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  2. Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park - Wikipedia

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    Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a well-preserved fortress on a hill on the island of St. Kitts in the Federation of St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis in the Eastern Caribbean. It was designed by British military engineers, and was built and maintained by enslaved Africans.

  3. HMS Scorpion (1803) - Wikipedia

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    HMS Scorpion was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by John King at Dover and launched in 1803. [1] She was the first of the class to be built since the launching of Cruizer in 1797.

  4. Siege of Brimstone Hill - Wikipedia

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    The French invasion of Saint Kitts also known as the siege of Brimstone Hill, from 19 January–13 February 1782, was a part of the American Revolutionary War. After landing on Saint Kitts, the French troops of the Marquis de Bouillé stormed and besieged the fortress of Brimstone Hill. After a month of battle, the heavily outnumbered and cut ...

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  6. Action of 13 May 1779 - Wikipedia

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    The action of 13 May 1779 was a battle in Cancale Bay, near St Malo, between French and British squadrons of frigates.The French force had been part of the escort meant for Karl Heinrich von Nassau-Siegen's invasion of Jersey.

  7. After uncertainty about future, Mars Hill's Big Ivy Guns ...

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    Mars Hill's Big Ivy Guns was acquired by Jerica and Jason Lawson, owners of Blueridge Firearms Unlimited in Weaverville. The shop will keep its name.

  8. EXPLAINER: Guns on movie sets: How does that work? - AOL

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    Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died Thursday after Alec Baldwin fired a loaded weapon that was handed to him by an assistant director who mistakenly believed it was safe to use on the New Mexico ...

  9. Atlantic campaign of 1806 - Wikipedia

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    There gunfire from the Brimstone Hill batteries drove off the attacking French ships. On 4 July Willaumez rejoined the squadron from Montserrat with news that the annual Jamaica convoy, a large collection of merchant ships that sailed each year from the Caribbean to Britain during the summer, was anchored off Tortola . [ 50 ]