Show HOW TO PRONOUNCE EM Below are given names of ot French towns rivers and sections some of at I which have already been passed In Inthe Inthe inthe the Allied offensive now under way and others which lie in the Immediate immediate immediate imme Imme- diate front fore of at the battle lines In indicating pronunciation it must be bere re remembered remembered that it is not always possible possible possible ble to supply an exact English equivalent equivalent equivalent equiv equiv- alent for tor a Latin sound but every effort effort ef ef- ef- ef fort tort has been made to bring the sound as near the French as possible Where a consonant or syllable is shown in parenthesis the enclosed sound should be dwelt upon but very lightly giving the merest indication of its presence in pronouncing the word Syllables are pronounced without accent but the longest stress Is on the last Name Pronunciation Aisne Ain Aln An Bailleul Bah yul Bapaume pome Bab-pome Brain Drain Bullecourt Cambrai Cambra I bray Cong Chauny Shoo-nee Shoo Chate Chateau u Thierry tee Chemin des Dames day dahm Coucy Couey sell Fampoux poo Fam-poo Fismes Fresnes Fresnes' Frayn Fresnoy Fray Guiscard mar Gis-mar hard G Ham An g Juvigny yhu yee La Fere Fero r fair La-fair Laon ao on La-on g Lassigny Lass Le Catelet Le Montdidier l Mon g Nesle Nail yee New-yee Noyon yon yong g Olse Oise Peronne Pay rone PIon Plon Pe Pee Pee-on on g Pont Arcy J Pong ong I Reline Reims Reema in Eng En Rans Ran in F R Roye Royo Soissons Swa son g Somme Somma St gang can g St. St Leger San thay St. St MiMel San Me-el Me St. St Quentin Sa San San-Kan tan n St. St Simon see mon see San g wa TUl-wa Toul Tout Tool Vailly 0 yee yes Vesle Valo Vale Vaux Ypres |