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Hobe Fort or Huwei Fort is a historical fort located near Fort Santo Domingo, in Tamsui District, New Taipei, Taiwan.〔https://www.chinapost.com.tw/travel/taiwan-north/taipei/2007/10/11/126237/Danshuis-war.htm〕 ==History== In the 1880s Imperial China (Qing Dynasty) and France fought a war over an area that is today Vietnam. In October 1884 as part of the Keelung Campaign, the French fleet sailed to northern Taiwan where it blockaded the ports of Keelung and Tamsui, and then landed troops at both places. The Chinese managed to turn back the assault at Tamsui, though Keelung fell to the French. The Sino-French War (1884-1885) at Tamsui proved to the Qing government that their coastline defense wasn't as secure as it needed to be.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://wikimapia.org/1730956/HuWei-Hobe-Fort )〕 Following the war, the Chinese government decided to strengthen Taiwan's coastal defenses with forts at Keelung, Tainan - Fort Zeelandia - and Tamsui. Governor of Taiwan Liú Míngchuán (劉銘傳) was ordered to strengthen the defenses on the Taiwan Strait. Governor Liu planned to build forts at every major estuary in order to facilitate defense. He adopted the military strategy of "Learn from foreigners to defeat foreigners". In particular, he employed a German expert Lieut Max E. Hecht to help set up ten new forts at the estuaries of Penghu, Keelung, Hobe (Tamsui), Anping and Cihou (Cijin). There were two forts in Hobe, the "Key to the North Gate" which was Hobe Fort and the "Defense of the East". However, the latter no longer exists. Hobe Fort was finished in 1886 (the Guang-Xu 12th year of the Qing Dynasty), taking western forts as a reference to design blueprint. So far it is the best preserved fort built by Liu Mingchuan in Taiwan. At that time Governor Liu purchased 31 "Armstrong" cannons and German "Krupp" cannons from the British through the Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited and set up these cannons at ten new forts in Taiwan. The installation of these cannons was completed in 1889 (the Guang-Xu 15th year of the Qing Dynasty). However Hobe Fort never saw action during wartime, hence its fairly good shape. During the Japanese colonial period, the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) withdrew four cannons from Hobe Fort and turned the place into an exercise field for artillery practice. After Taiwan was recovered, the National troops were stationed in Hobe Fort. It was not until 1985 that Hobe Fort was designated by the Ministry of the Interior, Executive Yuan, as a National Level 2 Ancient Monument. After downsizing of Taiwan's Provincial Government, Hobe Fort came to be managed by the Taipei County Government (New Taipei City Government at present) and reopened to the public after restoration. Currently it is classified as a National Monument. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hobe Fort」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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