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	Eagle in Iqbal's Poetry
		In India and Babylon the eagle was the symbol of fire, wind and storms, and regarded as the messenger of immortality.
		The Eagle is fiery, majestic, vigorous and robust whose kingdom is the boundless and never-ending sky, which is swift in pursuit, terrible in battle.
		Eagles are too ponderous for effective aerial pursuit but try to surprise and overwhelm their prey on the ground due to their immense sharp-sightedness.
	www.angelfire.com /poetry/i_eagle/page4.html (1389 words)

	Napoleonic Toy Soldiers by Tradition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		French Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard 1810: Mounted officer, Eagle-bearer and 2 sergeants marching.
		French Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard 1810: Officer, 2 sapeurs and 2 drummers marching.
		French Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard 1810: Officer, sergeant and 4 grenadiers marching.
	www.arquebus.com /trad_nap/trad_nap.htm (1502 words)

	Eagles : French symbols : Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon Bonaparte
		To lose an eagle would bring shame to a fighting unit, which had pledged upon the symbol's receipt to defend it to the death.
		One of the most celebrated losses of an eagle came at Waterloo, where Sergeant Charles Ewart of the Scots' Greys captured the cuckoo, as it was nicknamed, of the 45th Line Regiment.
		There are legendary tales of those guarding the eagles to have suffered numerous wounds - including mortal ones - in defending their precious possessions.
	www.napoleonguide.com /eagles.htm (328 words)

	History of the Royal Irish Rangers The Royal Irish Fusiliers
		French Marshal Victor noticed that Barossa was weakly held and thus attempted to outflank the Spanish-British army.
		A similar fate befell Laval's division and the French retreat was hastened by the charge of the 2 sqns of KGL Hussars attached to Graham's force.
		The Egyptian population were aggrieved over the British and French ownership of the Suez Canal and when rioting in Alexandria resulted in 130 European deaths, the British government despatched warships and a large force under Sir Gamet Wolseley.
	www.royalirishrangers.co.uk /irish.html (1979 words)

	Eagles of the World - baldeagleinfo.com
		Two booted eagles, the golden eagle and the wedge-tailed eagle, were persecuted mercilessly in the past for their supposed habits as stock killers.
		Researchers have determined that electrocution is the main cause of mortality among the park's eagle population and that the victims are mainly juvenile females, whose survival is critical for the recovery of the species.
		Two of the best-known species of eagles, and two that show both the depredation wrought by humans on eagle populations and the extent to which repopulation efforts can succeed, are the golden and bald eagles.
	www.baldeagleinfo.com /eagle/eagle6.html (1228 words)

	Bald Eagle Facts and Information
		America's eagles are the Bald Eagle, which is a fish eagle, and the Golden Eagle, which is a booted eagle.
		Young (immature) Bald Eagles are dark brown in color when they fledge the nest at about 12 weeks of age, and the head and tail feathers turn predominantly white in their fourth or fifth year.
		The Bateleur is a large, handsome jet fl eagle with white under the wings, rufous tail and back, gray on the shoulders, bright crimson face and legs, and a fl beak.
	www.eagles.org /all.html (600 words)

	Courtly Lives - The Significance of the Eagle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The eagle was released as the body was being cremated to symbolize the souls descent from the body to the heavens.
		Thus the eagle is thought to be the symbol of John, the baptist.
		She is depicted wearing a crown of eagle feathers and was thought to be the leader of all women who died in childbirth.
	www.angelfire.com /mi4/polcrt/SigEagle.html (899 words)

	Arms of France
		French coins in the 17th century always display the arms of France only, except those struck in Navarre itself; in the 18th century, a silver coin, the écu de Navarre of 1718-19 (struck nationwide, in spite of its name) has Quarterly France and Navarre.
		The eagle was reminiscent of Rome and Charlemagne, and strongly associated with empire, but ran the risk of confusion with the German imperial eagle, which is why a different style was adopted for the French imperial eagle.
		In 1905, during a visit of the king of Spain to France, an informal coat of arms for the French Republic was devised: Azure, a fasces on a laurel branch and an oak branch per saltire, bound by a scroll inscribed with the words "liberté égalité fraternité", all or.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/france/frarms.htm (2336 words)

