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... Scheldt , in the province of Zeeland , Holland , separated by a channel on the west is about 120 square miles , with a population of 23,000 . South B. is the most extensive and fertile , being about 25 miles in length , and from 8 to 9 ...
... Scheldt , in the province of Zeeland , Holland , separated by a channel on the west is about 120 square miles , with a population of 23,000 . South B. is the most extensive and fertile , being about 25 miles in length , and from 8 to 9 ...
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... Scheldt , and possessing the means of laying the adjacent country under water , in the event of an attack . It was taken by the Duke of Marlborough in 1711 , and recaptured by the French in the following year , to whom it was finally ...
... Scheldt , and possessing the means of laying the adjacent country under water , in the event of an attack . It was taken by the Duke of Marlborough in 1711 , and recaptured by the French in the following year , to whom it was finally ...
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... Scheldt . In the time of Cæsar , B. was inhabited by a mixed race of Germans and Celts ; it afterwards came into possession of the Franks ; and in the middle ages it formed a duchy by itself , dependent upon Lower Lorraine , with which ...
... Scheldt . In the time of Cæsar , B. was inhabited by a mixed race of Germans and Celts ; it afterwards came into possession of the Franks ; and in the middle ages it formed a duchy by itself , dependent upon Lower Lorraine , with which ...
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... Scheldt are the principal rivers ; but some of their tributaries , as the Rupel , the Dyle , the Demer , the Aa , & c . , are also very useful for internal commerce , which is further promoted by canals and railways . The climate in the ...
... Scheldt are the principal rivers ; but some of their tributaries , as the Rupel , the Dyle , the Demer , the Aa , & c . , are also very useful for internal commerce , which is further promoted by canals and railways . The climate in the ...
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... Scheldt , ' and , with equal celerity , Napoleon's ' Entrance into Am- sterdam , at the Moment when the Magistrate pre- sents him with the Keys of the City . ' In 1816 , he BREECH - LOADING , in Artillery , relates to mode of ...
... Scheldt , ' and , with equal celerity , Napoleon's ' Entrance into Am- sterdam , at the Moment when the Magistrate pre- sents him with the Keys of the City . ' In 1816 , he BREECH - LOADING , in Artillery , relates to mode of ...
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