See also:

• LECH (Licus)

LECH (Licus)  , a See also:

• RIVER

river of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany in the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• BAVARIA (Ger. Bayern)

Bavaria, 177 M. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, with a drainage See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin of 2550 sq. m . It rises in the See also:

• VORARLBERG

Vorarlberg See also:

• ALPS

Alps, at an See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of 6120 ft . It winds out of the gloomy See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone mountains, flows in a See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-north-easterly direction, and enters the plains at See also:

• FUSSEN

Fussen (2580 ft.), where it forms rapids and a fall, then pursues a northerly course past See also:

• AUGSBURG
• AUGSBURG, CONFESSION OF
• AUGSBURG, WAR OF THE LEAGUE OF

Augsburg, where it receives the Wertach, and joins the See also:

• DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube from the right just below See also:

• DONAUWORTH

Donauworth (1330 ft.) . It is not navigable, owing to its torrential See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and the See also:

• GRAVEL, or PEBBLE BEDS

gravel beds which choke its channel . 1liore than once See also:

• GREAT

great historic events have been decided upon its See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks . On the Lechfeld, a stony See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste some See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles long, between the See also:

• LECH (Licus)

Lech and the Wertach, the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• OTTO

Otto I. defeated the Hungarians in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 955 . See also:

• TILLY, JOHANN TZERCLAES, COUNT OF (1559-1632)

Tilly, in attempting to defend the passage of the stream at See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

Rain against the forces of Gustavus See also:

• ADOLPHUS, JOHN LEYCESTER (1795-1862)

Adolphus, was fatally wounded, on the 5th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1632 . The river was formerly the boundary between Bavaria and See also:

• SWABIA, SUABIA

Swabia . LE CHAMBON, or LE CHAMBON-FEUGEROLLES, a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east-central See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• LOIRE

Loire, 72 m . S.W. of St See also:

• ETIENNE, CHARLES GUILLAUME (1778-1845)

Etienne by See also:

• RAIL

rail, on the Ondaine, a tributary of the Loire . Pop . (1906) town, 7525; See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune, 12,011 .

See also:

• COAL

Coal is See also:

• MINED

mined in the neighbourhood, and there are forges, See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel See also:

• WORKS

works, manufactures of tools and other See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron goods, and See also:

• SILK

silk See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills . The feudal See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Feugerolles on a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-east See also:

• DATES

dates in See also:

• PART

part from the 11th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Between Le Chambon and St Etienne is La Ricamarie (pop. of town 5289) also of importance for its coal-mines . Many of the galleries of a number of these mines are on See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, probably from spontaneous See also:

• COMBUSTION (from the Lat. comburere, to burn up)

combustion . According to popular tradition these fires date from the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the See also:

• SARACENS

Saracens; more authentically from the 15th century . LE CHAPELIER, See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

ISAAC RENE See also:

• GUY, THOMAS (1644–1724)

GUY (1754-1794), See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French politician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• RENNES

Rennes on the 12th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1754, his See also:

• FATHER

father being bdtonnier of the See also:

• CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

corporation of lawyers in that town . He entered his father's profession, and had some success as an orator . In 1789 he was elected as a See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy to the States See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General by the Tiers-Etat of the senechaussee of Rennes . He adopted advanced opinions, and was one of the founders of the See also:

• BRETON, BRITTON
• BRETON, JULES ADOLPHE

Breton See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club (see JACOBIN CLUB); his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in the Constituent See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly was considerable, and on the 3rd of August 1789 he was elected its See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president . Thus he presided over the Assembly I* during the important See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period following the 4th of August; he took an active part in the debates, and was a leading member of the See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee which See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew up the new constitution; he further presented a See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report on the See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty of theatres and on See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• COPYRIGHT

copyright . He was also conspicuous as opposing See also:

• ROBESPIERRE, MAXIMILIEN FRANCOIS MARIE ISIDORE DE (175$-1794)

Robespierre when he proposed that members of the Constituent Assembly should not be eligible for See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election to the proposed new Assembly . After the See also:

• FLIGHT

flight of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king to Varennes (2oth of June 1792), his opinions became more moderate, and on the 29th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September he brought forward a See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion to restrict the See also:

• ACTION

action of the clubs .

This, together with a visit which he paid to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1792 made him suspect, and he was denounced on his return for conspiring with See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign nations . He went into hiding, but was discovered in consequence of a pamphlet which he published to defend himself, arrested and condemned to See also:

• DEATH

death by the Revolutionary Tribunal . He was executed at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the 22nd of April 1794 . See A . See also:

• AULARD, FRANCOIS

Aulard, See also:

• LES

Les Orateurs de la constituante (2nd ed., Paris, 1905) ; R . Kerviler, Recherches et notices sur les deputes de la Bretagne aux etats generaux (2 vols., Rennes, 1888–1889) ; P . J . Levot, Biographie bretonne (2 vols., 1853–1857) .