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Show Defensive Works of Gkrhany. It is interesting, says the Paris Libert?, Lib-ert?, July 10th, to examine the lines of defense and the strategic points of Prussia. At present the North German Ger-man Confederation has nine fortified places of the fivnt class : On the Lhine Mayenec, Coblentz, Cologne. On the Elbe Kamigstein, Magde-bourg. Magde-bourg. On tlie Oder Stettin. On the Wartha Posen. Near the mouth of the Vistula Dantzig. On the Pregel Ko'nigsburg. All these places arc on Prussian territory, ter-ritory, except Maycnee, in Hesse, and Ksenigstoin, in Saxony. r was -decided latterly that the lines of all these fort resses of the fir.t e'.a-s would be modified, modi-fied, but in commencing, the engineers limited themselves to construct im: exterior works, without touebinr the exi. titiL' ones. At Mayence, (Vl' gno and Maplelinrjr tie ." works in proercs. 'lhe f-rtlliel pla.-, of the .,.(ou.l cla-s number thirteen. They ;:re : On the Saar Sparloiii. On the Jihine Wescl. On the Weser Minden. On lhe ' lera Krt'urf. On the Elbe Toruau. (In the Spree Span l.oi. On the ( ier Gioyau. On th N.isf Gla'jt N'ei---. On the I'altie Son d'-rbr.u? . I u ! - -pel. Kiel, Fredvi 'i-tadt. MraNsm'l. Cell. erg. The f.irtinvatkm ' Sa;ir!"uis are repairing, and it is und'T e"n-i.?Ta:ivn to construct two eTten-iyo bri 1 c de-fn-!t. une at ilanitn and the other at I;nshiirr, near Wee!. I Among the port d'fen-"S ll.o-e of Kiel an i of tie: J ah le at il-pjtii.-! occupy oc-cupy the f.--t rank. I..-:r?e f .r-. j cure i 1 y ci r;ii"US iron revolvii.-ea- I pola-. ar" IcinL' placed tV-re. The f.rt-i-W pla f the third rV- ' On the E'.VV,-;--, On the ( l i. r-K '.-!. Ku-:r;n. . i., .i v; ' - 1 ,,z. i VW n.u-t al-o r.a-r:- as f .rt.'i- 1 1 1: -thi.-;. :.- - :'l- -'-..el .Me. -iof M irient-nr- a:..; l:.:--!o,i. th-! th-! m r.:! '' the W : .'. i.r. 1 ith.-'-.i-..:' !:::. |