The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-28
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
SOCIETY'S WAR PRIMER

cRAoNriEThe scene OF Ma
poleon's last victory before the END
of the First Empire was laid in the
village of Craonne. France. in the
hills little more than half way on
a straigh line from Rheims 10 Laon-
The battle TOOK place on the seventh
OF March, 1914, after Butcher mao
combined. force off, 90 900 men at
Laon The emperor fell upon the adj
vance guard of this force at Craonne
and drove it back upon Laon. Where
a battle took place two days later:
Napoleon was here defeated and With
only 10 900 at his back he was COM
PEELED to renounce all ideas OF
| further offensive, and he retired TO
Reims. The town has changed but
!! little In 100 years, having scarceiy
more than 900 Inhabitants
overlooks the valley of the Aisne, as
1t threads its way drought the h1En
| hills to the northwest of Reims.
TERGNIER-A point of strategic
Importance. little to the north OF q
line from Noyon to Laon, Francs.
much coveted by reason of its loca-
ton on the northern bank OF the
| Disc and on the Canal Crozat, when
| Joins the Disc and the Somme. anu
principally because 1t is az the
/ iuncture Of the double-tracked RAJ
road running to the north. Fron
Tarenier are direct lines to Noyon.
1 I,aon. Amfens, st. Quentin and many
lother points in the battle zone. Iers-
I nier,s population of about 5000 -
interested principally In large ran
way workshops located there ne
town Is tWenty-seven miles northwest
of the Craonne battledelds.
STeGOBAIN-In northern France.
ten miles west of Laon and seventeen
miles east of Noyon. In the neart "
the most densely WOODED olst s,s = - =.
that mart of the country lies ST. Co
main which proudly lays claim to the
ilistinctfon that it MANUFACTURES .ne
largest mirrors In the world. No
town in France is more thoroughly
E,rench. and none has suffered less
from the successive Partisan earLn
nualkes Of the last century. ne
French government owns large tra lse
OF land around and beyond St w
balm, the remnant OF the 1mme eI
5..Svlvaci1n', through which Agr1ppA
oneneds q great Roman way connect
Ing Rome with the British Channei.
The towns 1000 Inhabitants oWe
their well-being to it's glass company:
one of the most curious features Oh
Ct Gobain is a subts.ranean iaKe
about i 200 square yards in area
ANIzY-A small French town:
eight miles southwest OF Laon, 49, ~
len miles northeast of Scissors, when
seems 10 have been fortress o. III
~, ,,aro,- Va lentinian in the fourth
aent1lry and to have been pillaged by
the VandaIs in the fifth century. me
revolution laid violent HANDS upon
the town. It's buildings were denicl-
istsfl mr. 6e.aced, its old trees Were
ont down and its fine old church, st
Eaneyieve was turned into meet
ing hall for the electors. VINO, aLIsA
putting on the sacerdotal vestme n,.s
marched about the church carrying
the dais, beat the crosses anu cay Ne ~
staIIs to pieces, smashed the pooE
f,nx and stole what was worth steal
IN . They sold the stone slabs fro on
the graves and established SAT-
meter factory in the church
~ vIr.sTfR- SEILLE small town
3, I,orra inc. sixteen miles north OF
east OF Nancy. whose prtnclpal posr
sessions are the ruins OF an ola cast 81
and some disused salt WORKS. ny ne
latter were abandoned Wnen' 9, 9 l 100
salt mine was discovered at Dieuze.
go, Vic e., the west the country IS
= INST unencIosed, arabic plain, IN
fnha bited. save in the towns or VII
Ia ees. with scarcely one hamlel
Farmhouse on the roadside.
/ TIERyE and BATTICE--Tw sInai
villages in Belgium. q mile and 9 nalr
anart. the latter seven niles rom
the German border. and the 1ormer
fffeen niles east of Liege. They are
situated amid most picturesgIsI
scenery, in country dotted VIII
bnsy manufactures and pretty coun-
t,.v: houses. The making OF glass
wsre and Iaces is engaged in TO
limited extent. The rock penetrateo
nv nv. most Of the railway tunnels IN TINS
districtis a blush limestone. ire
nuentlyveine with quartz, ana oieen
,,sed FOR building purposes.
ANTIv AR "A Montenegrin sea-
nort. on 4 strip Of country running
betwecn the Atiriatic sea and the SUI
toram range of mountains, with
nopuIation Of about $500 At g few
hundred yards 1t is Invisible, hidden
among olive groves. The line bay or
Antivari, with Prstan. Its port. is dis
tant about one hours drive through
8 barren and forbid len country, shut
IN by mountains. The town y but
twenty-three miles southeast OF
Austrian Cattaro. Ffshing and olive
Oh refining are the principal induszi
tries. ~ .
:. skfSoK a district Of Galiclas Aus
fria. onstile border O. HUI lael
y Is. ~ ~ ~ 81 -, III ~ - ~ x Is