The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-16
(No. 81

.CHALONS-SUR-M MARINE TO NANCY
The country lying between ChalonS-
SURNAME aud Nancy is rich In MS
tory and full of points OF preaent-day
interest. BY airline the distance pc
tween Nancy and Gha1ons is eighty
five miles; by rail it is 1l2 miles, ana
by canal, ."The Marine and the Rhine
which extends from the head of nav
igation on the Marine river into Ger
many, about 40. The first important
town out of Chalons by rail is Witty
Le-FFancois, with a population OF
about 5000 This place was formerly
fortified and, being located at the
crossroads leading to 0halons, ,Chau-
mont, Fontainebleau and other points,
is a strategic position BEYOND Nttry
is an uninteresting farming country,
after which we come to Bar7le-Duc,
with its monument to the boys of the
Mouse, who fell in the war OF 1870, Its
beautiful church of st Pierre, and Its
monument of the Michaux, q family
who introduced important improve
ments in the manufacture OF bicycles.
Beyond Longevi1le there is railroad
tunnel two and "a half milas long, and
long series of cuts and Ais through
which the line passes through the
heights between the valleys of the
Aisne and the Meuse. Niuety-two
miles from Chalons Is the 8orttdeI
town of Toul, which resisted the Gepc-
mans for fortyidaEs during sthe Franco
Prussian war. A little further on lies
Liyerdun, where q tunnel carries
the Mouse and Rhine canal beneath
the town. The scenery In this region
is said to be perhaps the most beau
tifui i'm the entire Journey from Paris
to Strassburg Nancy Is twenty miles
from Toul by rail. The railroad from
Chalons to Nancy parallels the Marine
river and canal to :Nancoisa lie Petit,
crosses the Mouse near Sorcy, and the
Rhine near Nancy West of sBar-le-sl
Due the valleys run east and west
while east, of that point they run north
and south, which makes the military
problem In the two sections somewhat
different
CHALONS TO VERDUN-The coun-
try lying between Marine \
and verdun sis now being fought over
by the allies and the Germans. Eleven
miles north of Chalons is st. Hilaire-1I
au-Temple. the junction point between
Reims and Nerdun. Three miles fur
Their ON is the large military camp De
Chalons, and three miles beyond this
great circular ehtrenchment, known
as Atilla,s Camp. 1t was near here
that Atilla the Hun was defeated IN |
the battle of Chalons- battle which
Sir Edward Greasy reckoned among
the fifteen decisive battles OF the |
world, in which was successfully
checked Atilla's mighty atempt to
found new anti Christian dynasty.
Thirty-three miles beyond sChalons Is
the town of valmy, where the allies
under the Duke of Brunswick were de-
feated by the French In 1872. This
was the famous .canuonade of valmy.s
wherein, according to Carlyle, the. 1
French Sansculottes did not ny Ike
poultry" A pyramid on the battle
field contains the heart Of Kellermann.
one Of the French generals In that
hattie. Eastward Of Valmy lies the
fertile valley of the River Aisne. which
runs midway between Chalons ana
Verdun. In this valley is situated tine
town OF sainte Menehould, OF about
1000 population, and noted TOR its
pork. 1t was here that Louis 3 Vl; was 5:
recognized by "Old-Dragopn Drouet
on ne attempted flight from France
in 1871. Beyond this place lies the
picturesque country which contains