The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-24
This Will Help You
 To Follow The War
Tells of Strategic Positions Which Figure in Greatest of All Wars.

All Wars.
 So little is known about the strat- egfc positions mentioned in the dis patches from the European war zone that the National Geographic society is issuing what has been called the Primer of the Wars Geography. It is so useful that we are printing it in full:
 Antwerp.
 A city of Belgium regarded as it's principal fortified stronghold. AL though sixty miles from the sea. 1t is still one of the greatest seaports of Europe, because the broad and deep Sehe1de river gives it an excel- most entirely Flemish. Under Elm peror Charles v 1t Is said to have been the most populous city of continental Europe. At the mid ale of the the sixteenth century it had a, population estimated at .1z5, 900. The great fairs held then attracted the merchants of the civilized world. Under the Spanish regime it de- cHned, and in twenty years fell to a, population of 55,000. The Treaty of Westpha1ia closed the Sche1de to -sea-going vessels, and it was not re- z1794s Napoleon undertook to re- .vivify the city, but it was sur rendered to the English in 1914. It began to grow again. but was al-= most ruined in the military opera tions of 1880, and ther eafter. Meth er1ands retained the right to levy navigation dues on the ScheIde, which laid d heavy hand on Antwerp until 1863, when it was commuted by the payment of about $7,000, ,000. a number of advanced Actresses and by ramparts eight miles long. Part of the environs can be placed un- der water. The fortifications were built to serve as the rallyfng ground for the Belgian army in case it was perior force.4
 Nancy tNong-see.9
 The capital of Muerthe- -et-Mo- selle, France, on the main line of railroad between Paris and Strass- burg. Its population is given as 100. 900. It is about ten miles from the German frontier, thirteen miles t11irty-ave miles west of north of EpinaI. Charles the Bold perished at it's gates. The city became French in 1766, was occupied by the Allies in 1914 and 1915, and put to ransom by the Prussians in 1878, which was paid by France.
 strassburg.
 Capital of Alsace- Lorraine, Ger many, two miles west of the Rhine. on the river III, which divides here into five branches. It is twenty eight miles from the French frontier, and is one of the strongest Actresses of the German empire, having a cir c1e of fourteen forts. The Univer- sity of Strassburg was refounded as the Emperor Williams university in 1872, and 1t library has so0,0oo vol umes. The population Is upward of . Pr nr e4aEz the Germans for six weeks during I the Franco -Prussian war, finally sur rendering, September 27, 1870.
 Dinant (Deenong.l
 Taken by Burgundy in 1466 and all male prisoners shot or caused to be drowned by being forced to jump into the river from the cliffs, this Belgian city has had an eventfu1 ca,- reer. Louis XIV captured it in 1675s and the French held it for thirty years Tn 1918 the Dutch built the citadel which is still the sight of the place, but which was dismantled long ago. Dtnant is 8 favorfte summer resort of the Be1gians It is about fifteen miles due south of Namur.
 Charleroi fshar-Isen-Rwa-3
 town of southern Belgium, on the San1bre river, some twenty miles above Namur, as the crow flies, and about twice as far by the river It is the center of the iron district of Belgium and enjoys water conmunf- Belgium. It was ceded to France soon after it. was founded. and was fortified by Vauban so strongly that it twice held out against the attacks of William of Orange. The forti- f1cations later were razed, but it was refortified in 1816 by the orders Of Wellington. These Notifications were finally dismantled in 1858.
 Louvain.
 The capital of Belgium in the day before the rise of Brussels Its population is about i50s000 and it is situated about fifteen miles north east Of the present capital. With TIrlenont, St. Trond and Tongres it furnishes the line for holding back the movement of an enemy across the territory between Brussels and Iiege Local tradition has it that l Louvain was established as 8 per manent military camp by Julius Caesar. The common people rose up against the nobles during the fourteenth century. but were put down after struggle of twenty years. Thereafter the importance clined and Brussels took its place. It has one of the finest universities in Belgium, which brides itself most on it's theological school.
 Idloau.
 A port of Russia. on tie Baltic sea, a little less than fifty miles from the extreme northern part of Northwest Prussia It has populs- ton of about 75,ooo. Troops march ing from Mene1, Prussia, could ar rive by land without leaving their own territory more than fifty miles behind. It has railway connections with Moscow, Ore1 and Kharkov. There are numerous factories raak- ing gun powder. soap, machinery and tin plate There are also large saw mills and flour mills. The ex- ports are valued at about $25 5,oUO, ,o00 a year. North of the commercial Earbor is the naval stronghold, con- ststtng of extensive fertiAeations