Europa Advance Battery
| Europa Advance Battery | |
| Gibraltar | |
|---|---|
 Europa Advance in the 1890s | |
| Type: | Artillery battery |
| Location | |
| Location: | 36°7’2"N, 5°20’31"W |
| History | |
| Information | |
| Owned by: | Government of Gibraltar |
Europa Advance Batteries were a group of three artillery batteries in Gibraltar, on a promentary above the sea to the north-east of Europa Point.[1]
The group of batteries are at the southern end of Gibraltar, east of Europa Advance Road, north-west of Europa Point. Europa had been the site of earlier Spanish and Moorish fortifications as well as those constructed by the British which included walls, scarping and the batteries. (The definition of an advance battery is that is outside the main defended area, but it is close enough to be offered support from the weapons of the main fortification.) Europa Pass Battery, Europa Battery, Eliott's Battery, Harding's Battery, Half Way Battery, Lighthouse Battery, Lady Louisa's Battery and Woodford's Battery were all supported by a local barracks.[2]
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References
- ↑ Fa & Finlayson (2006). The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068-1945. Osprey Publishing. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-84603-016-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=BC5QBR0oB04C&pg=PA8. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ Ehlen, Judy; Harmon, Russell S. (2001). The environmental legacy of military operations. Geological Society of America. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-8137-4114-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=kbpS12tpG3AC&pg=PA110. Retrieved 1 April 2013.