. Battlefields of the World War, western and southern fronts; a study in military geography . extremelyimportant outlying mass of hills, detached remnants of the pla-teau however much erosion may have altered their form, whichfrom near the edge of the scarp at Dombasle project eastwardto the Forest of Parroy with an advance guard in the ridge northof Manonviller. As the apex of this bastion is defended by theoutlying Fort Manonviller, located near the eastern end of theridge referred to and dominating the main route from Strassburgand Saarburg into France, we may call the projecting mass theMa
. Battlefields of the World War, western and southern fronts; a study in military geography . extremelyimportant outlying mass of hills, detached remnants of the pla-teau however much erosion may have altered their form, whichfrom near the edge of the scarp at Dombasle project eastwardto the Forest of Parroy with an advance guard in the ridge northof Manonviller. As the apex of this bastion is defended by theoutlying Fort Manonviller, located near the eastern end of theridge referred to and dominating the main route from Strassburgand Saarburg into France, we may call the projecting mass theManonviller bastion. On the north this bastion is protected bythe natural moat of the Sanon valley followed by the Marne-Rhine Canal, on the south by the valley of the Vezouse River, astream which pursues its devious, serpentine course through openmeadows on a marshy flood plain. In the deep re-entrant which follows to the south are locatedthe towns of Luneville, Blainville, and Rosieres. As Lunevilleis by far the most important, we will call this re-entrant the 45o BATTLEFIELD OF LORRAINE. SAFFAIS PLATEAU 451 Luneville curtain. It is followed on the south by a badly dis-sected portion of the plateau projecting southeast from theHeights of Saffais to terminate in the high Cote dEssey pro-tected from erosion by intrusions of igneous rock, and in the hillssouthwest of Gerbeviller. This Essey bastion is protected onthe northeast by the natural moat of the Meurthe-Mortagnevalley and is in its turn succeeded by the very deep curtain ofCharmes (Fig. 118), almost filled by the great Forest of Charmes,just as the Luneville curtain is largely covered by the Forests ofVitrimont (Fig. 102), Mondon, and others. Next comes themassive, though much dissected, Bouxieres bastion, terminatingin a high hill just south of the town of Bouxieres and protectedon the north by the formidable trench of the Moselle River, onthe south by a branch of the Madon. Beyond this bastion theescarpment pursues a wel
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