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Identifier: warineuropeitsca00john (find matches)
Title: 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
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Johnson, Rossiter, 1840-1931, ed
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, Sully and Kleinteich
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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by William the Con-queror in 1079. In the extreme west and in Yorkshire the bleakmoorlands, and in the southern counties the downs, are characteristic,as are the chalk-clifFs on the southern shore, broken by gaps andtopped with verdure. Altogether, with its mountains, rivers, valleys, lakes, moors, dales,meadows, marshes (such as the Norfolk Broads), forests, parks,chalk-cliffs, and downs, England makes a strong appeal to the loverof beautiiul scenery that possesses the additional charm of historicand legendary interest. Ancient and splendid architecture—cathe-drals, castles, old abbeys, and ancestral homes of lords and countrygentlemen, as well as picturesque inns and cottages of the lowljr—allenclosed in soft frames of trees and hedges—combine in jiroducing aseries of delightful pictures, unlike those offered by any other coun-trj^ to which the peculiar mistiness of the atmosphere gives an inde-scribable delicacy and depth of tint and color. BRITISH COMMANDERS ON LAND AND SEA
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Field Marshal Sir John French, Regarded as the Greatest Living Cavalry Commander Admiral Sir George Callaghan, of the War Staffof the Admiralty 316 THE BRITISH EMPIRE 317 London, -with its jjopulation of more than seven millions, is thelargest city in the world. Its age is lost in anti(;uity. What is knownas the Citj—the district enclosed within a wall in olden days—lies onthe north bank of the Thames, stretching between the river and Fins-bury, and from the Tower to the site of Temjjle Bar (now removed).In both size and shape it corresponds very nearly to ancient RomanLondon, and its chief thoroughfares—Cannon Street, Cheapside,Bishopsgate Street, and others—run over the sites of Roman roads.Four bridges—Blackfriars, Southwark, London, and Tower—con-nect the City with the Borough of Southwark. The Tower of Lon-

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