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Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) By: Various |
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RHEIMS AND THE BATTLES FOR ITS POSSESSION. MICHELIN & Cie CLERMONT=FERRAND. MICHELIN TYRE Co. Ltd., 81, Fulham Road, LONDON, S.W. MICHELIN TIRE Co., MILLTOWN, N.J., U.S.A. [Illustration (Ad)] You don't know what a =Good Road Map= is if you haven't used the =Michelin Map= ( Scale 1:200,000 ) (3.15 miles to the inch). On sale at Michelin stockists and booksellers. The tourist finds his way about easily =in town=, if he has a plan giving the names of the streets. He gets about with the same ease and certainty =on the road=, if he has a =Michelin map=, because it gives all the road numbers on the milestones and road signs. [Illustration (Ad)] THE BEST & CHEAPEST DETACHABLE WHEEL The Michelin Wheel is practical and strong The Michelin Wheel is simple and smart THE "TOURING CLUB DE FRANCE." If you are not a Member of the Touring Club de France join to day. By doing so, you will help France and, at the same time, yourself. (Intending Members should be introduced by two actual Members, or furnish references.) If you are already a Member of the Touring Club de France Introduce new Members. It will only cost you a little good will, and you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you have helped to augment the Association's beneficent influence. SUBSCRIPTIONS: The yearly subscription is: 6 francs for new Members of French nationality. 10 francs for new Members of other nationality, wherever their residence may be. New subscriptions paid from October 1 are valid for the following calendar year. Life subscriptions may be effected in one payment of 120 francs for persons of French nationality, or 200 francs if of other nationality. The title of "Membre Fondateur" may be acquired by the payment of 300 francs. A minimum payment of 500 francs confers the title of "Membre Bienfaiteur." THE TOURING CLUB DE FRANCE, 65, AVENUE DE LA GRANDE ARMÉE, PARIS (16). IN MEMORY OF THE MICHELIN EMPLOYEES AND WORKMEN WHO DIED GLORIOUSLY FOR THEIR COUNTRY. RHEIMS AND THE BATTLES FOR ITS POSSESSION. Published by MICHELIN & CIE Clermont Ferrand, France. Copyright by Michelin & Cie. 1919. All rights of translation, adaptation, or reproduction (in part or whole) reserved in all countries. On July 6th, 1919, the President of the French Republic conferred the =Croix de la Légion d'Honneur= on Rheims (fastening it personally on the City Arms), with the following "=citation=": " Martyred city, destroyed by an infuriated enemy, powerless to hold it. " Sublime population who, like the Municipal Authorities models of devotion to duty and despising all danger gave proof of magnificent courage, by remaining more than three years under the constant menace of the enemy's attacks, and by leaving their homes only when ordered to do so. " Inspired by the example of the heroic French maid of venerated memory, whose statue stands in the heart of the city, showed unshakeable faith in the future of France (Croix de Guerre). " [Illustration: RHEIMS, AS SEEN FROM THE GERMAN LINES ( Photograph found on a German prisoner )] =RHEIMS= =POLITICAL HISTORY= Rheims is one of the oldest towns in France, so old that legendary accounts, in an endeavour to outdo one another, carry back its foundation sometimes to 1440 B.C. after the Flood, sometimes to the siege of Troy. Lying at the intersection of the natural routes between Belgium and Burgundy, and between the Parisian basin and Lorraine, i.e. between political districts that long remained different in character, and regions having different commercial resources, it was at one and the same time the " oppidum " and market town ... Continue reading book >>
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