The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-09

eastern France, eighty-ifVe Hiies Gus
of northeast of Paris. situated IN
plane on the right bank Oh the Nesie'
and on the canal which connects the
AIsra with the Marine, II Is one OF the
sly cities. each of them with numerous
forts. constituting the second line OF oe-
Tense to the north and east OF PARIS.
In 1874 the construction OF chair Oh
detached forts was begun In the V.cih-
nv Of Retms Thirteen fortressss nave
been built in perimeter, moi QUITS
twenty-five miles in length ana at
mean distance of six miles from .ho
center of the city. The hills on the
Paris side are-open and unguaFoeu' A"e
city ia the chief wool market in france
The manufacture of champagne. ma
chinery, chemicals. safes. capsules, DOT
ties. casks, candles soap. and paper is
carried on extensively In the foreigH
inyasions of 1915 Reims was captureu
and recaptured In 1901 1t was made
by the Germans the seat of governor
general and impoverished BY heaVy
acquisitions.
CoMPIEGNE.--A French town, forty
three miles from the heart OF Paris
on the northern railway between Raris
and St Quentin, with a population ex-
ceeding 1900 Until 1870 It was the
occasional residence Of the French
kings. Boat building. rope making.
steam saving. disttlling and the man
ufacture Of chocolate and machinery
are among its industries. AT the siege
of Compiegne in 1880 Joan OF Arc was
taken prisoner by the English In 1919
the town offered stubborn resistance
to the Prussian troops. From 1917 TO
l1sT1 it was one of the headquarters of
the German army.
NDYON.-A city of Northern france,
sixty seven miles north OF northeast
of Paris by the railway to Brussels. and
flf,y-f,ve miles on a direct line TO the
French capital, 1t is built at the foot
and on the slopes OLA hill. Noyon
with a population of about 1000. has a
| trade In grain ard live stock; its IN
! d astries are chemical works. tannertes
f, Iron foundr les. saw mills and sugar
factories. The town was Christian
! ICED by ST. Quentin at the close or the
third century. The English and the
Rursundians ravaged the town, during
the Hundred Years War In 1916
truce was signed there by Francis
and Charles V. The city was captured
ty the Spaniards in 1852 and afterwards
/ by the Leaguers who were expelled
/ In 1894 by Henry Nv. John CALVIN was
/ born at Noyon In 1909.
| RoYE.-A town of northern France.
! twenty FIVE miles south of east or
Amiens. twentyfour miles southwest OF
| st, Quentin and fifty Ave miles east of
north of Paris. 1t is the apex OF a
triangle pointing northward. with
! Montdidier and Noyon at tho other two
angles The town has about 5000 in
! habitants, and carries on an extensive
trade in the grain rised on the San
terre the fertile plateau in which the
i town Is located. The church of St
I Pierre in Rove was begun In the elev-
| enth century and completed In the six
! teenth century
i Montdidier--A town of northern
France. rwenfy=three miles southeast Of
Amiens and fifty miles north OF Paris,
with a population of about 5000. sit
uated on the rigks bank OF the Don.
/ The towns Industries include tanning
and the mapufactrra Of xinc-white- A
+, brave and successful resistance TO the
Spanish troops was offered acre in 1885.
BAR-LE- DUC.--A town Of about
5000 population In northeastern
France, forty-six miles west OF Nancy.
and sixty miles southeast of Reims.
The industries of the town include the
manufacture Of jam. machinery, corsets,
hosiery, flannel goods. and wall paper.
The town IL traversed throughout 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 Usines Though probably of
ancient origin the town was unimpor-
| tant until the 10th century. when it be-
came the residence OF the Counts and
| Dukes of Bar.
/ CRACOW-A town IN Galicia. Aus
| tria, the intellectual center of the Po-
! lish nation. five miles from the Russian
/ Poland border, and IL miles west OF
north Of Lemburg. In 1910 its popuia-
/ ton was l51,ss6. 1t occupies posi-
/ tion of great strategetical Importance.
/ In Craeow is the Stanislaus Cathedral
where the kings of Poland were
i crowned and the rulers and great men
| lie buried. Although Cracow manufac-
lures machinery. agricultural imple-
ments, chemicals, soap. tobacco. etc. 1t
| Is more important as a trading center.
Its position on the vistula and at the
| junction Of several railways makes II
the natural market for the products OF
/ Silesia. Hungary and Russian and Aus
| trian Poland. On the third partition
Of Poland in 1875. Austria took Cracow
| in 1909 Napoleon incorporated II with
1 the Duchy of Warsaw. In 1873 the
powesr Of Europe made Cracow free
state. Following an instruction in
! 1s&s. Russia, Austria and Prussia gave
| ii to Austria
| PRZEMYSL--A town OF Gaiicia, Aus
! tria. nfty-seven miles west of Lem
berg. thirty eight miles south of the
Russian Poland border, and eighty ION 9
miles south OF east OF Tarnow. In 1910
| II had a population of 5&;5s2. 1t Is sit
uated on the river San and is one of
the strongest fortressees In Galicia. It's
Industries comprise the manufacture of
machinery, liqueurs the refining of
| naptha, corn milling and the saving
OF timber. II Is one of the Oldest
towns in Galicia, claiming to have been
| founded in the Sth century, and was at
one time capital Of a large independent
fprincipalityy In the 18th century its
| importance was destroyed by inrcads OF
Tartars Cossacks and Swedes.
| GIIGENBuRG.--A small Prussian
town. about half way between Tilsit.
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