The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-07-16
The eleven army corps have their headquarter
fDllowa.

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commsndeS y Cen Won vo R Seis sSc.e head
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Plowski, whose headquarters are at csssei. ' w"
:. The whole force is under the command OF the
King, who has summoned Won Molke to take the
immediate command.
THO FLEET.
Prussia has of late made strenuous efforts 10 place
the North Germsn Confederation in the front rank
OF maritime ,naiions. Her steam feet has been in.
creased as rnpidly as human efforts will admit Of
Inc latcst additions to the ironcads are the King
William. Of 5es tons, and the Renown OF 1890 tons
The former, which IL considered the most iormida
BILE vessel snoat, wac built In En-land the Sultan
Of Turkey, but as he could not paw II was snapped
twenty.three guns OF the heaviest calibro known
N ,So red, Of the famous Krnpp steel,
power Is 1889 horse, tie crew sx hundred
men: The Renown Is less heavily armored
Of four ii.ineh guns, elk es.pounders, twelve ~
FOUNDERS, aud twelve 2ipounders on the uoper
Geek. lie crew nmornts To- 600 men, exclusive Of
onicere. This vessel hnit In Kel On the
stocks at the navy yard in wihem.hafen Is tho
heavy ironelad iligate the Grosser Kurl6rs' and
the Frederick the Great. Of the same class Is build.
| ing at kiel. The Hnnsa, another iron.ciad, is
nearly completed at Danisic, where the steam
frgate AIiadne has been commenced. and the steam
| sloops Abatross aud Nautilus. Competed aud in
commission are four more heavy iron -clads-the
4p sar zen. csb, now now 10 London Of 10 guns and
hrmlnius OF four heavg guns and 400 tons and
1ne Prince hSslesr, Of three with tonnage o. 100
| tons; the iler'ha. zane force, row In China tho
| vine,a, same iorce: the Arizona now in New York
me O scry ne sre 1. Ss
Augusta, IA Guns and 800 tons the Victoria same
sa. new possession, II guns and 900 tons; and the
| Nmphe, OF same forse. All these are powerful
Pnssan Fsr and e ire are sSo steam s2Sp. the
Eunboals, averaging all together IS guns OF the
To be built BY 1877 are II iron.clads the larv.
est siZo, ii coube-banked irigates, heavy soops,
and transports Or sailing vessels there are
| 5,l63 tons.
The vessels in commission Nre manned by 5Oia
sailors 17 engineers $40 carpenters and mechanics.
| ig2 warrant officers and 256 ofbcers Besides this
| there is reserve OF 4,1J6 men, whish be called
ur9n at any time, and second reserve called SEQ
| t0shr, which ac.s only In time OF war, and may be
Tie naval school is at Kiel. in schieswig, and so
| popular has the service become tIat there
4OJ marine cadets at tuis establishment where two
| years ago there were but %. OF whom 50 have be-
The mercantile marine numbers from; Prussia,
3,c1l vessels and Col 900 tons from HAMBURG 4G7-
Necs'e nbur -schwerin, ii0--tons, RAG from
oldenburs and Lubeek 2Ii-tons, 01,GoO.
THE roprREssrs
| Prussia, conscious OF the jealousy with which
France has viewed her proeress, and anticipating a
war, has ton some time nuid the greatest attention to
the IorHcdtons Of the cities on the Rhine, and on
NE Battle SEA; she has on the latter the fortified
| portn OF Nuhelhishntcn kiel, Dgnt1ic. sundeytt
| gud Alsen. The last named Is nerhaps
Ehrenbiestein, the strongest position which Prussia
| has. The iorts aud batteries OF H9rup HAT at Al
sen, are prodi sious. These works comprise three
s'ar shaped forts, with double tiers Of guns and fine
coast batteries commanding tie passage OF the Lit
lie Belt All thcae are faced with chilled iron, from
tue Krupp Iron Works Of Essen, and srmcd with
NE heaviest ordnance They command the Straits,
| muuication with the port aud with the fortified
camp Of Sonder1erg on tie same island. Dopptl the
scene OF the conflict with the Danes In 1863 Is close
TO son5etoetg and both are gnrrisoned BY the Ninth
Corpe, and is governed by LieitGen. Frevhold
| Dantze Is rarrisOned rom the First Corps, and
! Is commanded by Gen Won Brooke.
| strilsund and eNinemunde are both small cities
OF more l.slorca than real inuortancc.
kiel, which i On the mdin lard of the province OF
schlesME, most strongly fortified, Is hc5vily gar.
| risoned with troops from tho Ninth Corps aud is
| commanded by Gen. Won Pfa,z, an artillery oncor
! OF great skill and experience
Memel has only small garrison.
k0niKsberg is very important city, and has a
| large garrison. II IL under the command OF Gen.
