By Don Morfe, April 21, 2012
	1. Firepower Marker

Did Spanish troops ever fire in anger from this deck? In 1797 the British attacked from two miles to the east. Cannon from this battery and those in San Cristobal’s outer defenses shelled the British to keep them from landing east of the San Juan Islet.

This deck, completed around 1790, looked then much as you see it today. It provides excellent view of several garitas (sentry boxes). You can also see here remnants from the Spanish-American War (1898) and World War II (1941-1945)

An officer of the Puerto Rican infantry directs a musket firing drill. This scene would have been common on this level of San Cristobal.

There was not just one national uniform for the Spanish army in the late 1700’s Each of the many regiments that served in Puerto Rico wore distinctive decorations, such as the bright red labels, sleeves, and collars you see on this infantry company.
 
Location. 18° 28.044′ N, 66° 6.672′ W. Marker is in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in San Juan County. Marker is on Bulevar del Valle. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: San Juan PR 00901, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers.

	By Don Morfe, April 21, 2012
	2. Firepower Marker

At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. National Historic Site (here, next to this marker); The Heart of San Cristobal (here, next to this marker); Three Flags (here, next to this marker); What About Water? (here, next to this marker); In Defense of San Juan (here, next to this marker); Defending San Juan (approx. 0.7 miles away); A Defense of the 1st Order (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Main Plaza (approx. 0.9 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in San Juan.