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A complete general encyclopedia of 1921 — the world as it was understood just after the Great War, from Aachen to Zwingli, across twelve volumes and six thousand pages.

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MARCOS (bots-zär'ēs), a Greek patriot, born in 1789. He was a Suliote, and and distinguished himself by his devotion to his country, ry, in defending it against the Turks. He fell in a night attack upon a body of the Turco- Albanian army, who were advancing with the view of taking Missolonghi, which he had successfully defended for a considerable time, Aug. 20, 1823. BRABANÇONNE (brab-än-sôn'), the national song of the Belgians , composed by the French M. Jenneval, and set to Jenneval, a and set to music by Campenhout. It was sung by the insurgents during the Revolution of September, 1830. Each verse of the Brabançonne ends with the refrain: "La mitraille a brise l'orange Sur l'arbre de la liberte."

It was a favorite marching and fighting song with the Belgian troops in the WORLD WAR (1914-1918). he

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