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Title: The story of Europe and the nations at war; a graphic narrative of the nations involved in the great war, their history and former wars, their rulers and leaders, their armies and navies, their resources, the reasons for conflict and the issues at stake
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Marshall, Logan
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., International press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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e. The total peace strength of the army is given at 870,000;of the reserves at 4,430,000; the total being 5,300,000. ^ The naval force of Germany is very powerful, though con-siderably less than that of Great Britain. It comprises 19 of theenormous modern battleships, 7 cruiser battleships, and 20 of oldertype; 9 fust-class and 45 second and third-class cruisers, andnumerous smaller warships, includmg 47 torpedo boats, 141 destroy-ers and 60 submarines. RESOURCES OF RUSSIA Russia, the third of the three nations to which the war wasmost immediately due, is the most extensive consolidated empirein the world, its total area being estimated at 8,647,657 squaremiles, of which 1,852,524 are in Europe, the remainder in Asia.The population is given at about 160,000,000, of which 130,000,000are in Europe. Agriculture is the chief pursuit of this great population, thoughmanufactures are largely developing. The forests, immense inextent, cover forty-two per cent of the area and contain timber in
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