| 词条 | Jesuit Hill Battery |
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| name = Jesuit Hill Battery | native_name = Batterija tal-Għolja tal-Ġiżwiti | partof = the French blockade batteries | location = Marsa, Malta | image = | caption = Reconstruction of Jesuit Hill Battery by Stephen C. Spiteri at the Fortifications Interpretation Centre | map = Jesuit Hill & Marsa Batteries map.png | image_mapsize = 300px | map_caption = Map of Jesuit Hill Battery and Marsa Battery | type = Artillery battery | coordinates = {{coord|35|52|57.4|N|14|29|52.9|E|type:landmark_region:MT|display=inline}} | built = 1799 | used = 1799–1800 | builder = Maltese insurgents | materials = Limestone | fate = Demolished | battles = Siege of Malta (1798–1800) }} Jesuit Hill Battery ({{lang-mt|Batterija tal-Għolja tal-Ġiżwiti}}), also known as Jesuit Battery or Point Cortin Battery, was an artillery battery in Marsa, Malta, built by Maltese insurgents during the French blockade of 1798-1800. It was part of a chain of batteries, redoubts and entrenchments encircling the French positions in Marsamxett and the Grand Harbour. HistoryDescriptionThe battery was built on high ground known as Jesuit Hill. Marsa Battery was located nearby on lower ground close to the shoreline. The battery was small, and consisted of a small masonry parapet with two embrasures, a magazine grafted into the terrace on one side, and a flanking rubble wall on the other. The magazine was camouflaged and protected by a thick layer of soil. A large building at the rear served as barracks or a blockhouse. The battery was considered as an advanced post of the Tas-Samra Camp and was manned by men from Qormi. It was armed with two cannon.[1] Use and dismantlementThe battery fired its first shot on 5 April 1799.[1] Like the other French blockade fortifications, Jesuit Hill Battery was dismantled, possibly sometime after 1814. No traces of the battery can be seen today, and the area is now heavily industrialized. The site of the battery was later occupied by the Marsa Power Station.[2] References{{commons category}}1. ^1 {{cite journal|last1=Stroud |first1=John |title=The Maltese Army of 1798 |journal=On Parade |page=38 |url=http://afm.gov.mt/file.aspx?f=665 |accessdate=26 July 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6aJrUIwsz?url=http://afm.gov.mt/file.aspx?f=665 |archivedate=26 July 2015 |df= }} {{Batteries in Malta}}{{French occupation of Malta}}{{Malta-geo-stub}}2. ^{{cite journal|last1=Spiteri|first1=Stephen C.|title=Maltese ‘siege’ batteries of the blockade 1798-1800|journal=Arx - Online Journal of Military Architecture and Fortification|date=May 2008|issue=6|page=36|url=http://www.militaryarchitecture.com/images/stories/Arx/arx6-2008.pdf|accessdate=30 March 2015}} 9 : Batteries in Malta|Marsa, Malta|Military installations established in 1799|Demolished buildings and structures in Malta|French occupation of Malta|Vernacular architecture in Malta|Limestone buildings in Malta|1799 establishments in Malta|18th-century fortifications |
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