Meanings of new fortifications in English

Those new fortifications: how did the King pay for them?

The construction of any new fortifications there is forbidden.

The court is on progress to Dover to inspect the new fortifications, then the newly-weds will go hunting.

Several years were afterwards spent in building new fortifications, setting up memorials in temples, and cutting and clearing canals.

The new fortifications of Western Germany are modifications of Rempler's system, as improved by De la Chiche and Montalembert.

A mile or two from Linz we passed one or two of the round towers belonging to the new fortifications of the city.

They were limited to drill, dress parade, guard mounting, the erection of new fortifications, and patrolling the coast for vessels carrying prohibited cargoes.

The Duke of Savoy lent Alva an experienced engineer, Francis Pacotto, of Urbino, who was to be employed in the erection of new fortifications.

Already new fortifications have arisen at Saigon, and dock-yards and coal-depots been established, and all steps taken for a permanent occupation of the territory.

But heavy rains have prevented the army using helicopter gunships against the rebels, who were digging new fortifications along the frontlines of their northern strongholds.

At the present time Great Britain is continually adding to the defences by building new fortifications and replacing the older guns with the latest patterns.

The building of new fortifications for her ports, and the enlargement and strengthening of the old defences, all tell the same story of profound distrust.

The mouth of the Pregel bustled with activity, new fortifications were being everywhere thrown up, while indistinct field-grey figures swarmed over the plain like ants.

At Fuicchio and Grosseto they made sojourns, that the Duke might inspect the new fortifications, which were nearing completion, and view the partly formed roads.

"Brand- new fortifications, very expensive-looking."