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Title: Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ... etc., etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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erica, and, after vainlyendeavoring to obtain a revocation ofthem, the United States, on the 3d ofJune, 1812, declared war against GreatBritain. We have related the events ofthis war in the American history of thiscentury. It was closed in December,1814. Alliance Against Napoleon. The return of Napoleon from Elbainduced the allies to make extraordi-nary efforts for his destruction. AnEnglish army was sent to the frontierof the Netherlands to unite with thePrussian army under Marshal Blucher,which was advancing on the lowerRliine, and England furnished a sub-sidy of eleven millions of pounds todefray the cost of the war. The decisiveblow was struck by the English underthe Duke of Wellington, to whose ex-ertions and skill the overthrow of Na-poleon at Waterloo was due. In the final settlement of the affairsof Europe England played a prominentpart—an influence to which the greatsacrifices and tremendous efforts shehad made to defeat Napoleon fully en-titled her. The conquests which she
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CAPTAIN DREYFUS BEFORE THE COURT-MARTIAL AT RENNES, FRANCE IN DECEMBER, 1894, HE WAS TRIED BY COURT-MARTIAL AND CONVICTED OF TREASON IN JUNE, 1899, HE WAS RETURNED FROM EXILE FOR A NEW TRIAL, WHICH RESULTED AGAIN IN CONVICTION, WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO MERCY. HE WAS IMMEDIATELY PARDONED BY PRESIDENT LOUBET

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