The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war . eld is a principality belonging to,although detached from, the grand duchyof Oldenburg. It is inclosed in the Rhineprovince. Its area is 194 square miles_ andits population about 45,000. The total area of the grand duchy ofHesse, about one-third of which lies westof the Rhine, is 2,965 square miles, and itstotal population is 1,300,000. The capitalof Hesse, which is on the west bank of theRhine, is Mainz, one of the principal fort-resses of Germany. Evacuation of this territory also freesfrom German control the
The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war . eld is a principality belonging to,although detached from, the grand duchyof Oldenburg. It is inclosed in the Rhineprovince. Its area is 194 square miles_ andits population about 45,000. The total area of the grand duchy ofHesse, about one-third of which lies westof the Rhine, is 2,965 square miles, and itstotal population is 1,300,000. The capitalof Hesse, which is on the west bank of theRhine, is Mainz, one of the principal fort-resses of Germany. Evacuation of this territory also freesfrom German control the nominally inde-peiident grand duchy of Luxembourg,which, invaded by Germany at the begin-of the war, has been completely under itscontrol since that time. Of the final fate of Germany there seemslittle doubt. Each day brings the abdica-tion of another of the minor monarchs ofthe former empire. That these republicswill lie held together under a general re-publican form of government seems proba-ble. There seems no likelihood that even avestige of the absolute form of government. Y. M. C. A. Hut in Front Line Trench. HISTORY OF THE WAR 207
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