	Holy Roman Empire 962-1806 (Germany) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		There was an imperial court and an imperial chancellory, but except in imperial cities like Frankfurt, the authority of the Emperor was to a great extent dependent on the cooperation of the territorial princes.
		Sometimes the same eagle is portrayed on a white field; a flag chart early in the 18th century has the yellow flag as the flag of the emperor and the white one as that of the empire, but it is uncertain as to whether this represents a real distinction.
		After 1400, the eagle became two-headed; possibly this reflected the practice of the defunct Byzantine Empire, their main competitor to the claim to being the Roman Empire.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/de_roman.html (1278 words)

	UNFREE FRENCH - Richard Vinen - Penguin Books
		It describes the fate of a French prisoner of war who was punished because he wrote a love letter to a German woman, and the fate of a French woman who gave birth to a German-fathered child as the Americans landed in Normandy.
		It asks why some gentile French people chose to risk imprisonment by wearing yellow stars and why a, very gaullist, Parisian girl was excited by the hostility of respectable French people when she pinned a German imperial eagle to her dress.
		Frequently, French policemen went to investigate gunfire or suspicious behaviour only to find that the objects of their suspicion were Frenchmen working for the German authorities.
	www.penguin.ca /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780713994964,00.html (1333 words)

	French colonialism left stamp collecting legacy
		French India would be in the Asia section, and France would be found in the section devoted to Europe.
		Many French colonies used the generic stamps just as they were issued, but some wanted stamps that identified the colony by name.
		Later French colonial key-plate stamps were developed that allowed each colony to have its own name on its stamps.
	www.linns.com /howto/refresher/french_20050718/refreshercourse.asp?uID= (1537 words)

	Imperial Eagle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An imperial eagle is also a heraldic symbol, used for example on coats of arms; such a depiction of an eagle may refer to one of the aforementioned species, or may simply be a generic stylised eagle, or other bird of prey.
		the double-headed eagle, a national heraldic symbol used by the late Byzantine Empire, the Imperial Russia and the Austrian Empire.
		In the Warhammer 40,000 universe, the Imperial Eagle is a symbol of the Imperium.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Imperial_Eagle (230 words)

	Russian Imperial Books Collection
		It displays three coats of arms laid on large Russian double-headed eagle: the center one, with a smaller Russian Imperial eagle, is flanked by the coat of arms of the Dukes of Wurttemberg (Maria's paternal family) and the coat arms of the Dukes of Holstein-Gottorp (her husband's paternal family).
		The Imperial eagle is holding a ribbon with the cross of St. Catherine Order in its beaks.
		The New Michael Palace (Novo-Michailovsky) in St. Petersburg was built in 1825 as a residence for Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich (1798-1849), the youngest son of Paul I. In 1898 the palace was converted to house the Russian Museum of Emperor Alexander III.
	www.romanovrussia.com /ImperialBooksCol.html (1704 words)

	Norman Cross
		The grandeur of the French Imperial Eagle with out-spread wings is dramatically impressive, appearing at the summit of a dignified column.
		The The Norman Cross Eagle Appeal was successfully established to raise the £30,000 necessary to replace the bronze bird and restore the memorial to these otherwise largely forgotten victims of war.
		The original monument - a cast eagle on top of a stone column - was erected in 1914 to mark the "entente cordiale" between Britain and France but was vandalised 15 years ago and the bird stolen.
	www.biffvernon.freeserve.co.uk /norman_cross.htm (1318 words)

	African Fish-Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer - Pygargue vocifère
		So it's no wonder the long-endangered eagle is one of the most popular birds throughout North America.
		With superb four-color photography and concise text, Eagles is a compelling general introduction to the natural history of eagles of the world.
		It focuses on eagles of North America and Europe, with a special emphasis on bald and golden eagles.
	www.oiseaux.net /oiseaux/accipitriformes/african.fish-eagle.html (894 words)

