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Chateau-Thierry. — Cliief town of au anondissement 
in the (Icpaitmcut of Aisiie, France, situated on the right banlc 
of the river Mame, and connected witli a suburb on the left 
bank of the river bv a stone bridge for road traffic. The (own 
is generally stated t"o liavc been named from the ruins of an old 
castle on the top of a hill near the town, which ruins are supposed 
to have been a castle built bv Charles Martel for Thicrrv 1\' . 
It has been captured bv both English and Spanish and jiiliaged 
in media.>val times, and has suffered pillage on more than one 
occasion, while during the campaign of 1811 the town was 
completely wrecked, and Napoleon obtained a victory over tlie 
Russo-Prussian forces in the neighbouihood. The present 
population of the town is about 7,<)0<), and it has direct rail 
ironimunication with Paris, Chalons, Rheims, and Laou. 
Dormans.— Situated on the Paris-Chalons line of rail, 
in the west of the department of Mame, and on the left bank 
of tlie river Maine. It is in a hilly district, and is on the direct 
Rheims to Paris road. 
Haringhe,— A Helgian village in the province of East 
Flanders, about two miles south of RoUsbrugge, and practically 
on the French frontier. 
La-Ferte-Sous-Jouarre. — A town in the north-cast 
of the department of Seine-et-Marne, France, situated on the 
river Mame, and at the junction of the ParLs-Chalons and Pans- 
Troves lines of rail. It is the site of extensive stone quarries, 
and is a town of considerable importance. 
Laon.— The chief town of the department of Aisne. situated 
eighty-seven miles north-east of Paris, on the main line of rail 
from "Paris to Belgium. The Paris-Mezieres and Paris-Le Cateau 
lines also branch fi'om Laon, and there is a line from Laon to 
Klieinis. Laon is considered "■ the strategic key of the whole 
region comprised between the Aisne and the northern frontier." 
and is surrounded by a ring of defences about five miles distant 
from the town, in addition to a central citadel. The population 
of the town is about 16XXX), exclusive of th(< normal garrison, 
which, as Laon ranks as a first-class military post, is considerable, j 
Lotzea.— A town in East Prussia, about thirty-five miles 
from the Russian frontier. It is situated on the Mauer I-ake, 
under cover of the guns of the fortress Feste Boyen. It is a 
station on the railway from Lyck to the Baltic fortress of 
Koenigsberg. 
Lublin.— Capital of a province of the same name in 
Russian Poland, and one of tlie chief centres of south-western 
Russia, with a population of over C0,00(). It is about fortv-fn e 
miles from the frontier of Austrian Galicin, and is an imptirtant 
railway centre. The Uncs AVar.savr-Bucharest and Warsaw- 
Ekaterineslav branch here, and there is also a hne from Lublin 
to Radzin and Ostrow in the north of Poland. 
Lyck. — A station on the East German strategic railway, 
situated about twenty miles south of Margrabova. Four lines 
branch hence to Prostken on the Russian frontier, to Johannisburg, 
to Rossel, and to Goldapp in East Prussia. Lyck itself is a 
fortified post of some importance. 
Mantra/. — -^ village of western or French Lorraine 
on the western slope of the Voages Mountains, situated near the 
•St Die terminus of the strategic railway- running east to Fraizc 
after branching off from the main St. Die-Bruyere line. 
Marchiennes. — A Belgian town on the River Sambre, 
about two miles west of Charleroi, in the coalmining district of 
southern Belgium. The population is about 19,000, and the 
town is situated on the Maubeuge-Chaileroi line. 
