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 . ALBERT 1 King of the Belgians. Born in Brussels. April 8, 1875. Son of Philip, Count of Flanders. Succeeded His Uncle, Leopold II, December 23, 1909. Married October 2, 1900, Elizabeth, a Bavarian Duchess 094, BELGIUM 225. Belgian Lancers, with Pennons Tattered by German Shells Belgium—The Kingdom of Belgium is one of the smaller coim-tries of Europe,
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 . ALBERT 1 King of the Belgians. Born in Brussels. April 8, 1875. Son of Philip, Count of Flanders. Succeeded His Uncle, Leopold II, December 23, 1909. Married October 2, 1900, Elizabeth, a Bavarian Duchess 094, BELGIUM 225. Belgian Lancers, with Pennons Tattered by German Shells Belgium—The Kingdom of Belgium is one of the smaller coim-tries of Europe, although the most densely populated on the Conti-nent, having a pojjulation of 7,317,561 to a total area of 11,373 squaremiles, giving 636 inliabitants to a square mile. The whole countryis only 165 miles long and 120 miles wide. On the east it is boundedby Germany, on the north by the North Sea and Holland, and on thewest and south by France. Belgium is comprised of nine provinces: Antwerp, Brabant,Flanders (East and West), Liege, Limburg, Luxemburg, Namur,and Hainaut. The people of these provinces belong to two differentnationalities, the Flemish (German) and the Walloon (French),each division occupying its own part of the territory and speaking itsown language. The Flemings (people of Flanders) use a form ofthat Low German of which the Dutch is a type, the main differencebetween the Flemish and the Dutch being in the spelling. The Wal-
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