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Shortly after the Peace of Ryswick ( 1697 ), the English and Germans abolished the pike and introduced ring bayonets ; and plates of them are given in Surirey de St. Remy's Mémoires d ' Artillerie, published in Paris in that year ; but owing to a military cabal they were not issued to the French infantry until 1703, using a spring-loaded locking system to prevent the bayonet from accidentally separating from the musket.
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Shortly before his accession to the throne in 1909, Albert undertook an extensive tour of the Belgian Congo, which had been annexed by Belgium in 1908 ( after having been previously owned by King Leopold II of Belgium as his personal property ), finding the area in poor condition.
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