The New Zealand Division attacked Messines village, the southern bastion of the German defences on the ridge.

In the election, the party won a number of seats from its traditional southern bastion, though it barely passed the threshold in the capital and the Chuy region.

The house had its beginnings in 1822 as Mobile's first courthouse and city jail, and was built between the southern bastions of Fort Condé.

This southern bastion echoed to the thunder of artillery on Wednesday as fighting between rival Yemeni forces moved markedly closer, an AFP correspondent reported.

Northern forces denied having fired a missile at the southern bastion of Aden, where four people were reported killed and nine others wounded Sunday.

As envisioned by the navy, the island would form a southern bastion of defense from which to safeguard southernmost China and southeastern Asia.

The midafternoon sun glinted on the placid waters of the Tybor, washing the southern bastions of Shamar.

The moats were reduced to half-width and entrances were constructed at the northern and southern bastions.

The sturdy Gothic church of Sant Jaume forms the southern bastion in the walls.

The southern bastion along with its supporting wall has collapsed.