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The siege of Basing House by Wenceslaus Hollar. The siege of Basing House near Basingstoke in Hampshire, was a Parliamentarian victory late in the First English Civil War. Whereas the title of the event may suggest a single siege, there were in fact three major engagements.
Ballistic is a tactical first-person shooter accessible via the Fortnite launcher. [1] In the mode, two teams of five players compete against each other across several rounds, with one team aiming to plant a "Rift Point Device" at a designated location on the map, and the other team attempting to stop them. [1]
The director of Puppy Games, Caspian Prince, lived in Basingstoke for a year in 2008, leading to the idea to use the name in the games he created. [5] The game includes some real locations from the actual town of Basingstoke. [5] [needs update] The game uses the Unity engine, [6] and was originally planned to be released in 2015.
Basingstoke is recorded as a weekly market site in the Domesday Book, in 1086, and has held a regular Wednesday market since 1214. [10] During the Civil War, and the siege of Basing House between 1643 and 1645, the town played host to large numbers of Parliamentarians.
The final siege started in August 1645 when Colonel John Dalbier, with 800 troops, took up position around the walls. The garrison held out, despite further reinforcements to the attacking force, until Oliver Cromwell arrived with a heavy siege-train. [10] By 14 October 1645, the New House had been taken and the defences of the Old House breached.
Tilted Towers was a small city location in Fortnite: Battle Royale, [1] [2] and a current location in Fortnite Reload. [3] Located near the center of the map, the city is composed of several large skyscrapers with cramped interiors, each consisting of several stories, [1] [2] the tallest of which is a large clock tower. [4]
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Next to Lychpit is a public house and restaurant making use of an old water mill on the River Loddon, a tributary of the River Thames. The river is well-stocked with trout and visitors to the pub can sometimes see kingfishers that hunt along the river banks, despite the roar of frequent trains overhead on the London line.