The smaller border fortresses were finished quickly, some already in the early 1790s.
The 1st AA Corps was to help break down border fortresses.
This approach would eliminate the need for a chain of border fortresses to screen the mobilizing units.
King Fidelius has said he expects his border fortresses to be destroyed.
But there was a third border fortress which also lay in French hands.
The ports may be closed, and border fortresses.
Pelium later served as a Macedonian border fortress.
Ismailiya was the Egyptian border fortress, and the natural starting point for the campaign.
Mursili then switched to a defensive strategy, with a chain of border fortresses north to the Devrez.
Spain invested and captured the border fortress of Almeida.