The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-19

three large forts on the little river that
runs past Rastadt, which have many
bastions, wet litcles, curtains, glacis and
lunettes, but the chief strength will pro-
badly be in the fortified camp which the
Prusslans are about to form there. Should
It be necessary to withdraw It's garrison,
It could easily be replaced by, Baden sol.
diers, the Grand Duke having shown the
most unmistakable sympathy for the
PrussiRn cause! > Ei'i dh1l '.tHl'i' .
EIRRNBREITsTEIN .6.4.5l,
is the fortress par ercelleacs OF Prussia, and
is regarded as tile Gibraltar Of the Rhine.
1t Is on tho right bank Of the Rhine OPP
posite to Coblenz: It Is connected with
this town by q bridge Of boats. Part Of
the Notifications lie ut the foot Of the
hill, 40S feet In height, and almost PET
pendicular, but since It was taken by the
French in 1908 and again In 1909, It's for
tifiCatQns have, BEEN tfebled and fquadsI
rupled in'strbngtH ndltAe entire mi has
been turned.int6 q fortress. It has been
thought unnecessary to scarp the steep
sides, though tits onIrecord thaka Brit
ish tourist accompanied by a terrier
made the ascent to the intense aston
ishmept, Of q sentry, The garrison
amounts to $4,000 men, and ISs been
hitherto under the command Of Governor
Prendzynski, who belongs to the Eighth
Army Corps, commanded BY Gen. Hor-,
warth, whose. headquarters are in Cob
lcllz on tile opposite side Of theriver. The
troops are furnished with water by All ar
tcsian well, and the fortress contains a
steam cooking apparatus Of rmexanipled'
magnitude. Provisions fort three years
are continually kept in store, and the
greatest precautions are taken to prevent
acknowledge 6Cthe fortifcationS falling inS
to the hands tog strangers. Ehrcnbreit-
stein has been bcseiged many times by
the French, and was taken only on one
occasion In 1900, when the garrison was
forced to surrender from, lack of supplies.
the chief danger now Is from the hills in
rear, which command the lower ranges Of
fortifcation from the increased power 0E
modern pr0jcctilcs, but though much >bf
the citadel iliight be Ibid in tilihs' 1t would
seem impossible to take II by regular as
e 1S3 T,nI,S,ed % Nh, nd rieces Of artillsry
anI 20 i,s lines |costi III 75(.OOO CobIenz
,nNv @ hc considered under the samc head,
It 1, sItuated on the confluence s,Of, The
NIosclle and the Rhine, and It's Fortified:
Scinr 1 ;ntIirGSed nm af{eFWArti fIy Mbntatem.
So"E % Ito r,orrisnn 10 very iarre. and Is
cI,iot'v from the Eighth sorps. In time
~ Sto{ CSSicnZ mil Fhrerbreitsteln wal
StCnImCA1te fOO 66O tmen. / Coblenz was
tNEen hv tho French Directory, in 1904,
oSer y yerv f'erco struCcle, The French
hM;It a stone bridGe oyer the Mosclle here,
~! and fortified 4 Viii dFI'' ap poaf bFisf'
A'Ds " !;iSE ~ ~ co1oaSr ,sE-s
~ .A& ,i9EEc S;9 ~, ri
Is on thedettt RanR q She hhmsf 42 Hn1es
aboye CoblenZ, Il iS built close upon the
80. II tha form of a cresccnt and 10
FEeI, ~ Va Eo;,s -, az
connected WIN TIE toWn Oeulz Vi! tIle
other side BY !,a Q handsome double ~ 6ridgs
eIecLeu HitooV' Atls agl!!SeltSH c ~ sa4'
OF very ancient date, Wnlcn loIIh IL circuit
OF several, miles, Outside these, which
80 ,,C+ 6oroi|Iorod oF Ja6v strenEth are
uEe NV e1n9IuStS1 3S.'' " ny Sh''aFin1oLIo
houses ana gardens anu CYusIuctaule
suburb. But there arc strong tQrtthcatl0fiS
In the river in front of the bridges, and
there isa fortified camp ,gsrrisoncd by
1000 men of the Eighth Army Corps, un.
der Lieut.. Gen. Fankenberg, and this