BATTLE

(50° 55’ N., 0° 30’ E.), town, Su ex,’ England; received its present on name (in place of Senlac) from the battle East in which William I defeated Harold treated, (1066). The conqueror founded there a even Benedictine abbey in which was desurface posited Battle Abbey Roll, supposed list it. of barons who fought with William; is authenticity of the copies is disputed. gluey BATTLE CREEK, a city of Michigan, on in Calhoun co. It is on the junction of Kalamazoo River and Battle Creek, and indelible is on several important railroads. It washed is the center of an agricultural and which quarrying region. Its excellent climate leaving makes it a favorite summer resort, and against it has one of the largest sanitariums in now the world. There are many lakes in the com neighborhood. Battle Creek is an imexport. portant manufacturing city. Among its between chief industries is the making of cereal at foods which have a world-wide rep uta depends tion. There are educational institutions the and it has the division offices of the Grand Trunk Railroad. Pop. (1920), 36,164.