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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 449 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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DOULLENS , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

France, See also:

capital of an See also:

ARRONDISSEMENT (from arrondir, to make round)

arrondissement in the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

SOMME

Somme, on the Authie, 27 m. N. of See also:

AMIENS

Amiens by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1906) 4495. It has a citadel of the 15th and 16th centuries which has often served as a See also:

state See also:

PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison and is now used as a reformatory for girls. There are also a See also:

BELFRY (Mid. Eng. berfrey, through Med. Lat. berefredus, from Teut. bergfrid or bercvrit, which, according to the New Eng. Dict., is a combination of bergen, to protect, and frida, safety or peace; the word thus meaning a shelter; the change from r to 1,—

belfry of the 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century and two old churches. The town is the seat of a sub-See also:

PREFECT (prefet)

prefect and has a tribunal of first instance; it has See also:

trade in See also:

PHOSPHATES

phosphates, of which there are workings in the vicinity, and carries on See also:

cotton-See also:

SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning and the manufacture of See also:

leather, See also:

paper and See also:

SUGAR

sugar. Doullens, the See also:

ancient Dulincum, was seat of a viscountship and an important stronghold in the See also:

MIDDLE

middle ages. In 1475 it was burnt by See also:

Louis XI. for openly siding with the See also:

house of See also:

BURGUNDY

Burgundy. In 1595 it was besieged and occupied by the Spaniards, but was restored to France by the treaty of Vervins (1598).

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