The town itself was open, and the coast defences were confined
to some scattered forts and batteries along the shore from Tourla-
ville to Querqueville. Along the eastern shore there was an
intrenchment, and a redoubt occupying the site near which the
Fort des Flamands now stands. To the west of the town there
was a fort called Langlet, and at intervals of 600 to 700 yards
further on stood —

1. The Fort du Galet, a work with two faces to the sea, two
flanks to the beach, and a hornwork closing the gorge.
2. Hornet, a square redoubt, near the point of the same name.
3. EquerdreviUe, a battery en barbette facing the sea, with
towers commanding beach and land.
A little above this work a line of intrenchments with several
batteries stretched along the coast, from St. Anne to Querqueville,
at which point there was a work of similar shape to that at
EquerdreviUe.
The French had available for the defence of these works about
"9,000 men, under the Mar^chai de cawp le Comte de Raimont.
