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 . ^ %/«? ^^ K \ ux (r t < I I 11. BATTLE OF KONIGGRATZ, OR SADOWA. sia, was forced to pay a heavy war in-demnity. Even the little principalityof Reuss had to pay 100,000 thalers intothe fund for Prussian invalids. The states north of the Main whichhad taken up arms against Prussia werecompletely incorporated—viz., Hanover,Hesse-C^as


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 . ^ %/«? ^^ K \ ux (r t < I I 11. BATTLE OF KONIGGRATZ, OR SADOWA. sia, was forced to pay a heavy war in-demnity. Even the little principalityof Reuss had to pay 100,000 thalers intothe fund for Prussian invalids. The states north of the Main whichhad taken up arms against Prussia werecompletely incorporated—viz., Hanover,Hesse-C^assel, Nassau, Frankfort and asmall portion of Hesse-Darmstadt, asveil as Sleswick-Holstein and lyauen- organization of the German states, andformally agreed to the surrender ofVenetia to Italy, to the incorporationof Sleswick-Holstein with Prussia, andto the new arrangements made by Prus-sia in Germany. A portion of the fiftharticle of this treaty secured that, if theinhabitants of the northern districtsof Sleswick declare, by a free vote, theirdesire to be united to Denmark, they THE NEW GEEMAN EMPIRE. 16? (shall be restored accordingly; butthis was withdrawn in 1878 by secrettreaty between Austria and losing no territory to Prussia,Austria had to pay forty millions ofthale


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