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 . atter isespeciallj^ important, because the road that leads from Champagnoleto Geneva traverses the chief valleys that run down into the SouthJura and thus command the southern routes. It also commands thosefrom Geneva by St. Cergnes and the Col de la Fancille and a branchroad from Jougne, running beside the river Orbe. The Fort of LesRousses, near the
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 . atter isespeciallj^ important, because the road that leads from Champagnoleto Geneva traverses the chief valleys that run down into the SouthJura and thus command the southern routes. It also commands thosefrom Geneva by St. Cergnes and the Col de la Fancille and a branchroad from Jougne, running beside the river Orbe. The Fort of LesRousses, near the foot of the Dole, serves as an advanced post toChampagnole, just as the Fort de Joux serves Pontarlier. FRANCE 249 Far more complicated is the southern part of the Jura, intersectedalso by a network of roads—the valleys of the Valouse and of theSurand cut through the plateaus west of the Ain, the chief Ain receives three tributaries from the east: the Albarine; theOignon, which drains the lake of Nantua (the town of Nantua isnoted for its silks and combs), and the Bienne, which flows from thefoot of Les Rousses by St. Claude, the industrial center of the SouthJura, noted for its toys made from the boxwood so plentiful in this. A Company of French Infantry neighborhood. Watches and spectacles are made at Morez, and gemsare cut at Septmoncel. Important railways traverse the gorges or cluses of Nantuaand Virieu and make the saying even truer than of old that the keysof the South Jura are Lyons and Gtcneva. The gorges, however, canbe turned by following the Rhone in its great bend to the south. The eastern and western faces are pierced by many transversegorges, or cluses, by which access is gained to the great centralplateau of Pontarlier. On the east side Neuchatel commands all theroutes on the west side. Besan9on is the chief military center, and,moreover, has to defend the route from Belfort down the , in medieval times, was a part of the great duchy of Bur
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