Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1877 — Germany and Russia. [ARTICLE]

Germany and Russia.

The German fortifications on the Russian frontier are being pushed forward so rapidly that they will probably be completed before the stipulated time, which is the end of the year 1880. Of the nine detached forts around Posen, three will be handed over to the military administration next year, three more in 1879, and the three others in 1880. The enlargement of the fortress at Thom will be proceeded with next spring, and live detached forts will be built around it at the same time. The outer forts at Kouigsberg, of which there will be five, aud a sixth fort which was commenced two years ago at the village of Quednau near the city, will all be finished by the spring of next year, and Kouigsberg will then be defended by twelve forts altogether. An equal degree of activity prevails in the other strong places on the Russian frontier of Prussia.— Pall Mall Oazcfte.