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Height. A fort was constructed here by the French, Citadelle du Morne Fortuné, completed in 1784. The fort was first captured by the British on 1 April 1794, but recaptured by the French in June 1795. It was captured again by the British on 24 May 1796. A memorial to the
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Originally known as Morne Dubuc, it was renamed Morne Fortuné in 1765 when the French moved their military headquarters and government administration buildings here from
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The original fortifications also still stand on the summit, and the old military buildings are in a listed historical area. The
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still stands commemorating the battle. France regained possession in 1802 with the
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in June 1803, and the fort remained a British one until independence in 1979.
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Morne Fortune's Shipley Battery on Fort Charlotte, with the grave of
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manned Apostle's Battery on 16 December 1888 when the port became a
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Morne Fortune also hosts the Saint Lucian campus of the
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Morne Fortuné article by the Saint Lucia National Trust
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Harmsen, Jolien; Ellis, Guy; Devaux, Robert (2014).
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Derek Walcott
Castries
Saint Lucia
West Indies
Vigie
27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot
Treaty of Amiens
William Grinfield
Antoine Noguès
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Queen Charlotte
1st West India Regiment
coaling station
Royal Artillery
RML 10 inch 18 ton guns
Secondary School
Saint Lucia National Trust
University of the West Indies
Sir Arthur Lewis Community College
Government House
Governor-General of Saint Lucia
ISBN
9789769534001


Morne Fortuné article by the Saint Lucia National Trust
13°59′20″N 60°59′29″W / 13.98886°N 60.99137°W / 13.98886; -60.99137 (Morne Fortune)
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