The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c . )orts areAntwerp, Ghent, and Ostend. Previous to the outbreak of the present international conflict. Belgian Infantry on the Flrlng-llne at Tirlemont the Belgian military law (reorganized on the basis of personal servicein 1009) fixed the terms of service as fifteen months for infantry,fortress, and artillery; twenty-four months for cavalry and horse a


The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c . )orts areAntwerp, Ghent, and Ostend. Previous to the outbreak of the present international conflict. Belgian Infantry on the Flrlng-llne at Tirlemont the Belgian military law (reorganized on the basis of personal servicein 1009) fixed the terms of service as fifteen months for infantry,fortress, and artillery; twenty-four months for cavalry and horse ar-tillery, and the i)eriod of service up to thirty-six months, according tostation. The German army, invading Eelglum and the adjoining DutchProvince of Limburg, is traveling in the print of olden wars; it iswading through wheat-fields that grow deep with many waterings ofblood. No land on earth has been so jjrolifie of battle-fields; for mod-ern Belgium, the older Flanders, lies and always has lain between thegreatest nations of Europe. Partly because of its geographical loca-


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