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SOLFERINO

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 360 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SOLFERINO , a See also:

VILLAGE

village of See also:

LOMBARDY

Lombardy, See also:

Italy, in the See also:

province of See also:

MANTUA (Ital. Mantova)

Mantua, 5 m. S.W. of See also:

SAN

San Martino della See also:

BATTAGLIA

Battaglia (a railway station 72 M. E. of See also:

Milan on the lineto See also:

Verona), situated 410 ft. above See also:

sea-level, on the See also:

south-See also:

west edge of the hills bordering the See also:

Lake of See also:

GARDA, LAKE OF (the Lacus Benacus of the Romans)

Garda on the south. Pop. (1901), 1350. It was the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of a See also:

BATTLE

battle fought on the 24th of See also:

JUNE

June 1859 between the allied Franco-Sardinian See also:

army under See also:

NAPOLEON

Napoleon III. and See also:

Victor Emanuel, and the See also:

AUSTRIAN

Austrian army commanded by See also:

Francis See also:

Joseph IL, in which, after a severe contest, the latter retired over the Mincio "(see See also:

ITALIAN

ITALIAN See also:

WARS

WARS). The battle fought by the Sardinians on the See also:

LEFT

left wing of the allied army is often called by the See also:

SEPARATE

separate See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of San Martino, from a See also:

HAMLET

hamlet near the See also:

Brescia-Verona railway, about which it was fought. From this battle, a certain shade of See also:

BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue was designated by the name of Solferino, and was very popular for some years, though now, unlike its See also:

COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion " See also:

MAGENTA

magenta," it is forgotten.

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