English Coast Defences / From Roman Times to the Early Years of the Nineteenth Century

ENGLISH COAST DEFENCES

DOVER CASTLE, KENT From an engraving by S. and N. Buck
FROM ROMAN TIMES TO THE EARLY YEARS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
GEORGE CLINCH
LONDON G. BELL AND SONS, LTD. 1915
CHISWICK PRESS: CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO. TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR, M.P.
FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY THESE PAGES ARE INSCRIBED

The intricate coast-line of England, so difficult for an enemy to blockade, so difficult at every point for combined naval and military forces to defend against raiders, presents to the student of history an extremely interesting subject. It is to its insularity that England owes something of its greatness, and to the great length of its coast-line that its vulnerability is due.