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 | | The Seine, Aube, Marne, and Aisne generally flow from the eastern plateau toward Paris and the channel coast. |
 | | Due to their important river crossings, operations tended to focus on the towns of Bar sur Aube, Troyes, Arcis sur Aube, and Nogent in the south; St. Dizier, Vitry, and Châlons in the east; Reims, Laon and Soissons in the north; and Chateau Thierry, Meaux, Guignes and, of course, Paris in the west. |
 | | Soissons, a major crossing of the Aisne River on the main road between Laon and Paris, was vital to the protection of Paris from any advance south. |
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