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Queen Victoria ends restrictions on wartime shipping

Queen Victoria ends restrictions on wartime shipping

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM—Queen Victoria ends all export restrictions on munitions from Great Britain, opening up the market for both sides to import British gunpowder and firearms. 

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