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1 Chalons-sur-Marne ls a garrison town ol
France. on the right bank oithc River Marne.
lt is an old walled town and the seal ot a
bishoprle. and is ol great iilstoriczll imacrt-
ance. lt was itnown as the Roman Catala-
num in the Third Century; witnessed the de-
teal ot Tatricus by Aurelian in A. D. 274; thc
defeat ol Alemanni by lovinus in 266, and in
tho district. the Catalaunian Fields, in 451,
was fought out one 01 the filtcen decisive bat»
iles ct the wand. according to Sir Edward
Cl-easy. when the Romans and their allies.
the Visigoths. defeat ed Attila and his lluns.
The town successfully resisted the English
attacks in 1430-1434: it was taken by the
Prussians in 1814 and by the Russians in
1815. ln 1870 it was occupied by the Gar~
mans alter tra evac uatlon lr; ttactdahon of
the celebrated camp cstahlichcd at Chalorus
in T956 tr; I-lzwcleon lI!.
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2 'The little village in the dintath ls Grave-
|otte.in Lorraine. abuut eight mites west ot
Metz; it gave its name to what has been con~
sidered the most important battle ot the
Franco-German War. The battle was taught
on llugust 18. 1870. and was' third in the
scrlcs about Metz, totiowinn General i3a1aEne‘s
il atte t to retreat from the Monella to Cha
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ions to ellcot a lunctinn with the army oi
General Machtahon. General Baerinc. alter
two battles, and in tear cl '.Jci.'.l, out oil. felt
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bncl: upon Metz. und lina-l ab-mdnned all
hope otioining General §'mol.in:acn The Ger-
man forces, which consisted ol the armies of
Steinmetz :md Prince Frederick Charles. and
iwhleh were commanded ir; Klngwilllam in
ipersen. numbered aoout 295,600 mon, and
,suffered a loss vt more than 20,000 in killed
and wounded. Tho French, out of 160,009
engawed. lost nearly 600 oltlcert and more
1 than 13,! .P3 men.
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£\.Saa1u Pass. between Denon on the German
l ‘frontier and Nancy on the Frendr frontier,
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-' 'which was user! wr the passage of the Ger-
man tr-was into France _and also bythe French
" into Germany at the beginning ot hostilities. lt
l ‘il true :twin artery ot travel from Nancy to
‘Sirzssrmrgandisadeopcnt throuuhtha
l nmmtalnx. The boyz inthe picture are “walk-
`_ ists"_ irom the university ln Stranbura.
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-ldtaan stil-`Halne. the last of the Ffeneti vil-
lageson me frontier .and directly under the
Duhon HB8. whiet\»_»i&5`nw the localitylot
much Hitting. Theittie eldwornln, \vaahtn£|'
her clothes atthe town punts. said she never
had hasnt or England or the United Statee,
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5.Sminnact. inthe Domi Wilt, west uf
Strasburg. ltislntlorman territory and was
the flrlt village captured irem Germany by
 French and later recaptured by the Ger-
inans. sg
6 ClNy'|wt within the French irontler. and
where the lint enaagement was taught en
French lull. Village was 'bantured from the
French and later recaptured' by the French.
The photograph was taken from Gemm terri-
tory, The Denon itil! lleback ot the vlliltlef
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