The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-11
National Geographic
Society's War Primer

payne, France. It has length OF
about 63 miles, an average breadth OF
10 miles, and an average height OF
l,15O feet. There are few good roads
IN this district and It 10 hard terri
tory through which to carry military
operations Of large proportions. It
lies between the valley Of the Aisne
on the west, and the valley Of the
Meuse on the east, and 10 one OF the
natural bulwarks between Germany
and France. There are numerous
forests clothing both the east and the
west slopes OF the plateau, the chief
of them being that OF Argonne extend
ing for 90 miles between the Aire
and the Aisne.
ARDENNES A department OF
France on the northeast frontier. with
an area Of 2,02S square miles and .
population exceeding $4,000. Its
rivers are the Mouse and the Aisns.
It's agricultural products are wheat,
oats. potatoes, rye and many kinds Of
forage. Ardennes Is to France what
the Blue Grass region OF Kentucky 10
to the United States-its horses are
known throughout the country. Flour
mills. saw-mills. sugar-works. distiller
les and leather-works are scattered
over the department. Among its
minor Industries Is the making Of
wooden shoes. Sedan, where the IA.
nous surrender of the French to the
Germans took place, is located In
Ardennes. The chief cities Of the
department of Mevieres. the capital
Charleville. Rocroi ana Retfe..
LYCK. OR EYK-A German town OF
East Prussia, ten miles from the Dor.
der OF Russian Poland. 112 miles
southeast OF Konigsberg, on lake
and river Of the same name. Its popu.
lation is close to $4,000. Lyck is the
chief town Of the region known as
Masuria. A castle formerly belonging
to the Teutonic order and dating from
1878 is still standing on an island IN
the Lyck lake and Is now used as q
prison. There are iron-foundries, dis
tilleries, breweries. tanneries, paper
mills and flour mills.
LISSA-A town in Prussian Posen
Is miles northeast of Glogau and A
miles from the Russian Poland border
line, Its population is approximately
$4,000 and its manufacturers are
shoes, machinery, liquors, and tobacco
During the thirty years war the popu
lation of the town was reinforced by
other refugees, and LISA became ar
important commercial town It was
burned in 1856 and again in 1907.
LOBAU-A town of about 12,ON
population. in Saxony. Germany, OF
the Louban water, 40 miles east o.
Dresden and 100 miles west OF Bros
lau. 1t Is but eight miles from tn,
Austrian frontier. The town manu-
factures agricultural implements, pi
anofortes, sugar, machines. and Dut
| tons, and has sitrade in grain. yarn
linens and stockings. Lobau suffered
severely during the Hussite war and
was deprived of its rights In 1547.
MITROvICA - Hungarian, Nitro
vicz; German. Mitrowitzl-A Hunga
rian town of Crotia-Slavonia, SO miles
north OF west of Belgrade and tws
miles from the Servian border, on thu
River Save. It's population is abou
10000. The town occupies the sit
of Sirium, the chief city OF Lowe
Pannonia under the Roman rule
where the Emperor Probus t232-282.
| was born and buried, and where thu
Emperor Marcus Aureliusr(1 21180) II
said to have died. The city wa
sacked by the Huns in AL, and b.
the Turks, who destroyed all its an
Client buildings in 1896 and 1921.
/ SUwALKI-A town Of Russia Pa
land, the capital Of the government o
the same name, e5 miles by rail north
west of Grodno and Is miles from tn
| East Prussian border. It's population
+! is Approximately 10000. 1t has
trade in timber, grain. WOODEN clotl
i and other manufactured goods. Bee
i keeping is one of the industries of tn
7 district