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MARC PIERRE, Militaire. He was an illustrious patron COMTE (där-zhon-son'), French of literature. In 1757 he was banished statesman; born in 1696; the younger to his estate by the machinations of son of the Marquis d'Argenson (1652- Madame Pompadour; but on her death 1721), who created the secret police and he returned to Paris, where he died in established the lettres de cachet. He be- 1764.

GULF OF SAROS TO CONSTANTINOPLE GALLIPOLI SEDD-EL-BAHR MAIDOS KILID BAHR DARDANELLES CHANAK ווווו رسا KUM KALE 1 THE DARDANELLES came war minister in 1743, at a time when the very political existence of France was imperiled, and by his vigor and lucky choice of generals changed the fortunes of the war. After the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748), he devoted himself to the impr improvement of the military system, and in 1751 established the École Carribbean Sea at the N. extremity of

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