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LECH (Licus)

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LECH (Licus) , a See also:river of See also:Germany in the See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria, 177 M. See also:long, with a drainage See also:basin of 2550 sq. m. It rises in the See also:Vorarlberg See also:Alps, at an See also:altitude of 6120 ft. It winds out of the gloomy See also:limestone mountains, flows in a See also:north-north-easterly direction, and enters the plains at See also:Fussen (2580 ft.), where it forms rapids and a fall, then pursues a northerly course past See also:Augsburg, where it receives the Wertach, and joins the See also:Danube from the right just below See also:Donauworth (1330 ft.). It is not navigable, owing to its torrential See also:character and the See also:gravel beds which choke its channel. 1liore than once See also:great historic events have been decided upon its See also:banks. On the Lechfeld, a stony See also:waste some See also:miles long, between the Lech and the Wertach, the See also:emperor See also:Otto I. defeated the Hungarians in See also:August 955. See also:Tilly, in attempting to defend the passage of the stream at See also:Rain against the forces of Gustavus See also:Adolphus, was fatally wounded, on the 5th of See also:April 1632. The river was formerly the boundary between Bavaria and See also:Swabia. LE CHAMBON, or LE CHAMBON-FEUGEROLLES, a See also:town of See also:east-central See also:France in the See also:department of See also:Loire, 72 m. S.W. of St See also:Etienne by See also:rail, on the Ondaine, a tributary of the Loire. Pop. (1906) town, 7525; See also:commune, 12,011.

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Coal is See also:mined in the neighbourhood, and there are forges, See also:steel See also:works, manufactures of tools and other See also:iron goods, and See also:silk See also:mills. The feudal See also:castle of Feugerolles on a See also:hill to the See also:south-east See also:dates in See also:part from the 11th See also:century. Between Le Chambon and St Etienne is La Ricamarie (pop. of town 5289) also of importance for its coal-mines. Many of the galleries of a number of these mines are on See also:fire, probably from spontaneous See also:combustion. According to popular tradition these fires date from the See also:time of the See also:Saracens; more authentically from the 15th century. LE CHAPELIER, See also:ISAAC RENE See also:GUY (1754-1794), See also:French politician, was See also:born at See also:Rennes on the 12th of See also:June 1754, his See also:father being bdtonnier of the See also:corporation of lawyers in that town. He entered his father's profession, and had some success as an orator. In 1789 he was elected as a See also:deputy to the States See also:General by the Tiers-Etat of the senechaussee of Rennes. He adopted advanced opinions, and was one of the founders of the See also:Breton See also:Club (see JACOBIN CLUB); his See also:influence in the Constituent See also:Assembly was considerable, and on the 3rd of August 1789 he was elected its See also:president. Thus he presided over the Assembly I* during the important See also:period following the 4th of August; he took an active part in the debates, and was a leading member of the See also:committee which See also:drew up the new constitution; he further presented a See also:report on the See also:liberty of theatres and on See also:literary See also:copyright. He was also conspicuous as opposing See also:Robespierre when he proposed that members of the Constituent Assembly should not be eligible for See also:election to the proposed new Assembly. After the See also:flight of the See also:king to Varennes (2oth of June 1792), his opinions became more moderate, and on the 29th of See also:September he brought forward a See also:motion to restrict the See also:action of the clubs.

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England in 1792 made him suspect, and he was denounced on his return for conspiring with See also:foreign nations. He went into hiding, but was discovered in consequence of a pamphlet which he published to defend himself, arrested and condemned to See also:death by the Revolutionary Tribunal. He was executed at See also:Paris on the 22nd of April 1794. See A. See also:Aulard, See also:Les Orateurs de la constituante (2nd ed., Paris, 1905) ; R. Kerviler, Recherches et notices sur les deputes de la Bretagne aux etats generaux (2 vols., Rennes, 1888–1889) ; P. J. Levot, Biographie bretonne (2 vols., 1853–1857).

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