Sentence examples for string of forts from inspiring English sources

Then, as an officer in the Third Heavy Artillery from 1863 through the end of the war, he served a stint as commander of the 30-man garrison of Fort Dupont, part of the string of forts and batteries that protected Washington.

Menéndez de Avilés then explored the Atlantic coast and established a string of forts as far north as the island of St. Helena (off present-day South Carolina).

The British had also made a number of trips to the region from the Carolinas, but the French settlements part of a string of forts arcing southward from Canada and designed to contain the British were more numerous.

A string of forts was constructed in the north-east (some of which may date from the earlier Antonine campaign).

After that, the guide tells you, the U.S. government decided to dot the so-called "barrier" islands from Florida to Texas with a string of forts.

A string of forts was constructed in the north-east (some of which may have been begun in the earlier Antonine campaign).

An unusual feature of Montreal's defence was a string of 30 outlying forts to protect against the constant Iroquois threat to the expansion of French settlements.

Large-scale maps of forts, citadels and key towns proliferated.

Three forts or portions of forts were built on their property: Fort Simmons, Fort Mansfield, and Battery Bailey.

This, and a string of other French victories in 1757, prompted the British to organize a large-scale attack on the fort as part of a multi-campaign strategy against French Canada.

Two-kilometre string of firecrackers?