Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-18

cigars, lacquer and metal ware, flax and hemp yarn, cotton, linen and or ganS-
 Vitry-Le-Franeois-A town in north eastern France, on the Marne, 20 miles southeast of Chaions, and 100 miles by rail east of Paris. The pres ent town was built in 1545 by Francis to replace the older town burned in the previous year by Charles " It nlanu- faetures cement and decorated wares, and has population of about 5000. River San-Rises in the Carpathian mountains, at a point near the center southern border line of Galicia- It's course to the Vistula carries it past Sanol, Przemysl and Jaroslau. From the latter place 1t flows northwest to | the Russian Poland boundary line, where it marks the boundary for ten miles. From thence it flows into the Vistula1
 czernowitz = Austria,s easternmost | city, 420 miles east of Vienna and 164 mes southeast of Lemberg by rail. on the ri ht bank of the River Pruth In | 1910 it had a population of SHIPS. The | city's industries, not well developed, 1 consist chiefly in corn milling and brew | ing, although an active trade is car ried on in agricultural products, wood, wool. cattle and spirits.
 Vesoul-A town of eastern France, | situated between the La Motte hill and | the River Dungeon, 35 miles from the Alsace border and 236 miles east of | southeast of Paris by rail. It's me- dfeval walls of the 18th and 18th cen l turies still exist on the northern side. l D3stilling and the manufacture Of files | and tapioca are among the industries. The town suffered greatly during the wars of religion and the Thirty Years war.
 Abbeville--A town of northern
 France on the Somme river, F miles from its mouth in the English channel and 2s miles northwest of AIniens by rail. It is built partly on an island and partly on both sides Of the river. Its industries include hemp spinning,
 he manufacture of cloth, sugar mak- ing. ship building and locksmithing | The French and English were it's mas ters by turn in the 14th and early 18th centuries. In 1477 It was annexed per- rnanentiy by France Its population Is about 10000.
 Senis-A town of northern France
 on the Nonette, 34 miles north of
 northeast of Paris by rail and 26 miles
 by airline Its population Is about
 800. Its Gallo Roman walls, 2S feet high and Is feet thick, are, with those of St. Lizier and Bourges, the most
 perfect in France At each of the It
 angles of the wall stands a tower. The city has five gates. The manufacture
 of brick and tiles, cardboard, measures
 and other wares are among the indus-
 tries. The Leaguers were beaten there
 in 1889 by Henry and Francois de La
 Noue.
 Soissons-A French city, 65 miles
 northeast of Paris by rail and P miles
 directly east of Compiegpe, on the left
 bank of the Aisne. It has iron and
 copper foundries, and factories for the
 production of boilers, agriculture i'm
 plements and other iron goods, straw
 hats, glass and sugar. The town was
 Huguenots in 1865. In 1874 the towr
 was captured and recaptured by the allies and the French. In 1915, after Waterloo, it was the rallying point fol
 the vanquished and it was not occupied
 by the allies till the 14th of Augu st In the Franco-Prussian war it surren.
 dered to the Germans.
 chaIons- Sur -Marne-A town ol northeastern France. 107 miles east oi , railway to Nancy. The population is , approximately 25,o00. Huge military barracks lie to the north and east. The principal industry is brewing. and gal leries of immense length, hewn in . , limestone hill, and served by lines O.
 
 beer. The plains near Chalons were
 the scene of the defeat Of Atilla, tht ; Hun, in the fifth century. The "artns of ChaIons," formed by Marshal Nc. Mahon, in camp at this place, after tht } first reverses Of the French in 1870 surrendered at Sedan. The military , camp is still used as a training center for troops.
 Bukovina-A small Austrian prov, . ince in the extreme eastern part O , Austria Hungary, lying next to tha , part of Russia which was formeri, l owned by Turkey. It's area is 4,03I , square miles, and its population il l 1910 was 8o0.09e. Its industries ar. , brewing, distiIling and milling, it's az t ricultural products wheat, maize, rye , oats, barley, potatoes, flax and hemp f The official language is German. Tn,
 province belonged originally to tha
 part of Turkey which is now in thu | possession of Russia It was occupied by the Russians in 1769 and by tn, l Austrians in 1774- In 1777 Turkey ced ? ed the province to Astria- It was in corporated with Galicia in 1786, bu was Separated from it in 1S49.