Soissons. — A city in the department of Aisno, France, 
forming a fortified post on the left bank of the river Aisne where 
this stream is joined by the Crise. It is on the Paris-Laon line of 
rail, and is about sixty-five miles north-east of Paris. Its 
population is about 12,000, and its cathedral of Notre Dame 
8t Gervais and St Protais, dating from the twelfth century, in 
one of the principal examples of early French ecclesiastical 
architecture. The history of Soissons dates back to Roman 
occui)ation in France, and the town played a prominent part in 
the wars between England and France during the middle ages, 
while the town was captured and recaptured by the Allies and 
the French during the campaign of 18U. In the war of 1870 
Soissons capitulated to the Gennans after a bombardment lasting 
three days. It is at the present time an important railway 
centre, as the Amiens-Rheims line crosses the Paris-Laou 
railway here. 
WAR PUBLICATIONS. 
Sen. Lnntl. nnd Air Strategy, by Sir G'Cor^e Aston, K.C.I!., i» a 
volume intended, as the author anuounces on the title page, to " give 
us a national strategy, a national tactics." It is ba^ed on lectures 
delivered by the author at the Camberley .Staff College, and d-cal.i 
principally with laud strategy, such subjects as concentration and disper- 
sion, lines of communication, fortification, and coast defence being par- 
ticularly well reproseiitcd. In the matter of air warfare, the author treats 
of recent development."!, the us« of aeroplanes and airships, combat 
between aircraft, and the use of aircraft in gaining information. The 
book is undeniably technical; at the same time the study of strategy 
involves a mass of interesting historical matter, and, while the author ha.» 
been careful to ktep the practical side of his subject in view throughout 
his work, he has at the same time made his .subject an interesting oue, 
and ha."! refrained from writing over the head of the average man. 
Primarily valuable as a text book for the naval and military officer, 
the book is to be recommended at the present time as a work of great 
interest to the great majority who desire to approach the problem.^ of 
the present campaign with .some military knowledge. We would siigge.it. 
in view of the great number of young officers now joining the servicc.i. 
that a cheaper form than the present half-guinea edition of the work 
would have been desirable, and trust that the publishers, Messrs. Johji 
Murray, have under consideration some means of supplying to bona fide 
military and naval applicants a slightly cheajjer edition. 
S.O'E criticism of war topics forms a feature of current issues of 
The Acndemy. The present week's issue contains an explanation of 
the much-discussed report in a recent .'^unday edition of the Times, 
and a number of other well-informed and interesting war articles. 
Ix our review of Capt. Johnson's book. The Fmindations nf 
Sfralegi/, which appeared in last week's issue of Lund nnd H'nfT, the 
publishers of the book were wrongly styled " Jlessrs. George Allen & 
Fisher Unwin." The correct style of the firm, which has no connectiin 
with that of Mr. T. l-'isher Unwin, is " Messrs. George Allen & Unwin, 
Ltd." 
Few men are belter qualified to judge of Bernhardi's claims and 
assertii.us than Professor Cramb, who.se book, Gerrr.any and England. 
consLstiug of a series of lectures given at Queen's College, Harley-street, 
has been published by John Murray. In this little half-crown volume 
is shown the real reason of German antagonism to England ; it is made 
dear that the hostility among educated Germans is due to "the fact 
that this Empire appears to them the main, or even the sole, ob.slac!e 
to the attainment of a. great national ideal, for which they are b<«ind 
to labour, and, if need be, to contend." Professor Cramb, aa a 
professor of modern history, speaks with authority, and at the aam^ 
time he speaks with scrupulous fairness; his lectures form a weighty 
indictment of Bernhardi and the doctrine which for forty years has 
dominated Germany. The book is one that ought to be read by every 
thoughtful student of the preseut war and its causes, and Lord Rubert.i' 
wisht that it should be read by "everyone who wishes to understand 
the present crisis," is one that we thoraughly endorse. 
Amoxg the well-known employers who are holding out inducements 
to their staffs to respond to the call to arms, Messrs. James Carter & 
Co., of llaynes Park, S.W., the well-known seedsmen, arc not only 
keepin'' pos'itions open, but paving half wage.? to all members of their 
staff wlio are accepted for service. No distiuctio.n between married or 
unmarried is made, as Messrs. James Carter & Co. realise the latter 
have dependents also. 
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