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By England's Aid
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Title: By England's Aid
Author: G. A. Henty
Release Date: August, 2005 [EBook #8679] [This file was first posted on July 31, 2003]
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Language: English
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By England's Aid
Or, Or, the Freeing of the Netherlands, 1585-1604
BY
G. A. HENTY
[Illustration: GEOFFREY AND LIONEL SAVE FRANCIS VERE'S LIFE]
PREFACE.
In my preface to By Pike and Dyke I promised in a future story to deal with the closing events of the War of Independence in Holland. The period over which that war extended was so long, and the inc