Indo-Chinese peninsula, including the Siamese, the Shan tribes, the Laos, etc

Tai-chau (ti'chou'). A city in the province of Chekiang, China, situated on the river Taichow 80 miles south-southwest of Ningpo. Taillandier (tä-yon-dyā'), René Gaspard Ernest, called Saint-René. Born at Paris, Dec. 16, 1817: died there, Feb. 24, 1879. A French scholar and littérateur, noted especially for his historical and literary writings on Germany and Ru ia: profe or in the Faculté des Lettres at Tai-ping Rebellion Paris from 1863. His works include "His to ire de la jeune Allemagne" (1849), "Allemagne et Ru ie" (1856), "Maurice de Saxe" (1865), etc. Taille bourg (täy-bör'). A village in the department of Charente-Inférieure, France, situated on the Charente 34 miles southeast of La Rochelle. Here, in 1242, Louis IX. defeated the English under Henry III. Taillefer (täy-far'). Killed at the battle of Senlac, 1066. A Norman trouvère in the invading army of William of Normandy. Before the two armies met hand to hand, a juggler or minstrel, known as Taillefer, the Cleaver of Iron, rode forth from the Norman ranks as if to defy the whole force of England in his single person. He craved and obtained the Duke's leave to strike the first blow; he rode forth singing songs of Roland and of Charlemagne - so soon had the name and exploits of the great German become the spoil of the enemy. He threw his sword into the air and caught it but he presently showed that he could use warlike weapons for other purposes than for jugglers' tricks of this kind: he pierced one English man with his lance, he struck down another with his sword, and then himself fell beneath the blows of their comrades. A bravado of this kind might serve as an omen, it might stir up the spirits of men on either side; but it could in no other way affect the fate of the battle.