HAIG OF BEMERSYDE

(DOUGLAS HAIG), iST EARL (1861), s. of John Haig of Cameron Bridge, Fife: educated Olifton and Brasenose, Oxford (hon. fellow, 1915); joined 7th Hu ars 1885; served in Sudan and §. African War: _ inspector-general cavalry, India 1903-6; ' general 1904 for distinguished service; irector of military training 1906-7; director of staff duties at army headquarters 1907-9; chief of staff, India 1909-12; general officer commanding, Alders hot 1912-14. At the outbreak of the World _ War was placed in command of the Ist _ Army, which held the right of the Brit. - line from the eastern suburbs of Mons to the little town of Binche, and contained six battalions of the Guards. At the _ battle of the Marne his army, after a _ hard struggle, dislodged the enemy at La Trétoire, and made large captures of _ guns and prisoners. During first battle - of Ypres he rendered distinguished services, and on Dec. 15, 1915, succeeded Viscount French as commander-in-chief of the Brit. forces in France. Much of ' the succe of the Allies was due to his uniformly friendly relations with the _ French, and to his ready acceptance of - an Allied command with Foch as generali imo. Made field-marshal on Jan. 1, 1917, and Knight of the Thistle in July. _ After brilliant advance of Aug. 1918, was - awarded the military medal from France. _Appointed March 1919, field-marshal _ commanding-in-chief the forces in Great Britain. Received Order of Merit June 1919, and in Aug. of the same year ‘an earldom, the sum of $500,000 and the thanks of Parliament. LORD (1726-92), Scot. historian; author of The Annals of Scotland 1776-79; Antiquities of the Christian Church 1783; and other works. suspended in the air, are carried upward by air-currents there is a consequent fall in their temperature, and this may be so reat as to cause them to freeze. While h’s so formed are small they may still be carried upward, and more water will condense upon them until they are so large that they fall to the earth. N., 109° 45’ E.), island in province of Kwang-tung, extreme S. of China, lying between China Sea and Gulf of Tongking; extending c. 150 by c. 100 miles; capital, Kiung-chow (with port Hoihow). Island is almost entirely agrisultural; centre and 8S. are mountainous, and earthquakes and typhoons occur: there are good harbours; exports include — rice, and sugar. Pop. c. 2,500,« EAINAUT, HAINAULT (50° 30’ N.3 4°.), province, Belgium: surface generally level; traversed by the Sambre, Scheldt, Dender, and Haine; rich coal-fields; fertile soil; agriculture and mining chief pursuit of inhabitants; capital, Mons. Area, 1437 sq. miles. Pop. 1921, 1,231,720.