[4] After the British gained control of Malta, Madliena Tower continued to serve as a military installation.

Sometime around the late 1860s or early 1870s, its parapet was rebuilt, and a circular emplacement was installed on the roof in order to mount a 64-pounder rifled muzzle loading (RML) gun.

In 1908, a Night Practice Battery housing two QF 12-pounder guns was built close to Madliena Tower.

The tower saw use again in World War II, when a concrete emplacement was built to house a beach gun.

[7] Today, the original tower and World War II emplacement are intact, but very little remains of the Night Practice Battery have survived.

The original door at the second level was filled in and was no longer visible, while the commemorative plaque was replaced by a slab of limestone.