The Mimbrates and Wacites naturally both declared war at that point, but the hastily-erected wooden blockhouses of the Asturians proved to be substantial enough to repel them.
Although the British had erected a wooden blockhouse and an eight-gun battery of 12-pounders, they were no match for the Spanish force.
It contained 7 cannon platforms, a bomb-proof powder magazine, a draw-bridge entrance and an 8-sided wooden blockhouse at its center.
The road passed to the west of Caspian Lake, and a wooden blockhouse was constructed there in 1779 on what is now known as Block House Hill.
It is home to the oldest surviving wooden blockhouse in New Zealand.
The fort contained a four-gun circular earthwork, a wooden blockhouse, and barracks.
The Army constructed a two-story wooden blockhouse on the site, which became known as Camp Kearny and later Fort Kearny.
They made a wooden blockhouse around the central prayer cave with its window top above the ground.
An eight-sided wooden blockhouse was situated at the center of the redoubt.
An old wooden blockhouse protected the battery at the end of Point Frederick.