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Jumper's Bastion may refer to one of two adjacent bastions in the
The bastions (north and south) are located along the
The Spanish called the northern bastion ''Santa Cruz Bastion''; it was designed by the Florentine military architect
The southern bastion was also rebuilt in 1785 on the site of an old sea gate. It has a flat face that runs parallel to the curtain wall and is more akin to a platform than a bastion, as it was designed to be defended through musket fire only. Accommodation is more modest than the northern bastion but it is on two levels and on two sides only.
In December 2017, the Government of Gibraltar announced that South Jumper's Bastion would form the basis of a new studio complex for the Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation, which broadcasts GBC TV and Radio Gibraltar https://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/new/sites/default/files/press/2017/Press%20Releases/745-2017.pdf
Jumper's Bastion may refer to one of two adjacent bastions in the British Overseas Territory
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of Gibraltar
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. They were both created in 1785 on the sites of previous constructions and named for a British Captain who was one on the first on shore during the Capture of Gibraltar
The Capture of Gibraltar by Anglo-Dutch forces of the Grand Alliance occurred between 1 and 4 August 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession. Since the beginning of the war the Alliance had been looking for a harbour in the Iberian Penins ...
in 1704.
History
The bastions (north and south) are located along the Line Wall Curtain
The Line Wall Curtain is a defensive curtain wall that forms part of the fortifications of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
Description
The Line Wall runs from the North Bastion south along the western coast of the town to Engineer ...
on the West Side of Gibraltar. They take their name from a Captain William Jumper
Sir William Jumper ( – 12 March 1715) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He rose to the rank of captain after service in the Nine Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession. He is known for being one of the first to step onto land ...
who was one of the first officers to land ashore and capture the existing Spanish bastion on this site during the Capture of Gibraltar
The Capture of Gibraltar by Anglo-Dutch forces of the Grand Alliance occurred between 1 and 4 August 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession. Since the beginning of the war the Alliance had been looking for a harbour in the Iberian Penins ...
in August 1704. According to George Hills, the first two captains to come ashore were called Juniper (sic) and Hicks. They were sent by Captain Edward Whitaker
Sir Edward Whitaker (1660 – 20 November 1735) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the War of the Spanish Succession and is known for his role in the Capture of Gibraltar and the Battle of Málaga in 1704.
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when he saw that the Spanish guns covering the New Mole had been put out of action.
North Jumper's Bastion
The Spanish called the northern bastion ''Santa Cruz Bastion''; it was designed by the Florentine military architect Giovan Giacomo Paleari Fratino
Giovan Giacomo Paleari Fratino (1520–1586), known as ''El Fratin'' or ''Il Fratino'' ("The Little Friar"), was a military engineer who served the Spanish Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor Charles V, and then his son Philip II of Spain.
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in 1575. After being captured by the British in 1704 and renamed the Eight Gun Battery, it was rebuilt in 1785.
In 1841, General Sir John Thomas Jones
Major General Sir John Thomas Jones, 1st Baronet (25 March 1783 – 26 February 1843) was a British officer in the Royal Engineers who played a leading engineering role in a number of European campaigns of the early nineteenth century. Jones was ...
produced a report on Gibraltar's fortifications in which he proposed enlarging North Jumper's Bastion to its current proportions. It was rebuilt between 1844–7 into a demi-bastion with two flanks and one face. The long south flank has embrasures for six guns, underneath which are six casemate
A casemate is a fortified gun emplacement or armored structure from which artillery, guns are fired, in a fortification, warship, or armoured fighting vehicle.Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary
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d bombproof barracks, each with room for 32 men. Several ancillary rooms are also provided on the north and south flanks. Musketry embrasures were provided along the face and north flank. For a while, it was envisaged that the bastion would be replaced with a 24-gun flat bastion incorporating casemated barracks, along with a realignment of the curtain wall, but this was never realised.
South Jumper's Bastion
The southern bastion was also rebuilt in 1785 on the site of an old sea gate. It has a flat face that runs parallel to the curtain wall and is more akin to a platform than a bastion, as it was designed to be defended through musket fire only. Accommodation is more modest than the northern bastion but it is on two levels and on two sides only.
In December 2017, the Government of Gibraltar announced that South Jumper's Bastion would form the basis of a new studio complex for the Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation, which broadcasts GBC TV and Radio Gibraltar https://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/new/sites/default/files/press/2017/Press%20Releases/745-2017.pdf
References
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