[70] Prussian statesman, born at Nassau in 1757; died in 1831.
[71] Born 1803, died 1879. In 1859 he was appointed Prussian Minister of War.
[72] Molt´ka, born 1800, died 1891.
[73] In Continental countries the "great general staff" consists of a body of officers, who form the thinking and directing head of the army.
[74] These duchies now form one Prussian province between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. Through the province runs the Kaiser Wilhelm or Kiel Canal, which enables ships to pass from the North Sea to the Baltic Sea without rounding Denmark.
[75] The great battle which marked the downfall of Prussia (see page [61]).
[76] French order of merit founded by Napoleon in 1802. The emblem of the order is a five-rayed star of white enamel edged with gold, bearing on one side the image of the republic, with the inscription, République Française, and on the other side two flags, with the motto, Honneur et Patrie. It is crowned by a wreath of oak and laurel, and is hung from a red ribbon.
[77] Bo-hē´mi-a, a kingdom in the north-west of the Austrian Empire. It is almost square in shape, and is shut in by lofty mountains. It is mainly drained by the Moldau, a tributary of the Elbe.
[78] Sā´do-wa, village in Bohemia, 8 miles north-west of Königgrätz (on the Elbe).
[79] Ker´nig-grāts, town of Bohemia, on the Elbe, 65 miles east of Prague, the capital.