The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-25


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SS,:.s - =" INGENIOUS system Of InundatlOas
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an CoiH Ontalgy N
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~ or tnc t6rtihcatisns d
~. "1'e -: .'mo1 exclusively consecra
.eu 20 tne e'ee1lon Of ,orts necessary to max
Tue P'aee Inc ~; gre1s "aiwark Of the east o
. ing ITNn engineers iollOwes
NE eHpre giyen ~ 1o&etenJ N Se}ps&j
pol, where the RUSSIANS raised small e4rth
q x9fk1 On Pep@'nenf points --ShiaA -lAaaana
feoo1Hanie 'onre<es, under the fire o
vnscn inc n9Aiss sRssasncd themselves 10
e'esen months. l. 99' sizai- - Hail.-'
Y TINE FORTS. PIN" - =.
At Metz the heights OF 81. Quentin, PiaP
Pesnse, =: Su!'en ana dnenkuq haze hsea
crowned wlth 1ort3y and q present It would
oe .1ey S0r earflno0 Of eO,DOO men to air
rsmd ne ntrenched camP with . coatinu
Gus esoe'.ee OF earahw0fks slmilax 10 tn
eosgssse which connected Malako6 with TIN
heoan. yci9--. - %. ~. - . = .ls-
Ihe fot de GueuIeu, 1t z distance OF 2,
ouO metres from the Porte Moaelle, Is COM
posed OF I'VE fronts, and contains casematel
capable OF receiving 2 600 men. The engi-
neers have strictly conformed to the tradi-
uon Oh oaet'o.s; but 10 diminish as much as
Po.lbie the Inconvenience Of this system,
.nsch does not afford sufficient space for
nned cannon, the engineers have Constructed
IN each fort an immense onrai'e', to furnish q
second line OF FIRE. These cdrafiers serve ~
barracks Tor pan OF the garrison, and the
casema'es Will only be occupied in event Of a
Hese. The Fort de iueuiea Tan receive
more NOR than 900 men and place more than
iOy eom on the r.mpars. seq = a.-l -
ine ron q: julien n also situated o. the
ngnt oank OF the A0seiSe, ON the Mont
Ensui1o@, NV metres northeast Of the
rof1e -. nare. II u at about the same al
tinde ~ the F"n II. Julien and has aifo ive
'ronis. .s,.3 =
Ihe Fort de Plappesille, on the LETT bank,
n 4, SO metres from the Porte de France, n
an ~itltude 81 about ~ metres, ana has
fosr fronts. Ii can contain about the same
garrison ana mount the same numter ot
guns a. FoEt ~. Julien. r.
Inc Fon Ht.Quentin, ~ the heights Of the
same name. - = an altitude vt steuf Sl3
metres, and Is distant =, sOO metres from the
ereHt powder magazine. FROM All 'p0ants
IN tne sow. can be seen sh's tort s,s1pe"ded
IKE an cages nes', on the crest Of u. Qeien-
tin' winch may be considered the key to the
po:'t'cn. It's capture wonid exercise de
c'aed inn9ence ON the inhabitants and on the
i . camp, bat to take II would be
uilncu". In Iorm' unike 0ther nns, Is
- -
small ones Of 100 only. General FrOssari,
the clever President Of the Committee ON
Forti6cations was happily inspired to con-
ssf:'e1 I'M: ,on IN view Of inc town OF wn.c nc
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LADIES: Again some men have condemned
. part Of the human race 10 death, and q
desperate war has commenced. This is
neither war Of liberty or Of duty, but =
war of caprice. Two people are about to de-
strOy each other for the pleasure of two
lllzatlOn, kings are Perlecung war. lhls
Will he fnghttul one. Some chefs dGuvre |
are announced gun that wlii klIl twelve
men; cannon that win XIII l,OO' n's
no longer me pure and iree waters nt the
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