Fort Mont-Valérien

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.Fort Mont-Valérien (Fort du mont Valérien or simply Mont-Valérien) is a fortress in Suresnes a western Paris suburb, built in 1841 as part of the city''s ring of modern fortifications. It overlooks the Bois de Boulogne.The fortress defended Paris during the Franco-Prussian War, and remained the strongest fortress protecting the city, withstanding artillery bombardments that lasted several months. The surrender of the fortress was one of the main clauses of the armistice signed by the Government of National Defense with Otto von Bismarck on 17 January 1871, allowing the Germans to occupy the strongest part of Paris'' defences in exchange for shipments of food into the starving city.... Mehr