Articles on Palmerston Forts, Including - The Needles, Flat Holm, Portsdown Hill, Newhaven Fort, Spitbank Fort, Fort Blockhouse, Nothe Fort, Liscard, St Helens Fort, No Man's Land Fort, Horse Sand Fort, Fort Cumberland (England) (Paperback)

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