The positioning of cavaliers depended on a range of factors, the chief considerations being the lie of the land beyond the ditch and the need for total control of the area by the defending army.
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The Martinengo Cavalier to the northwest of the bastion, (photograph: G. Papanikolaou, Yiorgos Papanikolaou)
British military installations on the Martinengo Cavalier, 1900 - 1905 (G. Gerola, Vikelaia Municipal Library, Heraklion)