The island was captured by the Dutch in 1588, where they established defensive forts and developed trade further.

Artillery remained an important part of the Mughal military, in both field deployment and incorporation into defensive forts.

A circular defensive fort, usually built of stone.

Masnedø is the site of an abandoned military defensive fort dating from 1912.

On the moles towers and defensive forts are found.

The English begin building a defensive fort on the island.

It could never have been intended for any defensive fort, for there was a man-wide space left open between one stone and the next.

Lasogród eventually developed into a defensive fort, the remains of which were destroyed in the 19th century during expansion of the city.

The objective of the division was to sweep the three defensive forts the French had constructed out of the battle.

This fort is one of the compact defensive forts in Bahrain.