This map shows the line of ring-fortresses—two in Belgian and four in French territory—which strengthen the natural obstacles along the strategio boundary between France and Germany. The shaded patch marked "1" represents the diffioult country of the Ardennes, "2" is the Vosges rangej and "3" the Swiss Existing frontiers are shown by bght dotted lines, and the Franco-German frontier before 1871 by the heavy dotted lines.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2225, 11 August 1914, Page 7
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66This map shows the line of ring-fortresses—two in Belgian and four in French territory—which strengthen the natural obstacles along the strategio boundary between France and Germany. The shaded patch marked "1" represents the diffioult country of the Ardennes, "2" is the Vosges rangej and "3" the Swiss Existing frontiers are shown by bght dotted lines, and the Franco-German frontier before 1871 by the heavy dotted lines. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2225, 11 August 1914, Page 7
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