The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-09-10
IN THE WAKE OF THE WAR.

AMIENS-City of northern France
capital of the department of SOmme
on the left bank of the Somme. 81
miles north of Paris by rail and 80
miles from the English Channel. Its
population is approximately $4,000.
| The city was once a place OF great
strength, but boulevards, bordered
by handsome residences, have replac
ed the ramparts which surrounded it
| The famous treaty between Great
| Britain, France, Spain and Holland
which took its name from Amiens
was signed there on March 25, 1902
! During the war between France anL
! Germany, Amiens, after an import
ant action, fell into the hands OF
PruSsians on November %, 1870. Tex
tile industries, for which Amiens has
| been celebrated since the Middle ag
eS, include manufactures of velvet,
cotton. wool, silk, hemp and fax spin.
ming, and the weaving of hosiery and
variety of mixed fabrics. Machin
cry, chemicals, blackening polish, anC
/. sugar are also manufactured. Amlens
occupies the site of the ancient Sam
arobriva, capital of the Ambinai, from
whom it probably derives its name.
! PERONNE - A town of northern
| France on the right bank of the Som
! me, at its confluence with the Col
Ogne, IS miles east by north OF Am
! lens by rail. In 1886 Charles V. be
| seized PerOnne but without success
! In its defense a woman called Marie
! Foure greatly distinguished herself
and a statue of her stands in the
! town. Peronne's greatest mistortunes
J occurred during the FranCoGerman
/ War, when it was invested and BON
! barded from December Is, 1870 to
January 9, 1871, upon which date, OH
account of the sutferings of the civil
population, among whom smallpox
had broken out, it was compelled tC
capitulate. Its population is approxim
ates 5000.
LAON-A town of northern France
81 miles northeast of Paris, with a
population of about 1900. 1t is sit
lated on an isolated ridge which ris'
+ es some $50 feet above the surround
ing plain and the little river of Ar.
don. From the railway station d
straight staircase of several steps
leads to the gate of the town, and all
he roads connecting LaOn with the
| surrounding districts are cut in zig
Tags ON the steep slopes. Laon 1ormi
with La Fere and Rhims, triangle
If important fortresses. It's fortifca'
lions consist of an inner line OF works
IN the eminence of Laon itself, ant
TWO groups of detached forts, one
some two and half miles southeast
lbout the village of Bruyeres, the
Dther about three miles west OF
southwest, near Lainscourt. In 1874
Napoleon tried ia vain to dislodge
Blucher from Laon. W 1870 an engi
neer blew. up the powder magazine
of the citadel as the German troops
were entering the town.
RETHEL A town OF northern
France, 81 miles southwest OF Mez,
iPres by rail and 20 miles northwest
of Rheims, on the right bank oil the
Aisne and the Ardennes Canal. Wool
spinning, the weaving OF light wool
en- fabrics, and the manufacture OF
farm implements are the principal
industries. The town is Of Roman or
igin. Its population is approximately
| 1000
LA FERE-A fortified French towr
with about 5000 Inhabitants, on the
Disc River, IL miles west of south
of ST. Quentin. an equal distance
from Laon, and SIS miles northeast
of Paris. 1t was bombarded and TAX
en- by the Germans in 1870. A school
of artillery founded in Ills is located
here. An art collection OF FIVE hun
bred paintings, a few OF which are
OF great value and several OF which
were injured nv the bOmbardment
Is owned by the town