WEXFORD

(1) (52° 30’ N., 6° 35’ W.) coast county, Leinster, Ireland, with chief town of same name; area, 574,000 acres; surface generally level; highest point, Mt. Leinster; watered by Slaney and other rivers; has excellent grazing and large export of agricultural produce, butter, pigs, cattle, poultry, eggs; valuable fisheries on coast. Pop. 105,000. (2) (52° 20’ N., 6° 27’ W.) seaport, at mouth of Slaney, county town, County trade in agricultural produce; taken by Fitzstephen, 1169; stormed by Cromwell, 1649; was headquarters of the rebels, 1789. Pop. 12,000. soldier; joined the artillery, and, after holding various appointments, became _ chief of the staff to Marshal Foch at the _ end of 1914; as such he played an im_ portant part in the conduct of operations in Flanders (1914-15), on the Somme (1916), and during the 1918 campaign after Marshal Foch had been placed in supreme command of the Allied armies. In Aug. 1920 General Weygand was sent to Poland to a ist the Polish com- “manders when it appeared likely that they would be overwhelmed by the Bolshevist forces, and by his advice did much to turn the tide and bring about the victory at Warsaw. ‘ NO, Mareve or TENERIFFE (1839), _ Span. general and statesman; succe ively Captain-Gen. of the COanary Islands, Balearics, and Philippines; (aes) criticized for actions in Cuba