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Forts


1920 Gerard Leman, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War, dies

1915 British vice adm Carden begins bombing of Dardanelles forts

1914 Dardanellen (French and English) fleet bombs Turkish forts

1914 German army occupies forts at Luik

1914 German 16.5"/12" guns fires on forts round Luik

1914 Massive German assault on forts around Luik

1861 U.S. forts and property seized by Mississippi

1861 Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan and Gaines at Mobile Bay

1851 Gerard Leman, born in Liege, Belgium, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War

1794 New York City formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect New York City from British

1590 English Admiral Francis Drake takess Portuguese Forts at Taag


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