Won Hcrwarth OF tire First Corps
OF the 'ortrosscs the Rhine and it, vicinity the
most important are Mayence, Rastadt. Ehrenbreit.
| stein, ana Cologne.
nArEScH
| was formerly city Of the German Confederation
the old zoverein, and was girfisoned 10y Austrian
| and Prnssan troops. Its peculiarly dangerous p,-
sition, being the left bank Of the Rhine snd eat.
y coveted by tie Preach, led TO It's Cortincslions
being OF me strongest character. IL originally
gnrrisoned by 5000 men. hut after the decisive De.
feat OF Austria In the late contest II was agreed Ivy
the treaty OF Prague that its notifications ould he
dismantled and its garrison withdrawn This stpu.
iston vas insisted on by Austria but the Prussisns
| have never carried out the conditions and MAycnre
ia al this moment OF the strongest cities In lie
world TIC four lines of works greatly Sire 9Th.
| ened by outWorks aud detached forts ana by Fort
Meisenau, wnich il on tue upper baul OF the Min.
The city OF MAJ Is opposite 10 Tie mouth of I'M,
river, which here falls into the Rhine about - miles
| west OF Frankfort TO which it is connected by a
| railway. bridge some 1900 feet long connects Il
NiIA NE fortified suturh OF tas'e II ias row a
very large "a risOn, am Il commanded by Prince
| Waldemsr Of SeAiesNis Iloste.n.
| RAsrApr
is on the right bank OF the RHINE and Is very sIonC.
~ fortified II u In tie tcritor, ~ laAcn- BaacT.
federation but since salowa its garrison has been
trus,ian, II IS siluatel some II lies south Of
Carlsrule, and some - iron strlsl uurg. aud IN
uuQuestionably lie point ~ carCl lmlt rtlncc dur
ing The coming struggle. ! : Publications are on
lection OF enti@rrlng, hut experience has proved
| thai earthNorks are stronger than stone walls.
runs psst Rasd which Ave ~" w.pv q bs ,tsr S wen
diehes, curtains rllcis anu lunottes, but the chief
| strc' gth VIII probably be in the fortified Canip
| which the lTu-saus are ABOUT 10 form there.
Should II be necessary 10 withdraw ils garrison IL
| could elsily he replaced ny Baden sol litrs, the
| Grand Duke having shown - most dnmis tax ,ble
| sympathy for tie lIussian cause,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
il the fortress par CrcNerce Of Prussia and IA ~.
garuel ~ tho Gibraltar Ot the Ruiuc. IL Is ON Ie
right bank OF q Il iiue opposite to Coblen2 Il ia
connected win Ills town by bild e II boats Par,
| OF the tortincauous lilo at the foot OF the h 4Gs
feet in height, ana almost perpendicular, but since
| II was taken by tie French IN ligG and again in
| 1872 its tortihc tuns have been tru1led aud quad
| Tupled in siren III, and the entire ill his been
| turned Into a fortress. II has been thought unue
cessar1 10 scnrp the steep siles, though 1t Is on
record mt British tourist accompanied Ivy Ter
rcr made the ascent to he intense establishment Of
sentry. lie gnrri-on amounts 10 II 90 men, and
has leen hlth0 rto under tie command Of Governor
| PrcndZ5 nsNi, who belongs to the Eighth Army
torpt, commended By Gen. llsrwarth, whose bead
quarters are Cublel the opp site side OF tne
| river, The troops are Furnished with water by
all artcsian well, aud the iortIs contains
steam cooking apparatus OF u, exampled
magnitude. Provisions for three years arc
continually kept IN store aud the greatest prec IA.
tons are taken to prevent a knowledge VI tue Tor.
tlcRuUns falling into the hands OF strangers
Ehrenbreltstein has been DeseIed many timos by
tie frencl, and Was tsllGn GUY on occasion in
l1yD, when the garrison forced 10