GAZETTEER OF THE WAR.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2225, 11 August 1914, Page 6

GAZETTEER OF THE WAR.

PLACES MENTIONED IN THE NEWS,.. ' f Antivari.—A fortified town in Montenegro, 23 miles S.S.E. of Cetinje, and 2i miles from the bay and roadstead .of the same name. ' . ; ', i Argonne Country,—The Argoune. are two chains of hills, in the north-east of iSnnce, stretohing N.N.E. from the nlaJ teau of Langres and the Monts Faucilles, on opposite side, of Eiver Meuse. BarcHon.—A village in. the province. oL Liege, Belgium,\with a population of CSO. . ueifort,—A fortified, town in' France, 35 miles W. by N.-of Basel, in a position commanding .the opening between • the Vosges and the Jura Mountains. It was besieged by- the Germans .during the, war. of 1870-1871, • arid capitulated February 16, 1871, bnt was retained by France un ; der 1 the treaty of 1871", fahen the rest oi . the Department .of' Haut-Rhin .was ceded to Germany. Since that date its-fortifi-cations have been greatly strengthened.. Its-ponnlation is Riven as 18,000. ; Chaudfontaine.—A village in the pro? vince of Liege, Belgium, the railway,star, tion being six miles south-cast-, of the r tnwn of-Liege. : It has -.famous . .w.irni ( baths/iiivhich ' arev-muchv- fmuented'.. by tourists.-. Its population at. thei time of tlurlast oensus was 182 G. . „, ■ . ' tpinal.-A.town in France, the capital' of 'the .dep. Vosges. .It has-old .manufactures of embroidery, cutlery,-.etc;; and. . 6ince the transference of Alsace to Germany, in 1871 several cotton ' manufactories have been established hero by Alsatian manufacturers. Its population in 1891. was 17,200 - - j •Glvet.—A. fortified' town :and place, of war of the first-class ou the river Meuse, in: Ardennes, France. On' an adnant height is the citadel of Charlemont, built ■by Charles-V, Emperor of Germany, and reconstructed by Vauban. _ Givet has ■ a population of 6945, and it is noted for its crayons, its copper works, and its 6caling- / wax factories,. / ■ ; Huy,—A town on the Meuse, 17 Ml® 3 W.S.W. of Liege, is enclosed by heights, and has a citadel. ~ , „ Lonnwy.—A email town: (populajion 10,0001 in the extremo nortli of the •Moselle, eighteen miles of ■ Luxemburg. . capitnlat€d_to the Prussians m I<?2, 1815, and 1871. The town is not shown, on the map, bnt lie 9 ; between Longwyn and Victon. , Marbehau.—A town 27 ,. m11e3 . f °* Sedan, and is . the junction station, for, Arlon and Virton. • ■ . ■ w■ . J Maubeuge.-A fortified -towir in North France, 13 miles south of Mons. at. tog ' a population of 12,000, and manufactures iron and etwl goods Mezieres.—A fortified town .on a penmsiilar formed by the Meuse, 11 mries W.N.W. of Sedan, and.47,miles Rheims. and is commanded by a c itedel. It communicates by "a suspension _bndsc with Charlesville on thoonposito of the Meuse. In ou M weeks against Jho Prussians and GerSn£ and in January, 1871, surrendered A town and second-class fortress-in the department;/ Meuse in fS S miles f&S>.by- E. of Sedan Held by France since tho_Trca.tr of the ; Pyrenees in 1659. Population 2000. _ Potltcroix.—A village near Belfort, France, with a population of 290- . . ■ • Soissons.—Tho seat of a Inshoprxo on the Aisne, 18 miles, S.W. .of ton.^oted for iron-founding and «P]? 6r^ c was here -that .Clovis defeated the Romans, A.D., ,486. Tho population is givei) . .- town !ir miles ■ W S.W. _oi Maastricht.', It has mineral waters, disi tilleriw, tanneries, and hat factories. ;lt. 1 was pillaged and burnt by successive in-. : Valley—ls the : valley r : throiigE which the Styr Riter 'flows, on .the west of Russia. Th<> river rises ' in Galicia, flows N.B. and joins Pripet near Pinst. , It crosses the Russian frontier at ."-'a point 60 miks_ distant from-Lemberg, the capital of Galicia. . Soldau.—A town' in tho south-west ofr East Prussia, 68 miles-E. by-N. of Thoru--Tho population\is about 4000."