El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-14
FRENCH CITIES
HAVE OLD WALLS
Ancient Defences Still Re
tanned by Towns in War
Zone; Places Attacked.


'hat are figuring prominently in the
/ news Of the military operations in the
European war:
| SOlSSONS-A French city. Go miles
northeast Of Paris by rail. and % miles
directly east OF Compiegne. on the left
oank Of the Aisne. 1t has IRON and
| copper fOundries and factories for the
! P41OuucJlOn OF boilers, agricultural i'm
: PIGMENTS and other iron goods. straw
-ldls' glass and sugar. The town was
/ sacked by Charles Y. in 1874 and by
me me Huguenots in 1865. In 1914. the
] LS"u was captured and recaptured by
Ine allies and the French In 1915,
dLter Waterloo, il was the rallying
point Tor the vanQuished and II was
I NOT occupied by the allies till the 18th
I ~ august In the FrancO-Prussian
war it SURRENDERED to the Germans.
French City With Ancient Walls.
SENLlS-A town Of northern France,
on the Nonette, 81 miles north of
HoElneaSt of Paris by rail, and %
/ miles by airline. Its population is
/ about 1900. Its GallO-ROman walls %
Ieet high and 10 feet thick. are, with
those Of St Lizier and BoUrges. the
4 most perfect in France. At each Of
the 16 angles of the wall stands a
tower The city has five gates. The
manufacture Of brick and ties card
board, measures and other wares are
among the industries The Leaguers
were beaten there in 1889 by Henry l.
and Francois de La Noue
ABBENILLE-A town OF northern
France. on the SOmme river. u miles
from its mouth In the English chan
mel and % miles northwest OF Amiens
D. rail 1t is built partly on an island
and partly on both sides of the river.
Its industries include hemp-spinning,
the manufacture Of cloth. sugar-mak-
ing, shlp-building and lOck-smithinE.
The French and English were its mas
tiers by turn in the 18th and early
neNed permanently by France. It's
population is about 10000.
Where Huge Barracks Are Maintained.
CHALONS-SUR -IARNE-A town Of
northeastern France, 10T miles east Of
Paris on the main line Of the Eastern
railway 10 Nancy. The population is
approximately $4,000 Huge military
barracks lie to the north and east
The principal industry is brewing. and
galleries Of immense length. hewn in
limestone HILL and served by lines
or railway, are used as stOrehOuses
for beer The plains near Chalons
were the scene of the defeat Of Atilla,
the Hun. in the fifth century. The
Army Of Chalons," formed by marshal
McMahOn, in the camp at this place.
after the first reverses OF the French
In 1870 surrendered at Sedan The
military camp is still used as a train
ing center for troops
-LE-FRANCOIS-A town in
northeastern France, on the Marine. %
miles by rail east Of Paris. The pres
ent town was built in 1915 by Francis
l. to replace the older town burned
in the previous year by Charles V IT
manufactures cement and decorated
wares, and has a population Of about
Medieval Walls Remain.
NESOJL-A town of eastern France.
situated between the La Motto hill and
the river Durgeon. IS miles from the
Alsace border and 235 miles east Of
southeast Of Paris by rail It's me
dieval walls OF the 18th and 18th cen
turtles still exist on the northern side.
Dlstilling and the manufacture Il
Lles and taptOca are among the in
dustries. The town suffered greatly
curing the wars Of religion and the
ELBING-An east Prussian seaport
town, 40 miles by rail east Of south
east Of DanZig. on the Elbing, a small
river which flows into the Frische
Haff about five miles from the town.
Its population is about $4,000. In 1898,
and again in 1903. il was seized hv
the elector Of Brandenburg as n Sc
curlty for a debt Charles XII OF ]
Sweden held il for ransom. and the I
Russians captured il in 1910. In 1712 I
u fell 10 Prussia through the first
partition Of Poland At the great I
SChichau iron works in E1bfnZ are q
built most of the torpedo boats and /
destroyers for the German navy as I
well as larger craft. locomotives and 4
machinery In addition. EIbing has |
important iron fOundries and manufac-
tories of machinery. cigars. lacquer I
and metal ware, flax and hemp yarn,
cotton. linen and organs.
LlEGNITZ-A Prussian town in the Z
province Of Suesia. 80 miles north of ]
west OF Breslau. on the main railway
line 10 Berlin. In 1910 its population /
was $500 Its principal manufactures
are cloth, wool. leather. tobacco.
pianos and machinery. During the
Thirty Years war, Liegnitz was taken 3
by the Swedes but was soon recap
rured by the lmperialists. The Saxon
army defeated the imperial troops
near the town IN 1888. in 1850 Fred 3
arick the Great gained a decisive vic
tory over the Austrians- and in 1913 /
Butcher defeated the French in the
at the battle Katzbach-
In 1906 the German autumn maneu- ]
7ers were held over the scene of these /
great battles.
l. Like m American Town.
LODI fLOdzia)-A town of Russian
Poland, 50 miles by rail southwest Of |
Warsaw and so miles from the POsen
boundaries. Chiefly owing 20 a con-
siderable Immigration of German capt.
-allsts and workers. LODI has grown
With AmeriCan--ike rapidity- It con-
iists principally Of one main street
seven miles long II has a population
y about 100000 The city manufac-
ures cottons, woolens. chemicals. beer.
machinery and silk
WILMA (Wilnol-A Russian town. I
.56 miles south of southwest of St
petersburg, and 10 miles from the 3
russian frontier. at the intersection
'I the railways from St Petersburg
% Warsaw and from Libau to the
mouth Of the Don Its population in
80 was 1Sf.5S2- 1t is an important z
enter for trade in timber and grain. .
md is the seat of many scientific So I
leties- wilma was united with Poland 3
n l4+T- The plague of 15SS, the fire P
n 1910 and the wars between Russia
md Poland, which began in the 18th
entury, checked its growth The Rus
ians took Wilma in 1855 the Swedes
aptured il in 1902 and 1905. and the
russians regainec fl in 17SS- II was
inally annexed TO Russia in 1875. aft
r the partition Of Poland.
Austria's EasternmOSt City.
NOWITZ-Austria' eastern
most city. 400 miles east Of Vienna
nd l6f miles southeast Of LemberE
y rail, on the right bank Of the river
ruth In 1910 it had q population Of
LIS The city's industries, not well
eVeloped. consist chiefly in corn mill
lg and brewing, although an active
rade is carried on in agricultural {
roducts, wood. wool, cattle and spir-
RIVER SAN-Rises in the Carpa-
athlan mountains. at a point near /
ne center southern border line OF Ca
ca Its course to the Ntstula car
.ers IL past SanOl, Przemysl and /
aroslau- From the latter place il