Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-17


suffer him this day to win his spurs"
The French finally gave way and
fed. A tradition, probably erroneous,
says that this was the first battle in
which cannons were used Con the side
of the English).
st. Riquer-A town of northern
France, 80 miles northwest of Amiens,
whose women in 1886 aided valorous-
" in repulsing a determined attack
by the troops of Charles V. One hero
inc named Becquetoille is said to have
captured a hostile flag with her own
hands. The town never recovered
from its frequent destruction by the
Normans, Burgundians. Germans and
English.
BaIat.-A district in the southeast
of Hungary, with an area of 1890
square miles. It is mountainous in
the south and southeast and in the
northwest, and southwest is fiat and
in some places marshy. 1t is one of
the most fertile districts of Hungary
Its agricultural products are varied
and plentiful. Game is abundant, the
rivers swarm with fish and its mineral
wealth is great. Its chief town is
Temesvar, with a population close to
10000. The district was under the
Turkish rule from 1852 until 1716. |
Maria Theresa colonized part OF the
land with German peasants.
Victoria Nyanza.-The largest lake |
in Africa and next to Lake Superior |
the largest fresh water lake in the |
world, with an area of over $4,000 |
square miles. II is surrounded by Ger |
man and British East Africa and the |
Uganda protectcrate, and is the chief |
reservoir of the Nile.
Amiens-Laon-Rheims country |
between Amiens and Rheims, within |
earshot of the greater portion of the |
fighting. armies in France today, is
populous and contains many of the
most prosperous of the medium-sized
towns in France. Ten niles east of
Amiens is Villern-Bretonneau, an IN
dustrial town with about 5000 inhabi-
tants, which was the scene of one of
the main engagements in the battle of
in which the French northern
army was routed by the Germans in
1870. The route now takes one
through the fertile district of Santerre.
Hambu Ham, with a population of ap-
$500. stands in a marshy
district, SO miles from Amiens. Its
castle, now used as a barracks, has
been used as a state prison
and has held many noted people of
France. The list OF those incarcerat-
ed there includes Joan of Arc, Louis of
Bourbon and Louis Napoleon. La
Fere, 16 miles farther On, captured
by the Germans in 1870, has one of
the oldest schools of artillery in the
world. 1t was founded il 1719 Laon,
Is miles beyond La Fere, forms with
La Fere and Rheims a triangle of inn
portant fortresses.
Suwalki-A town of Russian Poland.
the capital of the government OF the
sanie name. Go miles by rail north
west of Grodno and IS miles from the
East Prussian frontier. Its population
IS approximately 10000.
Ardennes-A department of France
IN the north and east frontier. with
IN area of 2.O2S square miles and a
population exceeding 100000. It's riv-
ers are the Meuse and the Aisne. Its
agricultural products are wheat, oats,
potatoes. rye and many kinds of for
lge Ardennes is TO France what the
he United States. Its horses are
lnown throughout the country. Flour
Mills. sugar refneries, distilIeries and ,
Gather works are scattered over the
Among its minor indus {
ries Is the making of wooden shoes.
sedan, where the famous surrender of (
he French to the Germans took place, a
5 located in Ardennes.
SmoIensk-A Russian town on both @
ranks OF the Dnieper. $50 miles by !
all west of south of Moscow. II is !
me of the oldest towns of Russia. but i
S neither a commercial nor a manu- T
acturing center. Its walls. built in
he 10th century, are rapidly falling \
nto decay.
To the Servians the capture of n
h-a