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The New International Encyclopædia/Bois de Vincennes

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2053273The New International Encyclopædia — Bois de Vincennes

BOIS DE VINCENNES, N′sĕn′. A park of 2250 acres on the east of Paris, formerly a hunting forest of Louis IX. A large part of the park is taken up by the Champ de Manœuvres, an infantry drill-ground, a race-course, and the polygone d'artillerie.