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Meanings of strong fortifications in English

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Usage of strong fortifications in English
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On the island of Cos alone we saw a neat town, with strong fortifications.
A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy
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Looks like it's shaping into an assault on strong fortifications.
Stonewielder
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Rhodes is surrounded with three rows of strong fortifications.
A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy
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He commenced strong fortifications around his camp; and, forbidding assault on the Moors, defied it against himself.
Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book II.
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It had been held by the Union forces, only by dint of large numbers and strong fortifications.
The Iron Game: A Tale of the War
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Both are well secured by strong fortifications.
Elements of Military Art and Science / Or, Course Of Instruction...
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One side of the city was protected by the sea; the other by the strong fortifications of Monjuich.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
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They then learned that Rosas had thrown up strong fortifications about three miles from where they then lay.
The Three Lieutenants
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The harbor is little better than an open roadstead, and is defended by strong fortifications overhanging the city.
Jack in the Forecastle; or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawse...
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We were entrenched behind strong fortifications.
"Co. Aytch," Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment / Or, A Side ...
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Austria had prepared herself by building strong fortifications in which were employed the latest technical improvements in defensive warfare.
History of the World War, Vol. 3
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Thus strong fortifications on the north side might prevent any fleet from forcing the passage of the Red Sea.
My First Voyage to Southern Seas
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He will behold all the doors open and all the strong fortifications and impregnable castles razed to the ground.
Bahá'í World Faith
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Bordering the waste on its further side were strong fortifications, the camping ground of the twelfth and fifteenth legions.
Pearl-Maiden: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem
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The governor, however, had taken pains to add to the strength of the city by strong fortifications upon Mola.
Heart of Man
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Running straight down from Munychia, southwest, the land tapers off into a rocky promontory, entirely girt with strong fortifications.
A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life
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