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Defences of Paris and outer works detailed in 1841 plan
A verbose 19th century analysis outlines the Paris fortifications from the inner ring to the fifteen outer forts along the Seine and Marne. It covers the 140 million franc funding, the double line defense, bastion layout, ditch depths, magazine arrangements, and the strategic use of detached forts and rivers to deter a siege, with notes on garrison organization and potential Prussian assault dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Ibis
Orleana
Marshal Maison
M. ‘Thiers
Paris
Louis Napoleon
Houlogne
M. Thiers
Napoleons
Valmy
Napoleon
Ieaiet
Bala de Bologne
Bois de Vincennes
Woerth
Mombvat
Gea
Maaztoes
Louis Fillipps
Walli
de Boulogne
Bois de Wincrnnes
Walla
le Double Camron du Nord
St. Dennis
Sein
Seine
Marne
Mont ‘Y Valerien
Stine
Panos
Mont Valerten
Fort d'Tssy
Fort de Vanrres
Part de Strouge
Fort d’ Arvueil
En Ivry
Sony
Fort de Nugent
de Noguus
Fort de Hosmy
Pantin
Fort de Rosny
Port Nugent
Confronts
Anburvilliers
Ly Faisanderie
Twous
de la Birche
Mont Valerian
Iris
Differat
Garde Nationale
Vincennes
Fort de Nogent
Fort de Charenton
Fort de la Birche
Proasian
Paria
Tnough
Tuileries
Ourround
Noval
Berlin
Boston
Prussia
Bismarck
Benedetti
Leopold
Ema
Hohenzollern
Ens
Germany
Ring
Henndutts
Spepaae
Unter den Linden
Ob Ems
Telegraph Bureau