	Imperial College of Heraldry of The Holy Roman Empire , Heraldry in The German Empire of The First Reich .
		In an Imperial Decree by the same Emperor Leopold I, dated 4th July 1702, the spelling of the name as 'von Sponneck' was used.
		The main escutcheon shows the Imperial Eagle, as a symbol for the Imperial Title of Prince of The Holy Roman Empire, The base of the shield finally symbolises the Title of Imperial Stable Master of The Household held by the Princes of Schwarzburg.
		Claimed by Imperial Right of Possession belonging to the Kingdom of Bohemia being part of the Imperial and Royal patrimony of The Holy Roman Empire of The German Nation.
	imperialcollegeofheraldry.org /_wsn/page2.html (937 words)

	Heraldry in Tuscany
		After Mathilde left her estates to the Pope in 1115, the line of local imperial representatives was broken, and the cities of Tuscany increasingly asserted their independence, although they were racked by internal strife between partisans of the Emperor (the Ghibellines) and those of the Papacy (the Guelfs).
		Since it had been installed by imperial decision, and the succession was a matter of European politics, the question was settled by international treaty, and Tuscans had no say.
		The same shield was used, with the closed crown, but set on the breast of the Imperial double-headed eagle holding sword and scepter and surmounted with the imperial crown.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/national/tuscany.htm (2241 words)

	Tawny Eagle - Aquila rapax - Aigle ravisseur
		Tawny Eagle is similar to Steppe Eagle (aquila nipalensis), but smaller and paler.
		In South Africa, most of Tawny Eagles are reddish-brown; some of them are dark brown, with variably streaked with dark underparts.
		Habitat : Tawny Eagle prefers desert or semi-desert, steppes with sparse bushes, open savannahs and cultivated areas, from sea level to 2400 metres of elevation, and higher in migration.
	www.oiseaux.net /oiseaux/accipitriformes/tawny.eagle.html (849 words)

	The French Imperial Almanac of 1810
		The beginning of 1810 saw the French Empire at its apogee. The battle of Wagram had put an end to the Fifth Coalition against France.
		The volume of the Almanach Impérial presented here reflects the French Empire at its height. Here is the broad extent of the civil and military establishment of Napoleon's Empire. It is an important and unique source on the organization and personnel of the Empire.
		Titles granted by His Majesty the Emperor of the French, and the promotions made to Legion of Honor during the printing this Work, could not be indicated this year.
	www.napoleon-series.org /research/almanac/c_intro.html (405 words)

	Eagle Research: San Francisco Secrets
		Magnificently appointed by visiting Chinese craftsmen and opened on the fourth of July, 1993 in Chinatown, Imperial Tea Court represents the life-long commitment to the art and tradition of all aspects of tea of co-founders Grace and Roy Fong.
		This is a great place to learn about tea, to have a quiet conversation with a friend, or perhaps just to spend some time alone in special surroundings.
		I like their traditional lunch counter menu: grilled cheese sandwiches, cheeseburgers, BLTs etc. with a big plate of French fries—for about $6—and the fries are thin, salty and crispy.
	www.xeaglex.com /Page530.SanFranciscoSecrets.shtml (1160 words)

	Schutzstaffel: The SS
		It was for the purpose of campaigning for freedom for the Saarlands from French occupations.
		With the Imperial Eagle at the front with the ruling Hohenzollern family eagle in the middle the words proclaim, “With God for Kaiser and Reich!” Four important words describing the merits of the veterans of this town are seen in the four corners:
		The embroidery in the cathedral and the eagle is astounding.
	www.germaniainternational.com /veterans.html (1883 words)

	80-7 Napoleonic figure moulds Imperial Guard Massed Band 1805 - Tête de Colonne I
		French drummers of the time, unlike their British counterparts, were seasoned campaigners and often closely followed the assaults of their comrades and suffered quite considerable losses.
		The Imperiaal eagle was an almost sacred symblol to its regiment, and its loss in battleinvolved great shame and loss of morale.
		Later the number of eagles was reduced to one per regiment.
	www.princeaugust.ie /80-7/index.html (310 words)

