ring
Lines of Contravallation of Gibraltar
Menéndez Pelayo International University
Museo José Cruz Herrera
Torre Nueva
Coat of arms of La Línea de la Concepción

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