DEFENCES OF BERLIN.
A Russian military <ir, tor «ho Has reached Bucharest after havitg b»-«n &' prisoned in (Germany reports that the Germans are making preparations on * 3 ". enormous scale irr the defence of Berks irom the side of Koestrui The strongest. fortifications, he says, are here approaching v. completion. Guns of the heaviest calibre .: have been mounted, and large quantity of even- kind ■.: stores accumulated. * . - , great bridge has been newly erected « the confluence 01 the Watt&a with the " Oder, and there are fortidc d positions great strength in this neighbourhoodSecrecy is being strictly maintained, asa . military patrols, who all trains P*" 8 "J-j; ing through the area of'these preparations, prevent any examination ol" the progress of the work *,-. < Kuestrin is the fortress covering Benin on the east- It is situated 19 miles noT» -7 by east of Frankfurt-on-Oder, at the junction of the Oder with the Varta, or «*** ■ tha.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15821, 19 January 1915, Page 8
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