, 1870-08-20
Nancy to s:1tsA20g1h.


Tie intention Of this article il to give some
conception OF tho country and ita difficulties
along the more southerlv route from StraY-
burg through Nancy, which wss that which
ttns far q: e. to the sfoseI1e) BlncLer took ia
1871, and thence on to Cl alone. on tho Marne,
paign Of 1872. 70 in 1914, Metz, 80 ruilcs north
os Nancy. was left on one side, and the main
nrmv pass cd On beyond. In 1911 Is!uchcr sent
dYa-k. his most 'inilc1iale" fighter - s;,nrp
hitter" AZ lie styled hiu-ui;h one corps
t:a, 0an men> to invest Metz, and pressed On
that the light Of battle OF Of lav
ever ehone upnn-a rear relativo at Earnn
0stenxacRen, Russian Consul General in New
York city, and Iangeron {nothing 10 compare
- man or as soldier with the prussial
$1,000.
Batween Marcy, on tho Nourtha, and ChaI-
o=s; on the Marua, the Gno Of tho great r1d-
road Ehich conne@ts Parhs with the Rhine. are
:hsee towns OF note.
l. Tou1, e!8htcon mics west Of Nancy. near
the capital Of one Of tho blahoprics robbed
from the Ce-uanx in 1889, It il rroepIAtly
tastioued. ana was in bad condition few
years slnce. although ita tortifcatiops were
intended to close the road from Nancy to Bar.
Itls district il the ''centre Of defence Of
France bEtwecn the Meuse and the Rhiue.''
=. Ear 10 Duo lies twenty-five miles west Of
1oul- IN the Orrnain, an Aif!ueut OF the
Aatue- The old town is on hight, and yery
cuf1cuf: tho new town On = fat. and devoid Of
interest. Is VIA formerly the capital of
NuSay, md in the time Of the thirty yaars'
uAr MAS constituted the vcsterumosf princi-
pallty Of Germany. The count1y TO the east.
says Aenne1, was instantly occupied with
F.enehf troops: the Duke expelled a. D. 1870 I,
Nancy pi!laged, and the booty carried to Paris.
This scandaioas robbery, committed i'll PEACE
time on German proyiace, remained unp4n-
isEcd. The Enr,re ''the1 ever stronger On
| the stronger s:de," offered no intcrferepca.
| TIE imperial towns In Als4cs. S:rasbnro
excepted, had been compelled A. D. 1861, il
Z similar IaAuncr, to swear allegiance to
F.anee. Vain was the address Of = pat5e:
| Gallus iAbleEs!ua to the Diet: '' .Awake !!
10 Princes Of Germany, arse. France has
/ scized Lo11sine; tho Rhine 1iea open!
| Awake! Shake OF your sIumbars, seize your
| arms. March forward. Choose whetha- y1u
would Il eagles under the eagle qs ehlekcas:
under the eocl!"
3, vitzy 10 Francois, twensy sy-fiys mi1es south
west by vest o; 1Ar: and twenty miles south
"est Of Cbalonn. This is veEy important
palnt alt is the kay OF the in:e.io. Of L.
Champagne, the eAsternmoss county Of OLE
France proper, which was bounded b. the lin
Its Of Bat: Its Possession secures tho fine
road from Paris to Strasbourg. and compels an
enemy to throw himself into thodif6cuIt coun.
stT batween the Seine and tie Marne."
at ChaIons tLia road and the ona from SaaY
bsuck (disect) unite. Here II was the Hun
Auila, "the scourge of God" was stopped
IN his career Of conquest and rzpins a. D.
45l) By the Romans. or rather allied forces ps
the West, Of whom tie most important con-
tirgcnt wss Furnished by the Franks OF Ksr.
= under Aessw1g Or Merwig. whose grand.
soa-Chlodowig-by his victories OF Sosssous
g. D, 1850 and TolLiae "a D. 4s6} 6}becarne fist
| hlEC CT France, 80 named after hia cnnnr.er