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(37° 5 N., 0° 5’ W.),, town and port, capital « C. province; manufactures brandy, sai cloth, and linen; is center for exports: « oranges, wine, etc. Pop. 32,000. — <a e mander; born Saint Afrique. e been but a year at the military school of St. Cyr when the Franco-Pru ian war began, and he immediately took active| service, rising to the rank of captain. Following the conclusion of the struggle, he resumed his military studies, through various grades of the service until, when the World War broke out, he was chief of staff to General Joffre. Later was made Marshal of France.) He was charged with the defense of} Nancy in Sept. 1914 against the desper-| ate attempts of Crown Prince Rupp-| recht’s army to capture it and make it the gateway to Paris. The Bavarians were beaten back and Castelnau was] hailed as the ‘Savior of Nancy.’ commanded the French offensive in the} Champagne fighting, and when armistice was signed was preparing an attack on Metz in conjunction with Gen. Pershing. Three of his sons were killed in the war. 92), Fr. diplomatist and soldier: accom-| panied Mary Stewart to Scotland and used every endeavor to effect a reconciliation between the Scots queen and Elizabeth; performed brilliant military services in France: was ten years amba ador to court of ‘Queen Elizabeth, and riag. ee eet Ane @ with L (of 1 30’ E.), town, Girgenti, Sicily; sulphur} and salt mines. Pop. 13,000. _CASTIGLIONE, BALD ASS ARE|shape 1478-1529), Ital. diplomatist and thor; known as ‘the perfect courtier’; was attached to the court of Guidobaldo Mala test a, Duke of Urbino, by whom he was sent on a mi ion to Henry VII. of gland. He wrote Latin and Ital.| | of rare quality, and a prose trait, by Raphael, is in the Louvre. DETTO (1616-70), Ital. artist; painted Portraits, hist. scenes, and landscapes; y of his works are to be found in me, Genoa, Venice, Florence, and aples; the Louvre contains eight ples. old kingdom, Spain, consisting of plateau ion, and divided into provinces of Old ana; surrounded by mountain es; became kingdom, XI. cent., later united with Leon: i Aragon in 1479, - te ens | DE (1800-75), Portug. poet, ete.; blind from his sixth year; pub. Primavera, | 1822; Amor e Melancholia, 1823; A noite | 2¢ Castello, 1836; Cuimes do bardo, 1838 rose|—volumes of bucolic and romantic | Poetry. TILL and dramatist; distinguished for vers a. tility and graceful style; pub. several picturesque novels, vol’s of humorous Verse, and dramas.