SAARBRUCKEN
SCENE OP BRITISH REPRISAL RAID. Saarbrucken, the German town which has been visited by British air squadrons during the past week, is an industrial centre of some importance. It is situated on the left bank of the River Saar, and is 49 mile 3 by rail north-east of Metz. Saarbrucken lies at the south end of one of the most extensive coalfields in Europe. In 1905 the population of Saarbrucken proper was 26,94!', but in 1909 the towns of St. Johann (on the opposite side of the river) and MalstattBurbach were merged into Saarbrucken, so that the town is now much lirger and of course more populous. Besides being a great coal centre, Saarbrucken has extensive wool-spinning, brewing, leather, tobacco, chemical, and ironware industries. Since the commencement of tho war the winning of coal i-nd iron and steel manufacture are probably carried on on a much greater scale than in normal times, and this, is ro doubt one of the reasons why the town is now the object of attack by British airmen. . . . Saarbrucken occupies a place in Instory as the scene of the opening of the tragedy of 1870. It was on August 2 of that year that the first shots of the war were exchanged between the French and the Prussians, and the affair (which was quite a minor one) resulted in tho losa to the Trench of SG officers and r;en killed and wounded, while the Prussian losses were S3. The skirmish resulted in the French occupying Saarbrucken, but four days later the first German victor? on tho heights of Spiclim-en, three "miles to tho south, compelled the evacuation of the town.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 28, 27 October 1917, Page 10
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276SAARBRUCKEN Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 28, 27 October 1917, Page 10
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