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New page: {{Infobox Military Structure |name=Prince of Wales Redoubt |image= |caption= |location=Gage Hill |type= |built=1780 |builder=General John Campbell |materials=Timber logs, sand, ear...
{{Infobox Military Structure
|name=Prince of Wales Redoubt
|image=
|caption=
|location=[[Gage Hill]]
|type=
|built=1780
|builder=General [[John Campbell]]
|materials=Timber logs, sand, earth
|size=275 feet at widest point
|used=1780-1781
|demolished=
|controlledby=Britain
|armament=8-10 cannons (designed for 5)
|garrison=1100 men between three Gage Hill forts
|currentcommander=
|commanders=
|occupants=
|battles=[[Siege of Pensacola]]
|events=
|status=No longer extant
|ownership=
|visitors=
|mapcode=
}}
The '''Prince of Wales Redoubt''' was a [[British Pensacola|British]] fortification located on [[Gage Hill]] that served as one of two advanced [[Wikipedia:Redoubt|redoubts]] to [[Fort George]]. (The [[Queen's Redoubt]] was the other.) It was located about 300 yards north of Fort George, near the modern-day intersection of [[Spring Street|Spring]] and [[Cervantes Street]]s, and consisted of a hat-shaped parapet surrounded by protective ditches. It measured 275 feet at its widest point.
The redoubt was a key line of defense during the [[1781]] [[Siege of Pensacola]]. When the powder magazine at the Queen's Redoubt was detonated on the morning of [[May 8]], the Prince of Wales Redoubt found itself facing an entrenched Spanish siege force at close range. The situation untenable, British commanders [[Peter Chester]] and [[John Campbell]] were forced to surrender.
The Spanish renamed the redoubt '''Fort Sombrero''', but did not substantially maintain it. Nothing now remains of it.
==References==
{{refbegin}}
*James C. and Irene S. Coleman. ''Guardians on the Gulf: Pensacola Fortifications, 1698-1980''. Pensacola Historical Society, 1982.
{{refend}}
[[Category:Forts]]
|name=Prince of Wales Redoubt
|image=
|caption=
|location=[[Gage Hill]]
|type=
|built=1780
|builder=General [[John Campbell]]
|materials=Timber logs, sand, earth
|size=275 feet at widest point
|used=1780-1781
|demolished=
|controlledby=Britain
|armament=8-10 cannons (designed for 5)
|garrison=1100 men between three Gage Hill forts
|currentcommander=
|commanders=
|occupants=
|battles=[[Siege of Pensacola]]
|events=
|status=No longer extant
|ownership=
|visitors=
|mapcode=
}}
The '''Prince of Wales Redoubt''' was a [[British Pensacola|British]] fortification located on [[Gage Hill]] that served as one of two advanced [[Wikipedia:Redoubt|redoubts]] to [[Fort George]]. (The [[Queen's Redoubt]] was the other.) It was located about 300 yards north of Fort George, near the modern-day intersection of [[Spring Street|Spring]] and [[Cervantes Street]]s, and consisted of a hat-shaped parapet surrounded by protective ditches. It measured 275 feet at its widest point.
The redoubt was a key line of defense during the [[1781]] [[Siege of Pensacola]]. When the powder magazine at the Queen's Redoubt was detonated on the morning of [[May 8]], the Prince of Wales Redoubt found itself facing an entrenched Spanish siege force at close range. The situation untenable, British commanders [[Peter Chester]] and [[John Campbell]] were forced to surrender.
The Spanish renamed the redoubt '''Fort Sombrero''', but did not substantially maintain it. Nothing now remains of it.
==References==
{{refbegin}}
*James C. and Irene S. Coleman. ''Guardians on the Gulf: Pensacola Fortifications, 1698-1980''. Pensacola Historical Society, 1982.
{{refend}}
[[Category:Forts]]
