Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-26 | Page 1 | Verdun

VERDUN VERDUN is is a fortified town of France in m the department of Meuse on the right bank of the river river Meuse about miles direct line east northeast of Paris miles by rail It lt It was fortified by Vauban and its defenses consist of a wall with bastians and a citadel which stands on the left bank of the river river on the site of the old abbey of St. St Vannes dating from the thirteenth or fourteenth century V. V is the seat of a bishop has a fine cathedral and carries on vari various various us manufactures At the time of the theRoman theRoman theRoman Roman conquest was an important town It was conquered by Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many in m the tenth century taken possession of by Henry II II of of France 1553 and definitely became French by the treaty of Westphalia lia ha 1648 In 1871 1871 November it was taken by the Germans who thus established hecl bett r communication communication- I bet between e 1 their ir troop before re Paris It has a population of