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Definition of Forts
1. fort [n] - See also: fort
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forts
Literary usage of Forts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"To this earnest appeal upon your part, Commodore Whittle telegraphed to Commander
Mitchell, of the fleet stationed ju.it above the forts, " to strain a ..."
2. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1896)
"THE FRONTIER forts OF PENNSYLVANIA.1 These volumes embody the result of the
investigations of a Commission appointed by the Governor under an Act of ..."
3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"in the forts. Especially the poor English, as Protestants, were subject to much
petty persecution, to the no small anger of Jenkins, their commander. ..."
4. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"All the bridges, save that of Salamanca which was defended by the forts, hnd been
destroyed, and there was a garrison in the castle of Alba de Tormes; ..."
5. Life of Joseph Brant: (Thayendanegea) Including the Border Wars of the by William Leete Stone (1865)
"The troops of the enemy were landed at Stoney Point, twelve miles below the forts.
A small advanced party of the Americans was met and attacked at about 10 ..."
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