The city of Coblentz, 1860. 'Coblentz is a fortified city of Rhenish Prussia, on the left bank of the Rhine, at the influx of the Moselle, the former river being here crossed by a bridge of the latter by a stone population in 1846 was 23, it are several detached forts. Ehrenbreitstein, on the opposite bank of the Rhine, is one of the strongest outworks. It is defended by about 400 pieces of town on the Rhine surpasses Coblentz in the beauty of its situation: from whichever side you approach, by land or water, it presents a beautiful


The city of Coblentz, 1860. 'Coblentz is a fortified city of Rhenish Prussia, on the left bank of the Rhine, at the influx of the Moselle, the former river being here crossed by a bridge of the latter by a stone population in 1846 was 23, it are several detached forts. Ehrenbreitstein, on the opposite bank of the Rhine, is one of the strongest outworks. It is defended by about 400 pieces of town on the Rhine surpasses Coblentz in the beauty of its situation: from whichever side you approach, by land or water, it presents a beautiful is a free port, and carries on an active commerce up and down the three rivers'. From "Illustrated London News", 1860.


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