ORLEANS, RAVENNA and MARIGNANO. More isolated but immor tal incidents, for example the battles of Chalons, Tours and Hastings, and the siege of Constantinople, 1453, have also in dividual treatment.
The history of the various countries will be found under their respective names with the following exceptions: the history of England is under the title ENGLISH HISTORY ; the history of Ire land is to be found under IRELAND until the date 1921, but after wards under IRELAND, NOPTHERN, and IRISH FREE STATE; the post-war history of "Iraq" is given under that title : for earlier his tory see MESOPOTAMIA. There is also a comprehensive article under the title of each continent. There are separate articles on all the British colonies and dominions as well as a long general article BRITISH EMPIRE. The article SOUTH AFRICA, UNION OF, contains the complete history of the territory embraced by the Union ; but there are also separate articles on its component parts, e.g., CAPE COLONY, NATAL, TRANSVAAL, etc. The officially recog nized names Nyasaland and French Equatorial Africa, are used in this edition in place of the older names British Central Africa and French Congo.
The events of the World War and its consequent problems are dealt with in such articles as SERBIA and DIMITRrEVIC, which discuss the Serajevo murder; WORLD WAR; EUROPE; PARIS,