	The nobiliary element in the Order of the Légion d’Honneur
		In 1805 a new dignity was created that of Grand Eagle of the Légion d’Honneur which was to be bestowed on French princes and which was later changed to Grand Cross.
		The face of Napoleon was replaced by that of King Henri IV on the obverse center and the eagle was replaced by 3 fleurs de lys surrounded by the motto Honneur et Patrie on the reverse.
		The original collar was made of solid gold and was composed of sixteen eagles, signifying the sixteen cohorts, separated by sixteen medallions engraved with the symbols of the principal military and civil activities of the nation, a star at the center with the letter N surrounded by a laurel leaf.
	www.maineworldnewsservice.com /caltrap/nobiliar.htm (3888 words)

	Imperial Germany, Kaiser Reich, WWI, Wilhelm I and Wilhelm II
		Obviously, the French emperor was sneaking up that handle to surprise our young hero, perhaps with intentions to steal the pillow (the German territories); however, his nefarious attempted criminal act is thwarted with fists and fury delivered by the now-wide-awake Michel.
		When the Hohenzollern Eagle in a smaller shield is seen in the middle of the national eagle’s chest this is a sure indication of royal ownership.
		The eagle-decorated ones are decorated with the national eagle and around it are the various coats of arms of the German states.
	www.germaniainternational.com /ksteins.html (2932 words)

	The State Hermitage Museum: Virtual Tour
		The display in the room concentrates on the political and artistic significance of the image of the eagle as a symbol of the Empire style.
		Banners and standards of the Russian and French armies can be seen in the room together with dress weapons, gilded bronze candelabra produced by the famous bronze artist Pierre Philippe Thomire (Paris, first quarter of the 19th century) and the Studies and Vigilance clock (Paris, 1798).
		The top of the gueridon table is decorated with the French Imperial Eagle in the laurel wreath (workshop of the Jacob-frères (brothers), Paris, c.1803).
	www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/08/hm88_3_1_1.html (205 words)

	Sharpe: Sharpe's Eagle - TV.com
		However, a large body of French cavalry appears and the men of the South Essex panic and flee across the bridge.
		As the French cavalry butcher them, Sharpe leads his Chosen Men to the rescue, unaware that Simmerson has ordered the bridge to be blown, so they are trapped on the wrong side.
		The dying Lennox urges Sharpe to avenge this insult by capturing a French imperial eagle.
	www.tv.com /sharpe/sharpes-eagle/episode/197765/summary.html (636 words)

	Empire of Atlantium - State Flags and Insignia
		The Imperial Eagle which soars in majestic solitude above the earth is a manifestation of the Empire's supra-territorial sovereignty.
		(informally known as the Imperial Tricolour or the Dawn Sky Tricolour) is the main flag of the Empire and its most historic symbol, having been adopted on 19 Quartarius 10501 (8 May 1982).
		Whenever they are in use, all other sub-state vexilla must be flown accompanied by the Imperial State Vexillum which always takes the position of precedence.
	www.atlantium.org /symbols.html (320 words)

	Ghent : Walking Tours \| Frommers.com
		Across the street is the notable French restaurant Jan Breydel.
		This small square contains a stone obelisk surmounted by a French imperial eagle, erected in 1810 to commemorate a visit by Napoleon during the French occupation.
		The entrance to this narrow street is flanked by two impressive dwellings that belonged to the powerful medieval Van der Sikkelen family: a bleak fortified 13th-century mansion on the left, and a graceful 15th-century mansion on the right, indicating that the family had lightened up with the progression of the centuries.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/ghent/3095010008.html (1416 words)

	To Delft via Archangelsk: H.T. Verhoef (1790-1865) and His Uniform Jacket
		The uniform jacket is in the model of a surtout,[4] a tail coat cut straight in the front or frac that closes over the upper body with a single row of buttons and, at midriff level, is cut away diagonally on the side towards the coat tails.
		Buttons with the Aesculapius symbol and the Imperial Eagle were worn by the officiers de santé working in the military hospitals of the imperial guard.
		A possible explanation for Verhoef’s wearing buttons actually reserved to the Imperial Guard’s officiers de santé could be that he had received his commission thanks to the personal intervention of the French Inspector General of Health, Baron Dominique Larrey (1766-1842).
	www.napoleon-series.org /military/organization/Dutch/c_dutchsurgeon.html (7071 words)

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