# Martin's Battery

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{{Short description|Artillery battery in Gibraltar}}
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'''Martin's Battery''' was an [artillery battery](/source/artillery_battery) in the [British Overseas Territory](/source/British_Overseas_Territories) of [Gibraltar](/source/Gibraltar).<ref name="Fa2006">{{cite book|author=Fa & Finlayson|title=The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068-1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BC5QBR0oB04C&pg=PA31|access-date=4 April 2013|year=2006|page=51|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-1-84603-016-1}}</ref>

==Description==
During World War Two there were two 4 inch and two 4 inch Quick Firing guns at Martin's Battery on the west side of the [Rock of Gibraltar](/source/Rock_of_Gibraltar).<ref name="Fa2006"/> Presumably named for the drunken soldier who reportedly discovered [Martin's Cave](/source/Martin's_Cave) in 1821.<ref name="Critic">{{cite work|title=The Critic: A Weekly Review of Literature, Fine Arts, and the Drama, Volume 1|page=272|date=21 February 1829|chapter=Sketch: St Martin's Cave|publisher=Critic Press|location=New York}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Artillery battery fortifications in Gibraltar

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