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African Fighting Men – Albion

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Agnes

ST. or more. The battle lasted three hours, and was a signal victory for the English, due mainly to the archers. As many as 10,000 Frenchmen are said to have fallen. The English lost 1,600 killed.

Agricola

CNÆUS JULIUS (agrik'ō-la), Roman statesman and general, born in 37 A. D. He went to Britain in 77 A. D., strengthened the Roman power, and extended it to the Scotch Highlands.

His success made Domitian jealous of him, and he retired from public life in 84. He died in 92.

Ahab

son of Omri, seventh king of the separate kingdom of Israel. He was married to Jezebel, whose wickedness instigated him to the commission of acts of cruelty and idolatry. He was slain by an arrow in a war with the Syrians.

Ahasuerus

or AHASHVEROSH, the name of the Persian monarch whose story is recorded in the Book of Esther.

AHMED MIRZA He is probably the same king as the Artaxerxes Longimanus of the Greek historians, whose reign commenced B. c. 465.

Ajalon

said to be the modern Yâlo, a village a little to the N. of the Jaffa road, about 14 miles W. N. W. of Jerusalem; the town was rendered memorable by Joshua's victory over the five Canaanitish kings, and still more so by the extraordinary circumstance of the miraculously lengthened day.

Akenside

MARK, an English poet,

Alban

ST., the first Christian martyr in Great Britain, lived in the 3d century. After having served years as a soldier under the Emperor Diocletian, he returned to Britain, embraced Christianity, and suffered martyrdom in the great persecution of Diocletian.

Albani

MARIE EMMA (LAJEU- NESSE), a dramatic soprano and opera singer, born in 1852, at Chambly, near Montreal, Canada. After studying with Lamperti, at Milan, she made her début at Messina (1870), )), in "La Sonnambula," under the name Albani, in compliment to ALBANIA the city of Albany, where her public career began.

Alban's

ST., a small and ancient

Albi

or ALBY, the capital of the department of Tarn, France; the ancient Albiga; a stronghold of the Albigenses, to whom it gave their name. The Cathedral of St. Cecilia is chiefly of the 14th century, with Italian frescoes dating from about 1505. Pop. about 25,000.

Albion

a village of New York, the county-seat of Orleans co. It is on the New York Central, the Buffalo, Lockport and Rochester railroads and the Erie canal. It has a library, high school, court house, memorial church, and several public institutions. Its industries include a canning factory, cement works, etc. Pop. (1910) 5,016; (1920) 4,683.