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REIMs Rheimsl ~ a city OF
northeastern France, So milesEeast
Of Paris, situated in a plain on the
right bank OF vesle. and on the canal
which connects the Aisne with the
Marine. It is one of the six cities,
each 81 them with numerous forts,
constituting the second line of De-
fence to the north and east OF Paris
In 1874 the construction Of a chain
of detached forts was begun in thcA
vicinity of Reims. Thirteen fort
resses have been built in a perimeter.i,
not quite 20 miles in length and at
a mean distance Of 81 xmiles from the
center Of the city. The hills on thef
Paris side are open and u~nguarded.I
The city is the chief wool market In
France. The manufacture of cham
pagne, machinery. chemicals. safes,
capsules, bottles, casks, candles, soap
and paper is carried on extensively.
In the foreign invasions OF 1914
Reims was captured and recaptured.
lin 1901 it was made by the Ger
mans the seat of a governor-general
and impoverished by heavy requisi-
ltions.
CoMpIEGNE-A French town, 43
miles from the heart Of Paris, on the
northern railway between Paris and
! st. Quentin, with a population x
~ceeding $1,000. Until 1870 it was
The occasional residence of the French.
kings. bodybuilding, rope-making.
steam-sawing, distilling and the
manufacture Of chocolate and ma
thfnery are among its industries. At
the siege Of Compiegne in 1880 Joan
Of Arc was taken prisoner by the
English. In 1914 the town offered a
stubborn resistance to the Prussian
.ltroops. From 1870 to 1871 1t was
one Of the headquarters OF the Ger
man army.
NoYON - A city Of northern
Trance. CT miles north of northeast
Of Paris by the railway to Brussels,
,nd rs miles. or a direct line to the
French capital. 1t is built at the foot
and on the slopes Of q hill. Noyon.
with a population Of about 1000.
has q trade in grain and livestock
its industries are chemical works.
tanneries. iron-foundries, saw-mills.
and sugar factories. The town was
ehristianized by st. Quentin at the
close. of the Sd century. The Eng
Ilish and the Burgundians raVaged
the town during the Hundred years,
War. In 1916 a truce was signed
there by Francis I. and Charles v.
THE city was captured by the Span
cards in.1552 and afterwards by the
lIAaguers, who were expelled in 1904
lby Henry w. John Calvin was born
at Noyon in 1903.
ROYE-A town Of northern France
25 miles south of east Of Amiens. 24
miles southwest of St. Quentin and
SIS miles east Of north Of Paris. "
is the apex Of a triangle pointing
lnorthward, with Montdidier and
Noyon at the other two angles. II
town has about 5000 Inhabitants,
i and carries on an extensive trade IN
the grain raised on the Santerre, the
fertile plateau in which the town IS
located. The church OF st. Pierre in
Rove was begun in the It'll century
and completed in the 10th century.
MoNTDID1ER-A town OF north
ern France, 25 miles southeast OF
Amiens and SO miles north Of Paris,
with a population Of about 5000.
situated on the right bank OF the
Don. The towns industries include
tanning and the manufacture OF zinc
white. A brave and successful re-
- 80. Cnna$I1, fr0ono NVAC NF-
fered here in 1886.
) BAR-LE-DUC "a town OF about
10000 population in northeastern
France. 46 miles west Of Nancy, and
co miles southeast Of Reims. the.
Industries of the town include the
manufacture of jam. machinery, cor
sets. hosiery, flannel goods, and wall
raper. The town is traversed through
cut its length by the River Ornain.
At the northeast is the canal from the
Marine to the Rhine and to the
southeast the Canal des ustncs:
Though probably of ancient origin
the town was unimportant TIL The,
10th century. when it became the
residence Of the Counts and Dukes OIL
Bar.
CRACOW - A town in Galicia,
Austria. the intellectual center OF
the Polish nation, five miles from the
Russian Poland border, and 212 miles
west Of north OF Lcmburg. In l9lOI
its population vas 151,SS6. 1t oc-1
cupics a position Of great s~trategicall
Importance. In Cracow is the Stan.1
islaus Cathedral where the kings of
Poland were crowned and the rulers
and great men lie buried. Although
Cracow manufa ctures machinery, ag-
r:cultural implements. chemicals,
soap, tobacco, etc, it is more import
ant as a trading center. Its position
on the vistula and at the junction Of
several railways makes it the nat
iural mart for the products Of silesia,
Hungary and Russian and Austrian
Poland ON the third partition of