, 1870-08-10
HnKucnnu, the Scene Of tho French
DekCn1.

From The .fft1 FORK Hord, Aug. 8.
hsguenau, the principal city Of the .rrond-
tants. is situated in the middle OF the forest OF
Nour, and IL place Of garrison Of the fourth
class. This town, the name OF which has been
Sationsly spelled Haehenau, Haganeae, Ha-
gehovia or Hagenoa. Ina its origin in caa.lo
belonging 70 the hingH Of France, aud which
vas built in the twelfth century. In ll5i
Frederic I. had tho town surrounded by for
: titled walls, and there defended tho crown,
the sceptrc, and the sword Of Charlemaene,
Iheee glorious relics ware secreely pusloiued
y tho Bishop Of Spire and taken 10 Castle
Is1efels- Tho German Emperurs had the.e :
II the Castle Of NaGenau that Richard
Ctnur de Lion Was kept pz7soner By The
Emneror Henry ~, The Thirty Yeara' War
brought much misery on tho place, and during
it the inhabitants wore reduced from 1900 10
only $50 The Notifications vera r1ze<I N 1873
BY order Of Louis XIV, built up again a year
after. and after that destroyed three times.
In li05 and 17i4 the AustriAns tool the
place, but did not hold it long. Tho Kleber
Promenade, laid out in 1911 IN honor Of tic
.'Eth OF TIE hing q Rome. ia very handsome,
and eStenfs towards the Porte de StrsabourE.
The city is the eeFt Of acollege. has q consiis2-
able number OF industrial eetablirhments, and
is altogether In ilourishing condition.
In leaving Haeuenau one reaches At once III
o1en farming country, with tho horizon limit
lie woods enclose the traveller on both sides.
and the cary disappears entirely from view.
The Position OF Paris In the French
Military ~ stem.
A military view OF the security Of ths Frencl,
capital il summarized in the following state.
nent complied from French Journal. which
thai point:
1bcro arc fous Toutcp, in military point
Of view, which All invading army might sdppt
in advancing from Germany upon Taris: /.
II crossing the French frontier between Strss-
burg ard Luxemturg. and thou advancing in
territory situated below 6;raaLnrg, and march,
inE By the valleys of the Seine and Marne On
III" capital. ). Dy movement from the north.
sing tho fortress Of Mc:z and reaching
l,Alis bs Way Of the valleys Of the Seine aud
~; aa;le: !; ILL., ~ sdvaneing through Belgian
rallsys cf the Oisa and Aikn on rans.
11e nsst courho l. reetlted as military
!mt otsbslit::, Franco being prs.e ted on iha
cast W tie great natural defenccs of the yos-
ges mcunta,ils, she Mosellc 11yer, tho Arian-
nse q, mountains. and tho liver Aeuss, sup9o:t-
H. ~ ~ man! 1ofnuea n'aces, among which is
tno etfoEcr-.4.,,:i OF Ae'z. Diemissing. then.
any sl'eeu'ations which this route may rug-
gcst. We arTive at tho second line Of advance
toward thc Trench rap:tal. II in This case tho
PFusaians were to violate the neutrality of
Switzerland and attempt to advance upon
Pans from tic southeast, they would Ind
thersclsts confronted by tho fortress Of
l. ons. Nllic}, has been strengthened and rem
deIel very secu1e si1,ee the period Of tho dFss
Empire. nefcEc arriving al that 1oint the in
ysd.nE fosces would have to capture either
Ee'fost or Langres, both Of which occupy
commanding positions on :he ground through
which AL army advancing from S4i,r.slAnd
akcnld pass.
The ,lud route is the mcat feasibl., and
consists. in military phrase. OF turning the
tottres6es en- tue northeast frontier, including
Aeiz, aud then by continued successes arris.
lug on the liyer Marne, from whence there ia
10 tormilal Ia obstacle to Au advance toward
the irnmedia. . neghaorllusd Of the clpital,
But all invading for.e could not, on account Of
,Met1 aud Sta4buzs, wisely adopt tAi4 course.
The French atlly, II defeated, could take
refuge in Metz, and thence ha1ass tho rsar OF
the invaders. who would be open to similar At
tscks 1rcln Serasburg aud p1sces Of less lnpot-
taEce. The fourth route. by way Of Belgium,
III secured by def-nces which tho reyerses OF
l5Ii proEed more imPera.ively necessary.
Tbs French calculate that even ii An enemy
Should aaive in the vicinity of pAs:s, her for
s'dcasions are rracticalls imp.egnahse. Thirty
..saEs ago, un1er the administration OF II.
lbiele. these defencea were completed, the
Lotus Philippe. who took an enthusiastic in
terest in fortifcations. another resource il
foundinthe population OF Paris, now numbering
2,W0, QUO, who, by acting in concert with force.
operating in the rear Of tue invaders, might
oyeTwhelm them. Such waa the hone of n.
Poleon l., but, in the altered circumstances OF
lis time, it proved impracticab1e.