This series of fortresses kept the Danes at bay.

The last two Austrian fortresses were Gaeta and Capua.

The treaty also gave Russia the fortresses of Villmanstrand and Fredrikshamn.

Modern cities Kazan and Yelabuga were founded as Volga Bulgaria's border fortresses.

Pure military ensigns were hoisted on fortresses and naval vessels on June 9, 1905.

Edward then began the construction of a number of fortresses ( burhs ), at Hertford, Witham and Bridgnorth.

In July, the invasion commenced, with Brunswick's army easily taking the fortresses of Longwy and Verdun.

Upon the awakening of the Elves, the Valar captured Melkor and destroyed his fortresses Utumno and Angband.

That same year were built fortresses in the Island of Mozambique and Mombasa on the Kenyan coast.

The remains of the limites today consist of vestiges of walls, ditches, forts, fortresses and civilian settlements.

Kublai called two Iraqi siege engineers from the Ilkhanate in order to destroy the fortresses of Song China.

William at once built two wooden fortresses on mottes, which are visible, on either side of the river Ouse.

In December 1641, a tenancy was created to assure upgrades on all fortresses that would be paid with regional taxes.

It was later also used on ships and on fortresses until it was gradually phased out during the 17th and 18th centuries.

These included the castles of Beaumaris, Caernarfon, Conwy and Harlech, intended to act both as fortresses and royal palaces for the King.

In the 8th Century it was home to a Lombard garrison and supported the fortresses in Campione d'Italia, Arogno and Brusino Arsizio.

Medieval fortresses in the vicinity of Banja Luka include Vrbas (1224), župa Zemljanik (1287), Kotor Varoš (1323), Zvečaj (1404), and Bočac (1446).

The Austrian viceroy, Giulio Borromeo Visconti, and the commander of his army, Giovanni Carafa, left some garrisons holding the city's fortresses, and withdrew to Apulia.

As a military engineer he was as skilful as Giuliano, and carried out important works of walling and building fortresses at Arezzo, Montefiascone, Florence and Rome.

The name is derived from Dimmuborgir, a volcanic formation in Iceland, the name of which means dark cities or dark castles fortresses in Icelandic, Faroese and Old Norse.

Scholars have debated the identification as fortresses of the two castles built in Great Moravia, based on linguistic arguments and because of the absence of convincing archaeological evidence.

He also strengthened existing coastal defence fortresses such as Dover Castle and, at Dover, Moat Bulwark and Archcliffe Fort, which he personally visited for a few months to supervise.

Next, the king created the 'Junta of the Frontiers' to take care of the fortresses near the border, the hypothetical defense of Lisbon, and the garrisons and sea ports.

Next, the king created the Junta of the Frontiers, to take care of the fortresses near the border, the hypothetical defense of Lisbon, and the garrisons and sea ports.

His campaigns fundamentally altered the balance of power in the East, forcing the Turks onto the defensive, while restoring to the Byzantines many towns, fortresses, and cities across the peninsula.

Concurrent with this idea, movements to preserve old fortresses and historic sites emerged, and these particularly focused on the Rhineland, the site of so many confrontations with France and Spain.

Louis backed down and in March 1113 met with Henry near Gisors to agree a peace settlement, giving Henry the disputed fortresses and confirming Henry's overlordship of Maine, Bellême and Brittany.

Kingdom of Prussia By the beginning of the 18th century, Memel was one of the strongest fortresses ( Memelfestung ) in Prussia, and the town became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701.

The Duke of Wellington used King Louis's person to open up the route to Paris, as some fortresses refused to surrender to the Allies, but agreed to do so for their king.

Three weeks later, the Duke of Montemar left the mainland for Sicily where they arrived in Palermo on 2 September 1734, beginning a conquest of the island's Austrian held fortresses that ended in early 1735.

However, the Anatolian raids continued unabated, and accelerated the demise of classical urban culture, with the inhabitants of many cities either refortifying much smaller areas within the old city walls, or relocating entirely to nearby fortresses.

The seven castles are traditionally considered a symbol of the Portuguese victories over their Moorish enemies, under Afonso III, who supposedly captured seven enemy fortresses in the course of his conquest of the Algarve, concluded in 1249.

In the Treaty of Berwick, Charles regained custody of his Scottish fortresses and secured the dissolution of the Covenanters' interim government, albeit at the decisive concession that both the Scottish Parliament and General Assembly of the Scottish Church were called.

Under the reign of King Manuel I of Portugal (1495 1521), the castle and town defenses were figured by Duarte de Armas ( Livro das Fortalezas , the Fortresses' Book), c. 1509), with walls strengthened by five towers, the tallest, the center of the keep.

Meanwhile, by a series of five charters, Charles granted the British East India Company the rights to autonomous territorial acquisitions, to mint money, to command fortresses and troops, to form alliances, to make war and peace, and to exercise both civil and criminal jurisdiction over the acquired areas in India.

There were further checks on the power of each satrap besides his secretarial scribe, his chief financial official (Old Persian ganzabara ) and the general in charge of the regular army of his province and of the fortresses were independent of him and reported directly to the shah , periodically, in person.