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 . ^1 1 p fT^^ pMP ^^^^^^^^ n ^ k r .-^s™! ^ ^^k » ^^KtBttK^r^f^^ ? ^^H nB« Removing the Dead After the Battle of Charleroi The personnel of the navy includes 4,128 officers, 60,153 sailors,and 35,000 workmen for the construction and repair of is provided with a reserve of 114,000 men, of whom about25,500 are serving with the fleet. In 1011 t
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 . ^1 1 p fT^^ pMP ^^^^^^^^ n ^ k r .-^s™! ^ ^^k » ^^KtBttK^r^f^^ ? ^^H nB« Removing the Dead After the Battle of Charleroi The personnel of the navy includes 4,128 officers, 60,153 sailors,and 35,000 workmen for the construction and repair of is provided with a reserve of 114,000 men, of whom about25,500 are serving with the fleet. In 1011 the French mercantile marine included 15,949 sailing-vessels, and 1,780 steamers, of 838,118 tons. Frances colonial possessions in the East are Pondicherry in India(about 196 square miles, population 276,484) ; Annam (52,100 squaremiles, population 5,554,822) ; Cambodia (45,000 square miles, popu-lation 1,634,252). Cochin China (20,000 square miles, population FRANCE 273 3,050,785) ; Tonking (46,400 square miles, poiiulation 6,119,720) ; theLaos Territory (98,000 square miles, population 640,877) ; and theterritory of Kwang Chau Wan on the coast of China, leased fromChina in 1898, which, with two islands in the bay, was placed under. French Mountain Battery the authorit}^ of the governor-general of Indo-China (190 squaremiles, i^opulation about 150,000). On the evening of August 1, 1914, following the action of Ger-many in mobilizing her army against Russia, France ordered themobilizing of her own army. On August 12 she declared war onAustria-Hungary, and two days later (August 14) her troopsentered Belgium to assist in the defense of Brussels, penetrating asfar as Gembloux, north of the Sambre.
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