After the 1727 siege, the Spanish government began the construction of a line of fortifications, the " Contravallation Line " or " La L�nea de Gibraltar " thus eventually giving rise to the town La Linea De La Concepcion.
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This plan was well-conceived but in the end the strength of Frederick Henry's lines of contravallation and the superior morale of his troops ( who were encouraged by his presence during the fighting ) decided the day.
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He also worked in Ceuta, M�laga, Sevilla, the Lorca water dam, the Guadalquivir river banks to aid navigation inland from Cadiz, and the Gibraltar contravallation against the British ( modern La L�nea de la Concepci�n ).
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After the Spanish blockade of Gibraltar ended following the destruction of the Lines of Contravallation in 1810, an increasing number of Spaniards came to work in the territory, travelling to and from it each day as they were not allowed to stay overnight.
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The opened trenches on the left ( south ) of the Schutter ) at the entrance to the old village of Kehl; within the week, the Austrian batteries connected the ruins at Kehl with the left flank of the contravallation, and linked the entire line to one of the Rhine islands, now exposed by receding water.
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The "'Lines of Contravallation of Gibraltar "'( Spanish : " L�nea de Contravalaci�n de Gibraltar " or " L�nea de Gibraltar " ), known in English as the " Spanish Lines ", were a set of fortifications built by the Spanish across the northern part of the isthmus linking Spain with Gibraltar.
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The enormous measures taken during the battle were impressive : in only six weeks, Caesar's troops built a ring of fortifications 15 km long ( " circumvallation " ) around Alesia and an additional ring 21 km long ( " contravallation " ) around that to stop reinforcements ( around 250, 000 men according to Caesar ) from reaching the Gauls.
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When work began on the Lines of Contravallation, the British again asserted that " although territorial jurisdiction was not ceded with the Fortress of Gibraltar by the Treaty of Utrecht, it is a recognised maxim and a constant usage in favour of fortified places, that the ground commended by their cannon pertains to them . . . " Once again the Spanish rejected this; the Spanish Secretary of State, the Marquis de la Paz, replied to a British d�marche to point out that the " cannon shot rule " had not been agreed in the treaty, and that in any case " the ordinary range of cannon is 200 to 250 toises and the line is set more than 600 toises'distance from the fortress ".
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