The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-11
NATIONAI GEOGRAPHIC
SOCIETY'S WAR PRIMER

SOISSONS-At French city, sixty
ave miles northeast of Paris by rail-
and twenty-five miles directly east q
lCompiegne, on the left band OF the
Aisne It has iron and copper Iouno7
ries. and factories for the production
,nf boilers. agriculture implements and
other iron goods, straw hats, glass and
sugar. The town was sacked by.
ICharies v in 1914, and by the Hugue-
nots in 1865. In 1914. the town was
CAPTURED and recaptured by the Allies
and the French. In 1915, after Water
| loo, it was the rallying point TOT the
lvanquished and, it was not occupies
i.hy the allies till the fourteenth. OF Az 9 =
gust. In the Franc Prussian war "
surrendered to the Germans.
sENLIS- "A town of northern
Erance on the Nonette, thirty four
miles north of northeast OF Paris by
rail and twenty-six miles by airline.
Its population is about 800 It's
IGa1lo-R Roman walls, twenty-three feet
hitch and thirteen feet thick, are. with
| those of st. Lizier and Bourges, the
most perfect in France. At each OF
| the sixteen angles of the wall STANDS
/ a tower. The city has i've gates Tne
lmanufacture of brick and tiles, card
board, measures and other wares are
| among the industries. The Leaguers
Il
and Francois de La Noue.
ABBEVILLE-A town OF northern
France. on the Somme river, twelve
1 niles from its mouth in the Engltsn
! cI1ounel. and twenty-eight miles north
/ west Of A1niens by rail. It is built
! partly on an island and partly on ootn
| sides of the river. :. Its industries IN
cllide hemp spinning, the manufacture
of cloth, sugar-making, ship-buil Hiding.
and lock-smithing. The French and
En elish were its masters by turn in
| the fourteenth and early ffteentn CEN
tnries. In 1877 it was annexed per-
manently by. France. It's populatton
| Is about 10000.
CHALONS-SUR NE-A town OF
northeastern France, 107 miles east OF
Paris, On the main line Of the eastern
rai,yyay to Nancy The population is
approximately $4,000. Huge military
barracks lie to the north ano east
The principal Industry is brewing,
ana galleries OF immense length,
ha1yn IA a limestone hill, and served
by lines of railway, are used as store
hnnses for beer. The plains near
Chalons were the scene OF the cereal
OF Atilla. the Hun, in the nftn CEN
tIry. The Army OF Chalons, formea
by Marshal Mcmahon, in the camp e.
this place, after the first reverses o.
the French In 1SIU SuTTeuuSASu - ~
dan. The military camp 1s still USED
as training center for troops.
vlTRY-L E-ERANco1 S A. toN T9rn Y
northeastern France, on the cl Maans,
and 100 miles by rail east of Paris:
The present town was built IA, IN 1912 .oa by
burned in the previous year by Charles
v. It manufactures cement and deco.
rated wares, and has a population OF
about 5000.
yESOUL-A town of eastern France
situated between the Lo Motto hill and
the River Durgeon. thirty-fiye miles
from the Alsace border and 2S6 maies
east of southeast of Paris by rail- It's
MEDIEVAL walls Of the thirteenth and
fifteenth centuries still exist on the
manufacture of flies and tapioca are
among the industries. The town sut-
fered greatly during the wars OF re-
Iigion and the Thirty Years War.
EIB1NG-An east Prussian seaport
town, forty-nine miles by rail east OF