France and Germany
It is amusing to we what efforts France •ad Germany are both making to keep peaec by preparing for war. For ten yean there has not been inch activity at France ii now displaying in the. creation of her navy. At the present moment four iron* •lads; two being turret ships, are in coarse of construction. In the meantime Germany i»* busy with her fortifications. Her experiences in the late war have led her to adopt n certain model of fortification, to which all the great forts have been assimilated. Strasbnrg, Metx, Mains, ESln. and Posen have all been tlMroughlr fortified after this model, and the War Department have now taken in hand the fortresses of most importance. Knstrian is at present being reconstructed. The citadel is hutorieaUj interesting a* being the scene of Frederick the Great's imprisonment during his father's reign ; bnt much of the old building will be polled down, and a camp capable of accommodating 40,000 men will be laid <mi It is to be protected by six forts, each at a distance of four miles front the town. When toitrin is completed the other minor fortified places of the empire will btf taken in hand. The same model will be adopted for all.-PaU Mail B«d«& :: -- :: - - ri '" '■"■•■' ■■■"■- '
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 34, 2 September 1884, Page 3
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213France and Germany Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 34, 2 September 1884, Page 3
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