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Lahn

a river of central Germany which, after a W. course of 100 miles, 100 miles . empties into the Rhine near Lower Lahnstein.

LA HOGUE (lä hōg), a roadstead on the E. side of the peninsula of Cotentin, in the N. of France; not to be confounded with Cape La Hague. On May 19, 1692, the French fleet of 44 sail under Tourville, which Louis XIV. had collected for the purpose of invading England in support of James II., was defeated here by the combined English and Dutch fleets of 90 vessels under the Jacobite Admiral Russell. Twelve large is now the the republic, sh-Gezinan fleet n in 1912, to enforce ernment. Pop. about na), a tribe of North numbering about a illages, in New Mexico r'-), hare's-tail grass, inacee, tribe Avenen. hairy, annual, tufted flat leaves, leaves, a short vns. Found in Guernted near Saffron Walcommon in southern ts of Asia. (lä häg), the N. W. peninsula of Cotentin, over against Islands. It is 168 feet high.

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Lyceum, or Course in "Literary Correspondin 1801, caused fierce cer of Church 308. ral Germany, of 100 miles, hög), a roadstead peninsula of Coter ot to be con fleet of 44 seil andor ais XIV. had cel- 90 vessels under the Russell. Twelve larga city of H he Funjab, W. of Delh table buil greba of V Traquair the estate of 1902, Minstrelsy own ba we have ke w from beid 3, 1845. expanse by land, a ate comma or river, water lako or, in Nor ng. 160 mil British En of five the LAHORE French line-of-battle ships which took refuge in the shallow roadstead of La Hogue were destroyed, under the eyes of King Admiral Rooke. King James, by boats' crews led by LAHORE (lä-hor'), a city of Hindustan, India; capital of the Punjab, and administrative headquarters of Lahore division and district, on the left bank of the Ravi, 265 miles N. W. of Delhi; it is surrounded by a brick wall 16 feet high, high, flanked by bastions; area, 640

The most remarkable buildings acres. are the mosques of Aurengzebe, of Vizier Khan, and of Sonara; the mausoleum of , etc. In 1524 Lahore became the seat of the Mogul empire, under which it reached its greatest splenpassing into the hands of th. British it was the capital of the . Pop. about 230,000. Also Lahore division; hore division; area, 8,987 square miles; pop.

2,250,000. Also Lahore district, the central district of Lahore division; area, 3,648 square miles; pop. 1,250,000.

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