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Recollections of James Anthony Gardner, commander R.N. (1775–1814)

Note 100 — BERWICK, 74

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Cf. James, i. 208. The effective defence of this tower—which took its name from the place (Mortella = Myrtle)—suggested the erection, along our south coast, of those numerous, useless, and misnamed Martello towers, against which the poet Campbell vainly protested.

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