Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-01

it's great septenniaI celebration of the day slof the Assumption. in shonor of the Virgin-under the namS of Virga Jesse. On these occasionss the date of which is August 15, the town is con verted into a forest of Airs. by the collection and planting Of trees and branches ffpm the neighboring for est Hasseft is on tie main road from Maastrichts to Antwerp.
 Mulhausen-A town in upper Alsace. Rhine, and also on the Rhine-R -Rhone canal It is a great textile. center. The manufacture of I-aiiway eqipment and. other machinery is also an inn portant industry. It passed to Ger many with the close of the Franco Prussian war, andf thosands of the French inhabitants returned to French territory The population is approxi- mately 100000.
 $ MuhIausen-A city of about 10000. in Prussia, which figured in the Refo- nation and in thes Thirty Years war. tries. and has many other manufac- turing enterprises -such as the making Of needles, machinery, cigars, soap, furniture and shoee.
 Antwerp-A citN of Belgium re- garded as its principal fortified strong it is still one of the greatest seaports of Europe, because the broad and deep Schelde river gives&it an excellent outlet. Its population is almost en- tirely Flemish. Under Emperor Charles V it is saids to have been Europe. At the middle of the six teenth century it had al population es- umated at f26, 900. The great fairs held then attracted the merchants of the civilized world. Under the Span ish regime it declined. and in 20 years fell to a population of 55,00G. The Treaty of Westphalia closed the not re-opened until the French did so in 1794. Napoleon undertook to reyfvffy the city, But it was surren- dered to the English in 1914. ItaPegan to grow again. but was almost rlined In the military operations of 1s30Aand thereafter. Netherlands retained sthe right to levy navigation dues on the Schelde, which laid heavy hand on Antwerp until 1883, when it was con,muted by the payment of about s$ $7, 100000. The city and river are de- tended by a number of advanced fort resses and by ramparts eight miles long, Part of the environs can be placed under water. The Notifications were built to serve as the ral1ying ground for the Belgian army in case 1t was overpowered in the field by a superior force.
 JNdnSys -SocJ-Ine Cdplldl Ol Muerthe Moselle, France on the main line of railroad between Paris and sStrassburg. It's population Is given as 100000. It is about 10 miles from the German frontier. IS miles east of the stronghold of Foul, and 35 miles west of north of Epinal. Charles the. Bold perished at it's gates. The Fcity became French in 1766, was oc- cupied by the Allies in 1874 and 1915, and put to ransom by the Prussians in. 1870, which was paid by France.
 Strassburg-Capital of Alsace- LOT raIne, Germany, two miles west of the Rhine. on the river III which divides here into five branches. It is 2S miles from the French frontier and is one of the strongest Actresses of the Ger man Empire, having a circle of IA forts. The University of .StraSsburg was refounded as the Emperor Will Hams University in 1872, and its library has 300. 900 volumes. The pop ulation is upward of 150,OoO. Strass- burg held out against the Germans for six weeks during the Franco -Prussian war, finally surrending September 27 \ Dinant (Deenons)-Taken by Bur gundy in l46s and all male prisoners shot or caused to be drowned by being Forced to jump into the river from thefcliffs. this Belgian city has had an .Seventful career. Louis XIV cap tured 1t in 1875 and the French held 1t for 30 years. In ISIS. the Dutch built the citadel which is Still the sight of the place. but which was dis mantled long ago. I4inart is a favor ite summer resort of the Relgians. It is about 15 miles due south of ,Namur
 Charieroi (Shar-Eeh- Rwa)-A town Of southern Belgian, on the Sambre river. some 20 miles above Namur as the crow flies, and about twice as far bs. the river. It is the center of the iron district of Belgium. and enjoys water r4communication into France as well as across Belgium. It was ceded to France soon after it was founded and was fortified by Vauban so strong ly that it twice held out against the attacks; of William of Orange The Qualifications later were razed, but it was re-fortif1ed in 1916 by the order of Wellington. These Notifications were finally dismantled in 1859.