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- ITALIAN WAR. Sce Irary. DELA TOUR D’AUVERGNE (1611-75), marshal of France (1644); b. at Sedan; gained several brilliant victories in Thirty Years War; sided with rebels of the Fronde, 1650; but on being restored to favor in 1651, a umed command against them and their Span. allies under Condé; practically ended Civil War in 1652, defeated Condé at Arras, 1654, and won Battle of the Dunes against the Spanish, 1657. In the Dutch War which broke out in 1672, he was. left in command by Louis XIV.; failed | to outmanceuvre Montecucculi in 1673,, but won battle of Sinzheim, 1674;; again opposed to Montecucculi in 1678, } but was killed at beginning of engage- | ment. ' Gcperay fOwersmmont of the Steppes, siatic Ru ia; formerly part of Kirghiz Steppes; extends from Sea of Aral and Syr-Darya on S., to Orenburg on N.; consists largely of arid steppes studded with lakes; chief occupation, livestock rearing; population mostly Kirghiz. | Pop. 620,000. Capital, Turgai. VICH (1818-83), Ru ian novelist with Socialistic tendencies; master of the short story; works include Mesf of. Nobles, 1858; Fathers and Sons, 1861; - Virgin Soil, 1876.