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However, as the Enemy knew the Bravery of those they had to deal with, they began to wall this Side of the Town, and make a Ravelin in the Middle, there being already a strong Bastion at each End. _Bocca Grande_ being the next
An Account of the expedition to Carthagena, with explanatory notes and observations Charles Knowles
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A prisoner wrote from his living tomb in the Troubetzkoi Ravelin:
Rabbi and Priest A Story Milton Goldsmith
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At the gate by the ruined Ravelin there stood a sentry, but the man was careless, or drunken, or bribed, who knows?
Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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Out of the rich sunlight they led them into a house that still stood not greatly harmed by the cannon-shot, but a little way from the shattered Ravelin and the gate which had been the scene of such fearful conflict -- a house that was the home of one of the wealthiest merchants in Haarlem.
Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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Ravelin in a point very near the counterscarp, was doing its duty.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1603-04 John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Ravelin, West Bulwark, Moses's Table, the Porcupine, the Hell's Mouth, the old church, and last and most important of all, the Sand Hill.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1603-04 John Lothrop Motley 1845
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On the 18th April, the enemy assailed the great western Ravelin, and after a sanguinary hand-to-hand action, in which great numbers of officers and soldiers were lost on both sides, he carried the fort; the Spaniards, Italians,
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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On the 18th April, the enemy assailed the great western Ravelin, and after a sanguinary hand-to - hand action, in which great numbers of officers and soldiers were lost on both sides, he carried the fort; the Spaniards, Italians, Germans, and
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1603-04 John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Ravelin, West Bulwark, Moses's Table, the Porcupine, the Hell's Mouth, the old church, and last and most important of all, the Sand Hill.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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The governor sent Fleming to see if all was right in the Porcupine, while he himself went to see if a new battery, which he had just established to check the approaches of the enemy towards the Polder Half-moon and Ravelin in a point very near the counterscarp, was doing its duty.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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