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HAVERHILL 



when he entered the Rifle Brigade. 



In 1823 he transferred to an Indian 



regiment, two of his brothers being 



officers in that 



country. His 



first e x p e r i - 



ence of active 



service was in 



Burma (1825- 



26), after 



which he was 



in the Afghan 



War, where he 



century, and was the object of 

 Dutch attack in the following 

 century. In 1762 it was captured 

 by the English after a lengthy 

 siege, but was restored at the peace 

 of 1763. On Feb. 15, 1898, the 

 Maine was blown up in the harbour, 

 the incident leading to the Spanish- 

 American War, during which Ha- 

 vana was blockaded by the Ameri- 

 can fleet. 



Havant. Market town and 

 urban district of Hampshire, Eng- 

 land. It stands on Langstone Har- fought in mo ^a^6s _^ ^ 

 bour, 7 m. N.E. of Portsmouth of the opera- 

 and 67 m. from London on the tions in and around Kabul. He 

 L.B. &S.C. Rly. The chief building fought against the Mahrattas and 

 is the old church of S. Faith, re- the Sikhs, and was made quarter- 

 master-general 

 and later adjutant- 

 general of the 

 troops in India. 



In 1857 Have- 

 lock held a com- 

 mand in the short 

 war against Persia, 

 and on the out- 

 break of the 

 Mutiny he was sent 

 with a force to 

 crush the muti- 

 neers. In a suc- 

 cession of fights he 

 showed great skill, 

 but he was unable 

 to relieve Cawn- 

 pore, while he only 

 got through to Lucknow when re- 

 inforced by troops under Outram. 

 He had just taken that city and 

 been knighted when he died there 

 of dysentery, Nov. 24, 1857. His 

 services were recognized by a 

 baronetcy to his son, Sir H. 

 Havelock-Allan. Havelock, a sin- 

 cere if somewhat narrow Christian, 

 belonged to the Baptist denomina- 

 tion. He wrote Memoirs of the 

 Afghan Campaign. See Memories 

 of Havelock, J. C. Marshman, 1860 ; 

 Havelock, Archibald Forbes, 1890 ; 

 The Bayard of India, W. J. Trot- 

 ter, 1903. f 



Haverfordwest 



(Welsh, Hwlf- ! 

 fordd). Municipal 

 borough and river 

 port of Pembroke- 

 shire, of which it 

 is the county town. 

 It stands on the 

 W. Cleddau river, 

 8% m. from Mil- 

 ford, and is served 

 by the G.W. Rly. 

 A county of itself, 

 it has its own lord 

 lieutenant. The 

 town proper is on 

 the west of the river, hence the west 

 added to the earlier name : on the 

 east are the suburbs of Cartlet and 

 Prendergast. The chief buildings 

 are the churches of S. Mary, S. 



Havant, Hampshire. East Street and the shopping 

 centre of the town 



stored in the 19th century, but with 

 some Early English work. Near is 

 Hayling Island. The industries con- 

 sist of tanning, malting, and brew- 

 ing. Market day, Tues. Pop. 4,100. 



Havas Agency (Agence Havas). 

 French news agency. Founded in 

 1825 by Charles Havas, a journalist 

 who specialised in translations 

 from foreign newspapers, and con- 

 tinued by his son, Auguste Havas, 

 it was converted into a company 

 July 24, 1879, with a capital of 

 8,500,000 francs, M. Favier being 

 its first president and M. Lebey its 

 director. 



Havel. River of N. Germany. 

 Originating in a lake near Neu- 

 Strelitz in Mecklenburg-Strelitz, it 

 flows S.E. and S. to Spandau, 

 where it is joined by the Spree, and 

 Potsdam, turning thence roughly 

 W. to Brandenburg and N.W. to 

 its junction with the Elbe, near the 

 point where the latter river makes 

 its final bend N.W. towards Ham- 

 burg and the North Sea. Navig- 

 able as far as Fiirstenburg, 30 m. 

 from its source, the Havel is im- 

 portant in the waterways system 

 of N. Germany. See Brandenburg. 



Havelock, SIR HENRY (1795- 

 1857). British soldier. The son of 

 William Havelock, a shipbuilder, 

 he was born at Sunderland, April 

 5, 1795. Educated at Charterhouse 

 School, he studied law until 1815, 



Martin, and S. Thomas. An old 

 building is now used for the fish 

 market. Two bridges cross the 

 river. The dominating feature of 

 the town is the keep of the castle, 

 built by one of the Clares in the 

 1 2th century. There are remains 

 of an Augustinian priory. There is 

 a trade by river in coal and agri- 

 cultural and other produce. 



Haverfordwest was settled by 

 the Flemings in the 12th century. 

 It obtained various privileges, and 

 in 1485 it became a corporate 

 town. Its rights as a county date 

 from 1536. A stronghold of the 

 English, it was several times at- 

 tacked by the Welsh. After the 

 pacification of Wales it became a 

 flourishing port and remained so 

 until supplanted by Milford. Mar- 

 ket day, Sat. Pop. 5,900. 



Havergal, FRANCES RIDLEY 

 (1836-79). British poet and hymn- 

 writer. Born at Astley, Worcester- 

 shire, Dec. 14, 

 1836, daughter 

 of the Rev. 

 William Henry 

 Havergal, 

 writer of sacred 

 music, she be- 

 gan to write 

 verse at the age 

 of seven. She 



is chiefly remembered as a writer of 

 hymns, one being Take my life, 

 and let it be. An edition of her 

 complete poetical works appeared 

 in 1884. She died June 3, 1879. 



Haver hill. Market town and 

 urban district of Suffolk. It is 16 

 m. from Cambridge on the G.E. 

 Rly. and 55 from London. It is 

 the terminus of the Colne Valley 

 line. The chief building is the 

 restored church of S. Mary. The 

 industries include the making of 

 cloth, boots, and bricks, and there 



Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. The town and castle 



is a trade in agricultural produce. 

 Market day, Friday. Pop. 4,750. 



Haverhill. City of Massachu- 

 setts, U.S.A., in Essex co. It stands 

 on the Merrimac river at the head 



