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...Prussia was 1,703,474 of which 980,-571 were of Polish stock. Frederick the Great added West Prussia to his kingdom, comprising Pomerania and East Prussia, in 1772 by the first partition of Poland. That province had been a part of the Polish kingdom since the treaty of Thom in 1466, when it had been acquired from the Teutonic Knights. In those three centuries West Prussia had become thoroughly Polish in population and customs. Danzig, added to the New Prussia in 1792, was up to that time a free city under Polish protection. That is the exact status which...
This plan, simple and effective, was carried out to the letter. With unrivalled skill, Sherman made a long detour, and, wholly unexpected, gained a strong foothold on Bragg's right. Thom as also advanced and took a firm stand on the foot-hills. It was then, profiting by Bragg's confusion, that Hooker made his brilliant capture of Lookout Mountain. His troops had to move painfully around the edge of the mountain from west to east, before they could so much as find a place for ascent. At last they reached a winding cart-track, and up they went, until...
...Brown, c Thom...
BILLY, THE POSTMAN.At Longwood this afternoon, there is to be an invitation tournament, singles and doubles in which Thom and Knapp of Yale; the Mansfield brothers of Longwood; Beechman of New York. Sears and Taylor will compete...