Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 276, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1919 — Unfortunate Arras. [ARTICLE]

Unfortunate Arras.

Arras, on the River Scarpq, was the capital of the Gallic tribe of Atrebates in the time of Caesar. Later the capital of Artois, Arras is now the chief city of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Since the fourth century Arras has been famed for its“woOTeh Cloth, and particularly for fine tapestry hangings. Arras was Invaded 1 n 1914, when her grand palace and petit palace were destroyed by bombs. The great cathedral was absolutely shattered, as well as the railway station. Not one house was left intact. Just one of the former Inhabitants, an old woman, was left there. Although it teemed with military life, beautiful Arras became a corpse—a tteafl cHy?" 1 _