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The battery had a linear gun platform and a high masonry parapet with six embrasures. The battery had flanking walls on either side of the platform, and a high rubble wall at the rear. Sentry boxes were located in at least three of the four corners of the battery. Two of these were fitted with
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Għargħar
Battery still existed in 1811, but like the other French blockade fortifications, it was dismantled, possibly after 1814. No traces of the battery can be seen today, and the area is now built up. According to
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445:"Origine della sovranita' Inglese su Malta"
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365:. The battery had an advanced post at
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517:. Retrieved on 14 October 2016.
447:, Tipografia del Malta, p. 258.
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1424:Michel-Louis-Étienne Regnaud
1382:Żabbar Batteries and Redoubt
1211:National Congress Battalions
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367:Il-Ħarrub ta' Stiefnu
341:flagpoles flying the
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1362:Ta' Għemmuna Battery
1040:Sliema Point Battery
1030:San Giovanni Battery
992:Della Grazie Battery
922:Ta' Għemmuna Battery
421:: 38. Archived from
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859:Corradino Batteries
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709:Qalet Marku Battery
394:Ta' Xindi Farmhouse
329:Ta' Xindi Farmhouse
262:Batterija ta' Xindi
242:Ta' Ittuila Battery
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