GERMANY. 



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active and gallant campaign against the Ger- 

 mans, but met a disastrous defeat, accom- 

 panied with the disorganization of his army, 

 at Le Mans, on the 12th of January. He was 

 one of those French generals for whose skill 

 and bravery the Germans had the highest re- 

 spect. 



GERMANY, an empire in Europe, reestab- 

 lished January 18, 1871, when William, King 

 of Prussia, formally assumed the title of " Ger- 

 man Emperor," in compliance with the joint 

 request of the governments of all the other 

 states. The Emperor "William I. was born 

 March 22, 1797. He is a son of King Frederick 

 William III. and Queen Louisa, and was mar- 



ried June 11, 1829, to Augusta, daughter of 

 the Grand-duke Charles Frederick of Saxe- 

 Weimar. The heir-apparent, Frederick Wil- 

 liam, born October 18, 1831, has the official 

 title of Crown-Prince of the German Empire 

 and Crown-Prince of Prussia. He was mar- 

 ried, January 25, 1858, to Victoria, Princess 

 Royal of Great Britain and Ireland, born No- 

 vember 21, 1840. 



The following table exhibits the area and 

 population of the states belonging to the Ger- 

 man Empire, the number of representatives 

 of every German government in the Federal 

 Council, and the number of deputies who rep- 

 resent each state in the Reichstag : 



TABLE OF RELIGIOUS STATISTICS OF GERMANY IN 1867. 



