6/6/09: Article on Jülich added to the fortresses section.
Thanks to Jeroen van der Werf for his article on Doullens, which has also been uploaded.
2/5/09: Article on the Blackness fort, Cap Gris-Nez added to the fortresses section.
Calais article revamped and updated, including details of the wooden sea forts.
22/3/09: Article on Limbourg added to the fortresses section.
22/2/09: Article on the Brittany coastal defences added to the fortresses section.
20/2/09: Article on Watten added to the fortresses section.
9/2/09: Article on Montreuil-sur-Mer added to the fortresses section.
29/1/09: Article on Ambleteuse by Jeroen van der Werf added to the fortresses section.
31/12/08: Articles on Fort James and Fort Bullen, the Gambia added to the fortresses section.
30/11/08: Article on the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town by David Flintham uploaded. The second non-European fortress to be included on this website!
29/11/08: Thanks again to Jeroen van der Werf for his article on Fort de Bertheaume.
16/11/08: Article on the fortifications on the Ile aux Moines by Jeroen van der Werf added to the fortresses section.
9/11/08: A long time coming but here it is.. The fortress of Luxembourg, Gibraltar of the North.
8/10/08: Added the Pré Carré'town of Condé sur l'Escaut to the fortresses section.
2/10/08: Article on Liège added to the fortresses section.
3/9/08: Article on Portland & Sandsfoot Castles added to the fortresses section.
20/8/08: Siege of Gravelines, 1644 added to the sieges section.
18/8/08: David Flintham has written an article on the Civil War fortifications of London, which can be found in the fortresses section.
31/7/08: Many thanks to Jeroen van der Werf for his article and pictures on the Fort de Salses.
18/7/08: Harwich added to the fortresses section.
16/7/08: Page on Landguard Fort uploaded.
11/7/08: The Earith Bulwark, an earthwork fort built in the English Civil War, added to the fortresses section.
5/7/08: Jeroen van der Werf's article on Camaret added to the fortresses section.
25/6/08: Article on Saint Malo by Jeroen van der Werf uploaded to the fortresses section.
21/6/08: Article on Southsea Castle, one of Henry VIII's Device Forts, added to the fortresses section.
22/4/08: Article on Fort la Latte by Jeroen van der Werf added to the fortresses section.
7/4/08: Article on Ile Cézon by Jeroen van der Werf added to the fortresses section.
4/4/08: Article on the Battle of La Hougue added to the sieges section - I know it wasn't a siege but it is an action that involved a fortified place, so it fits on this site.
1/4/08: Article on Gosport added to the fortresses section.
28/3/08: I have made a number of corrections to the article on Besançon, since it came to my attention that some of the assertions I had made about the citadel were incorrect. Please accept my apologies.
27/3/08: Article on the Château du Taureau by Jeroen van der Werf added to the fortresses section.
26/3/08: Article on the tower at Ile des Hebihens by Jeroen van der Werf added to the fortresses section.
23/3/08: Article on Ile d'Aix by Jeroen van der Werf added to the fortresses section.
19/3/08: Article on Portsmouth added to the fortresses section - sorry this has taken a while, I've been rather busy lately.
8/1/08: Article on Fort de la Prée by Jeroen van der Werf added to the fortresses section.
5/1/08: Article on Carisbrooke Castle added to the fortresses section.
I apologise for the lack of updates recently, I have had not access to my webspace for a while, but hopefully there will be some more updates soon. Watch this space.
11/8/07: Retranchement added to the fortresses section.
3/8/07: Page on the fortress of Sluis uploaded.
1/8/07: Damme added to the fortresses section.
30/7/07: Jeroen van der Werf's article on Fouras added to the fortresses section.
29/7/07: The Fort van Beieren added to the fortresses section.
28/7/07: Articles on Courtrai and Bruges added to the fortresses section.
27/7/07: Articles on Fort Médoc and Fort Paté by Jeroen van der Werf added to the fortresses section.
20/7/07: Siege of Tournai, 1709 added to the sieges page.
7/7/07: Article on the Sheerness added to the fortresses section.
4/7/07: Article on the Sieges of Le Quesnoy, 1712 uploaded to the sieges page.
27/06/07: Thanks to Marcus Prauschke, who has written an article on the fascinating fortress of Mont Royal in Germany.
19/06/07: Found a number of interesting short videos on some of Vauban's work from the French TV channel TF1 (in French). They are associated with the campaign to get some of Vauban's fortresses on the UNESCO world heritage list. Click on the links below to see the videos - they will open in a new window.
18/06/07: New pictures added to the page on Rocroi.
16/06/07: New pictures added to the page on Montmédy.
15/06/07: I've uploaded another article by Jeroen van der Werf - the fortress of Longwy in Lorraine.
05/06/07: Many thanks to Jeroen van der Werf for his article on Bitche, which is added to the fortresses section.
18/05/07: There's not much happening here at the moment, but watch this space - I shall hopefully be visiting some interesting places this summer! In the meantime here's a link to an excellent site with a virtual relief map of the fortifications of Brest, in Brittany: Brest3d.fr.
Below are some shots of a section of the physical relief map of Brest, which has yet to be fully restored, at the Musée de l'Armée in Paris:
