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Title: The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Johnson, Rossiter, 1840-1931, ed
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, Sully and Kleinteich
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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; Dinan; Quimper; Carnac, with its curious stones of Dru-idical times; picturesque Mont St. Michel perched on its rock; Douar-enez, famed for its legends of Tristan and Yseult and also its moreprosaic sardines; and Ploermel, near which is the Forest of Broce-liande, with the magic fountain of Baranton, the Vol sans retonr, andthe Tomb of IMerlin. Thus Normandy and Brittany present muchto charm the lover of scenery and romance. Southwest we enter the valley of the Loire with the castles ofBlois, Amboise, Loches, Chinon, Saumur, Chambord and Chenon-ceaux; pass Orleans, Angers, Nantes, Bordeaux, La Rochelle, Li-moges, Toulouse, Carcassonne, Narbonne, Perpignan, Aignes-JNlortes(the most perfect circle of medieval fortifications in existence, builtby Philip the Bold in the Fourteenth Century) ; and finally reach Pan,Lourdes, and Biarritz in the Basse-Pyrenees. Northeast lies the valley of the Marne; Nancy, the ancient capitalof the Duchy of Lorraine, associated with Charles the Bold; Laon,
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SCENE IN BORDEAUXAs the German Invasion Approached Paris the Seat of Government Was Temporarily Moved to Bordeaux 256 FRANCE 257 with its many-towered cathedral on the rock; Rheims, with its glori-ous Notre Dame, where Jeanne dArc crowned Charles VII, andDomremj^ on the INIeuse, where her little house is still standing; Lille,once the caj^ital of French Flanders, which capitulated to Louis XIVin 1667; Arras, the caj^ital of Artois, famed for its tapestry; Sedan,with its battle-field of 1870; Douai; Cambrai; the lovely valleys of theMoselle; and the Rhine country so delightfully described by VictorHugo. From Paris on the Seine we pass southeast to Fontainebleau;Moret; Sens; Dijon; Citeaux; Cluny; Lyons; Nemours; Bourges;beautiful Puy de Dome, the most conspicuous of seventy volcaniccones that rise from the high upland; Dole; Besan(;on; Nantua; Belle-garde, where the Rhone suddenly disapjiears; Chamouni and JNIontBlanc; Aix-les-Bains; Le Grande Chartreuse; Avignon, the old seatof the Pa

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