The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Dodd, Mead, 1890 |
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... French army , invented a life - arrow , to be fired from an ordinary musket . It is a stick of mahogany , shaped something like a bil- liard - cue ; the thicker end presses on the powder ; while the thinner end , loaded with lead , is ...
... French army , invented a life - arrow , to be fired from an ordinary musket . It is a stick of mahogany , shaped something like a bil- liard - cue ; the thicker end presses on the powder ; while the thinner end , loaded with lead , is ...
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... French 7,000 men . A mistake prevented a corps of the French army , under Erlon , from taking the part assigned to it in the battle , and led to Ney's encountering the Belgians and British at Quatre - Bras ( q . v . ) , instead of ...
... French 7,000 men . A mistake prevented a corps of the French army , under Erlon , from taking the part assigned to it in the battle , and led to Ney's encountering the Belgians and British at Quatre - Bras ( q . v . ) , instead of ...
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... French , and Polish refugees , in whose meetings he took an active part ; was deputed by the British workmen to carry to the French provisional government their first congratulatory address ; was in 1851 one of the founders of the ...
... French , and Polish refugees , in whose meetings he took an active part ; was deputed by the British workmen to carry to the French provisional government their first congratulatory address ; was in 1851 one of the founders of the ...
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... French centimes ; the Austrian lira or zwanziger was about the same value . The present lira Italiana , or lira nuova , of the Italian kingdom is equal to the French franc , and is divided into 100 centimes . Lissa . LIRIA , a t . of ...
... French centimes ; the Austrian lira or zwanziger was about the same value . The present lira Italiana , or lira nuova , of the Italian kingdom is equal to the French franc , and is divided into 100 centimes . Lissa . LIRIA , a t . of ...
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... French river Lisaine , which rises at the southern términation of the Vosges , flows w . of the fortress of Belfort , and enters the Savoureuse at Montbéliard . The German gen . von Werder retreated before the French under Bour- baki ...
... French river Lisaine , which rises at the southern términation of the Vosges , flows w . of the fortress of Belfort , and enters the Savoureuse at Montbéliard . The German gen . von Werder retreated before the French under Bour- baki ...
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