The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-09-17
IN THE WAKE OF THE NEWS

ST. QUENTIN-A city of northern
France, 100 miles from Liege and 81
miles from Paris. 1t has a popula'
ton of about $1,000. and stands on
the right bank of the SOmme River
at its junction with the canal which
connects that river with the SCheldt
and the Disc. The city is built on
slope with a southern exposure, and
is the center of an industrial district
which manufactures cotton and wool
en- fabrics, principally pique and
window curtains. II also carries on
spinning and preliminary processes
bleaching and finishing. Machine and
hand made embroidery is produced in
large quantities and there are eXten
sive establishments producing iron
goods and machinery. st. quentin
dates back to ancient times. and, in
the early history of Europe, was the
cross roads of five military roads. 1t
has had long war history. 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 for
ces under Gen. Won Goeben and the
French under General Faibherbe, the
French being defeated.
BOULOGNE-A fortified seaport OF
northern France. rs miles from Folke
stone. England 1t is situated on the
shore of the English channel and has
a population of about $4,000. The
harbor of Boulogne is formed by the
mouth of the Lame River II has ex
tensive docks and larger inner port.
The annual value of exports fron
Boulogne approximates S6O,O0O,OOO,
and of the imports, $4O,UOO,000. Its
fisheries annually produce $5,0OO,OOO
worth of fish. Boulogne has had a
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 1874
but it was restored to France in 1850
BROMBERG-A city in northeast
ern Germany, in the province of Pc
sen, seven miles west of the Vistula
River and the west Prussian bound
ary II is located on the Bromberg
Canal which connects the Brahe and
the Netze Rivers and thus establish
es communication between the Wis
tula, the Oder of the Elbe. The
population of Bromberg is about so,
600. Its industries are principally
iron-works. machine shops paper
factories and -four mills.
Bromberg holds an important
strategic position, being one of the
defenses along the Vistula River
from the frontier town Of Thorn &c
the Gulf of Danzig 1t was Polish
prior to 1927, when it was taken BY
the Germans It was retaken by the
Poles in 1343, and during the Centur
les that followed it suffered SO much
from war and pestilence that in 1772
when the Germans again took pos
session of it, its population had fall
en- to less than 600 inhabitants. Later
it was transferred to the duChy OF
Warsaw, where it remained until oc
cupied by the Russians in 1913. Two
years late rit was restored to Prussia.
ODER RIVER-One of the most
important rivers of Germany, rising
in Austria Hungary and flowing
northwest through Breslau, Frank
furt and Stettin to the Baltic Sea. At
its nearest point, it is 80 miles from
the heart of Berlin, to the northeast
About 480 miles of its length are
navigabIe for barges. The Oder is
heavily fortified in its northern
reaches and is regarded as the point
of final stand of the German army
in case of an attack upon Berlin from
the east.