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WILLIAM GEORGE, mander of the 32d Division in January, brigadier-general in the previous year.
He was made permanent brigadier-gen- 1918, having been appointed temporary eral in 1918. He commanded the 32d Division in three major offensives, the Marne to Vesle, the Oise-Aisne, and the Meuse-Argonne. He commanded the 7th Army Corps, as part of the Army of Occupation in Germany, from November, 1918, to April, 1919. In the latter year Staff and as director of the war plans he was assigned as assistant chief of division. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and the Croix de Guerre. He was promoted to majorgeneral in 1921. land; 10 miles W. of Amsterdam; is incipal church is the Great or St. Bavon's, canals and avenues of trees. Its princentury, one of the largest churches in Holland, and specially noted for its lofty tower and its organ (1738). Before the church stands a statue of Laurens Cosland; 10 miles W. of Amsterdam; is in- HAARLEM (här'lem), a town of Holinvention of printing. The town hall formerly the residence of the Count tersected, like most Dutch towns, with a Late Gothic basilica, built in the 15th Holland, has portraits by Fra works. The Teyler Ing and a valuable collection of HAARLEM (här'lem), town of Hol- Holland, and specially noted for its lofty HAASE and the fine arts. Though Haarlem is no longer celebrated, as in the 17th century, for its flourishing trade, it still weaves cotton, casts type, bleaches linen, and carries on an extensive trade in flowers, especially in tulips, hyacinths, and other bulbs. It was a flourishing town as early as the 12th century, when it took an important part in in the t wars between the Hollanders and West Frisians. At the close of the 15th century it was deprived of its privileges by Albert of Saxony, and it suffered severely during the revolt of the peasantry (1492). During the war of independence, it underwent a seven months' siege (1572- 1573) from the Spaniards, in which the citizens displayed the noblest heroism.
The wood of Haarlem is a favorite place for recreation; in it stands the pavilion, which contains the colonial and industrial museums and a collection of modern pictures. Pop. (1918) 75,280.