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 . rly bought ^\^th the life of the great admiral, ended once for allNapoleons plan for invading England. The army that afterwardsubdued the Continent had been concentrated along the cliffs of Bou-logne and the descent was to be covered by a great fleet under Ville-neuve. Nelson gave chase to Villeneuve, and caught him off the Capeof Trafalgar. To the lau
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 . rly bought ^\^th the life of the great admiral, ended once for allNapoleons plan for invading England. The army that afterwardsubdued the Continent had been concentrated along the cliffs of Bou-logne and the descent was to be covered by a great fleet under Ville-neuve. Nelson gave chase to Villeneuve, and caught him off the Capeof Trafalgar. To the laurels won at sea by Nelson England added those won onland by the Duke of Wellington in the campaign in Spain as well asat Waterloo. The Victorian age, under the ministry of Peel, Russell, Palmer-ston, Disraeli, Gladstone, and Salisbury, saw a remarkable develop-ment in every department of national life. The United Kingdomexpanded into an empire. British possessions in India and Africawere extended; Hongkong was acquired; the Australian Coloniesrose to importance; a rising of the Zulus in 1879 resulted in the con-quest of Zululand; and a war with the Boers in 1899-1902 broughtabout the annexation of the Transvaal and the Orange Free 329 330 COUNTRIES INVOLVED The chief events in the reign of Edward VII (1901-10) werethe departure from traditional foreign policy in the alliance withJapan; the entente between Great Britain and France; numerous ar-bitration policies; the formation of the Union of South Africa; andthe kings strong peace policy. In 1908, on the fiftieth anniversary of Queen Victorias proclama-tion transfen-ing the government of India from the East India Com-pany to the Crown, a message from King Edward VII to the princesand peoples of India reviewed the progress made during the halfcentury and promised an extension of representative government. Inthe following year Lord JNIorley, Secretary of State for India, an-nounced a scheme for native representation in th
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