The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-09-06

mas prepared the ICllOWlng 1actS con
corning places that are figuring prom
inently in the news of the militar!
operations in the European war:
st. ouentin-A city of northern
France, 1870 miles from Liege and 81
miles from Paris. 1t has a popula
ton of about $4,000, and stands on
the right bank of the Somme river
at its junction with the canal which
connects that river with the Scheldl
and the Disc. The. city is built o.:
a slope with a southern exposure,
and is the center of an industrial
district which manufactures cotton
and wooden fabrics, principally pique
and window curtains. 1t also carries
en- spinning and preliminary process
es, bleaching and finishing. Machine
ana handmade embroidery is pro
duce1 in large quantities and there
are extensive establishments produc-
ing iron goods and machinery. St
| Quentin dates back to ancient times,
and, in the early history of Europe,
was the crossroads of five military
| roads. 1t has had a long war his.
tory. During the Franco-Prussian
war it repulsed the German attack at
one time, and at another was the
center of the great battle between
the German forces under Gen. Won
Faibherbe, the French being defeated
BouIogne-A fortified seaport of
northern France, &c miles from Folk
estcne, England. 1t is situated on
the shore of the English channel and
has population of about $4,000 The
harbor of Boulogne is formed by the
mouth of the Lame river. 1t has eX-
tensive docks and large inner port
TIE annual value of exports from
Boulogne approXimates 100000 900.
and of the imports, S40,000,000. Its
fisheries annually produce $5,000000
worth of fish Boulogne has had
long military history. 1t is believed
to have been the place where julius
Caesar assembled his fleet. Henry
VIII took the town by siege in 1544,
but it was restored to France in 1850
CaIais-An important port on the
north coast of France, and only %
England. Dover, in turn, is only 65'
miles from London. Calais is 50 miles
west Of Lille. The population of the
city is about $4,000 Formerly Ca
lais was a celebrated fortress. 1t
is now defended by four forts, none
of which is of modern construction
1t also has citadel, built $50 years
ago, and a few modern batteries. The
old town stands on an island, hem
mel in by the canal and the harbor
basin, which divide it from the ex-
tensive manufacturing quarter of
st. Pierre. The city is the principal
port for the trans-continental passen-
ger traffic with England, carried on
by the Southeastern and Chathamb
and the Northern of France railways.
The average number of passengers
carried annually was upwards of
100000 before the present war.
Vistua IRiver-One Of THE chief
rivers of Europe, rising in Austria,
flowing through Russian Poland, by
the way to Warsaw, and crossing
West Prussia from south to north,
and having it's mouth in the Gulf of
Danzig. At Thorn, where it crosses
the Russian-German frontier, there
are heavy Notifications, as there are
at many other points from there to
the gulf.
Brombere-A city in northeastern
Germany, in the province of Posen,
seven miles west of the Vistula river
and the west Prussian boundary. 1t
is located on the Bromberg canal,
which connects the Brahe and the
communication between the Vistula
the Oder and the Elbe. The popula-
ton of Bromberg is about 10000. Its
industries are principally iron works,
machine shops, paper factories and
-four mills. Bromberg holds an i'm
portant strategic position, being one
of the defenses along the Viskula
river from the frontier town of Thorn
to the Gulf of Danzig 1t was Polish
prior to 1927, when it was taken by
the Germans. 1t was retaken by the
Poles in 1348 and during the centuries
that followed it suffered SO much
from war and pestilence that in 1872,
when the Germans again took posses
sion of it, its population had fallen
to less than 800 inhabitants. Later
it was transferred to the duchy of
Warsaw, where it remained until oe-
cupied by the Russians in 1872 Two
years later it's was restored 20 Prus-
STA.
Oder River-One of the most i'm
portant rivers in Germany, rising in
Austria-I1ungary and flowing north
west through Breslau, Frankfurt,
and Stettin to the Baltic Sea. At it's
nearest point, it is IS miles from the
heart of Berlin, to the northeast.
About 480 miles OF its length are nav
igable for barges. The Oder is heav-