Loading
  • 21 Aug, 2019

  • By, Wikipedia

Charlemont Fortress

The Fortress of Charlemont (French: Fort de Charlemont) is a French stronghold located near the Belgian border on the Meuse. It is a citadel, surrounded by a network of outworks, including the connecting forts (Givet and the Mont d'Hours). It dominates the town of Givet and when in use as a working fortress controlled the valley of the Meuse.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Montclos 2009, p. .
  2. ^ Siborne 1895, p. 780.

References

  • Montclos, Jean-Marie Pérouse de (2009) [1972], Architecture. Méthode et vocabulaire (in French), Paris: du patrimoine (publishing heritage), ISBN 2-85822-593-1
  • Siborne, William (1895), The Waterloo Campaign, 1815 (4th ed.), Westminster: A. Constable