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See also:EMMERICH (the See also:ancient Embrica)
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:Rhine See also:province, on the right See also:bank of the Rhine and the railway from See also:Cologne to See also:Amsterdam, 5 M
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N.E. of See also:Cleves
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It has a considerable See also:shipping See also:trade, and manufactories of See also:tobacco and cigars, See also:chocolate, See also:margarine, oil, chemicals, brushes, See also:vinegar, See also:soap, See also:guano and See also:perfumery
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There are also See also:iron foundries and See also:machine factories
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The old See also:minster See also: In 1794 it was bombarded by the See also:French under See also:General See also:Vandamme, and in 18o6 it was assigned to the See also:grand-duchy of See also:Berg . It passed into the possession of See also:Prussia in 1815 . See A . Dederich, Annalen der Stadt Emmerich (Emmerich, 1867) . |
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