I have been using this term in the last several posts.
It is a French word meaning a raised platform involving the practice of firing a cannon over the parapet of a fort instead of a lower gun embrasure.
If you see cannons mounted on top of a fort's parapets, they would be mounted en barbette.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
Showing posts with label en barbette. Show all posts
Showing posts with label en barbette. Show all posts
Monday, March 14, 2016
Fort Look-Out, Defense of Baltimore
From WikiFort.
On or near present-day Riverside Park, Baltimore, Maryland.
Designed by Captain Samuel Babcock, Army Corps of Engineers as a circular redoubt on top of Look-Out Hill overlooking Fort McHenry. It guarded the road from Baltimore to Fort McHenry.
It was 180 feet in diameter, an earthen fortification surrounded by a ditch and an earth-covered magazine in the center. Its earthen ramparts mounted seven 24-pdr. naval guns in barbette.
It also provided a strategic point in which the garrison of Fort McHenry could fall back upon if forced to evacuate.
During the Battle of Baltimore in 1814, it was commanded by Lt. George Budd, US navy. It was abandoned in 1810. No remains of it exist.
--Brock-Perry
On or near present-day Riverside Park, Baltimore, Maryland.
Designed by Captain Samuel Babcock, Army Corps of Engineers as a circular redoubt on top of Look-Out Hill overlooking Fort McHenry. It guarded the road from Baltimore to Fort McHenry.
It was 180 feet in diameter, an earthen fortification surrounded by a ditch and an earth-covered magazine in the center. Its earthen ramparts mounted seven 24-pdr. naval guns in barbette.
It also provided a strategic point in which the garrison of Fort McHenry could fall back upon if forced to evacuate.
During the Battle of Baltimore in 1814, it was commanded by Lt. George Budd, US navy. It was abandoned in 1810. No remains of it exist.
--Brock-Perry
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)