The Evansville journal., 1870-07-21

perpendicular, but since IL was taken /
by the French in 1896, and again in |
1899, its fortifcations have been treb- |
led and quadrupled in strength. and |
the entire hill has been turned into q
fortress. It has been thought un-
necessary to scarp the steep sides,
though it is on record that British
tourist. accompanied by terrier,
made the ascent to the intense aston
ishment of a sentry. The garrison
amounts to IL, ,000 men, and has been
hitherto under the command of Gov
ernor Prendzynski, who belongs to
the Eighth Army Corps, commanded
by Gen. HerwaPth, whose headquar-
ters are in Coblentz, on the opposite
side of the river.
The troops are furnished with water
by an artesian well, and the fortress
contains steam cooking apparatus OF
unexampled magnitude. Provisions
for three years are continually kept
in store, and the greatest precautions
arc taken to prevent a knowledge of
the Notifications falling into the
hands of strangers. Ehrenbreitstein
has been besieged many times by the
French, and was taken only on one
occasion, in 1893. when the garrison
was forced to surrender from lack of
supplies. The chief danger now is
from the hills In the rear, which com.
mand the lower ranges of forti6ca.
tion, from the increased power of
modern proJeetiles, but though much
of the citadel might be laid in ruins.
it would seem impossible to take it
by regular assault or By coup de
main
Ehrenbreitstein is mounted with
600 pieces of artillery, and its lines
cost $3,750,000 Coblentz may be
considered under the same head 1t
is situated on the confluence of the
Moselle and the Rhine, and its forti-
fcations were built by the famous
VaubaD, being improved afterward by
Montatembeck. Its garrison is very
large, and is chiefly from the Eight
Corps. In time of war Coblentz and
Ehrnbreistein will accommodate 100,-
900 men. Cobleniz was taken by the
French Directory in 1874, after a
very fierce struggle. The French
built stone bridge over the Moselle
here, and fortified il vita q tete dsl
DOnt bristling with cannon.
Cologne is on the sft bank of the
Rhine, As miles above CobIentz. Ii
is built close upon the river, In the
form of q crescent. and is connected
with the town of Deutz, on the other
side, by a handsome double bridge,
erected in 1860. 1t is surrounded by
walls of very ancient date, which form
a circuit of several miles. Outside
| these, which are not considered of any
strer 9Th, are houses and gardens and
considerable suburb. But there are
strong Notifications in the river in
frent of the bridges. and there is q
fortified camp garrisoned by 1000
men of the Eighth Army Corps. un-
der Lieutenant General Franken berg
| and this nucleus of an army will prob
ably be increased very considerably
| for Cologne is a strategic point Of i'm
portance, SINCE it commands the ap-
proaohes into Hesse Cassel and Han
over. 1t will probably be the station
of corps d. armee.
PRUssIAN FORT AND INTERIOR FoR
TRESsEs.
Besides these fortresses on the
the Rhine and the fortified towns on
the Baltic, there are many others OF
secondary importance. We give a
partial list of the more Important:
CoIberg, Col. La Cheyallere. Second.
Erfurt, Mel. Gen. Mfchaelis (S,OJC) Fourth
| GIatz, Col. KTitter, (2.Ce0) Sixth.
Glogan, Col. Leibeherl, 4.5cJl Fifth.
| Grander z, Col. Krinhelm, (2,O0u) First.
Mlnden, Msj. Gen. zeigler, 5000 Sew
Mise, Col. Neuman, sixth.
Poilan, Col. Orlovius, First. ,,, ,,...,
oSehi Rondsiba@g, SlT Mi Mi On. Buene, Gs,c0Oi
saariouIs, Col. Zimmerman, 600
spandau. Maj. Gen. STREET.. Third.
/ Thorn, Col. KeichenOaon, (2,U00) First.
Torgan, Maj Gen. Blankensee. Fourth.
Veal, Col. v. Heinemann, Seventh.
1 Witten berg, Col Zedtwtg, Fourth.
KinZstetn, Mel. Gen. Romschelt, Saxon
Corps.
On the Baltic Sea Prussia has the
| fortified ports of Wilhelmshafen,
Kiel, Danfzic, SundeVitt, and Alsen.
The last named is perhaps. next to
Ehrenbreitstein, the strongest posi-.
tion which Prussia has. The forts
and batteries of Herup Haaf, at Al
sen, are prodigious. These works
comprise three star shaped forts. with
/ double tiers of guns, and fine coast
batteries commanding the passage oi
the Little Belt. All these are face /
with chilled iron from the Krupp
Iron Works of Essen, and armed
with the heaviest ordnance. They
command the Straits, and alse pro-
tect the canal of Alsensund and Its
communications with the port, and
with the fortified camp of Sonderberg
on the same island. Doppel. the
scene of the conflict with the Danes
| in 1868, is close to Sonderberg. and
both are garrisoned by the Ninth
Corps d'Armee.
Stettin is garrisoned by troops from
the Second Corps. and is governed
by Lieut.. General Freyhold.
Dantzic is garrisoned from the First
Corps. and commanded by Gen. Won.
Brooke.
Stralsund and Swinemunde arc both
small cities, of more historical than
real Importance.
Kiel, which is on the mainland of
the province of Schleswig, is most
strongly fortified, is heavily garrison
ed with troops from the Ninth Corps,
and is commanded by General Won
Plarz, an artillery officer of great skill
and experience.
Memel has only a small garrison.
Konigsberg is a very important
city, and has a large garrison. Il is
under the command of General Won
Herwarth. of the First Corps.