Thiers
Louis A·dolphe [lweea-dawlf], /lwi aˈdɔlf/, 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
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German troops came to the frontier, M. Thiers was menacing to ruin Swiss commercial resources with a "blocus hermetique."
The Life of Mazzini | Bolton KingGo through Lomme by Rue Thiers, leaving the church on the right (transept greatly damaged).
Ypres and the Battles of Ypres | UnknownMolé having declined the task of constructing a Ministry, the King summoned Thiers to the head of affairs.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin EmersonSee with what eagerness Thiers himself returned to this charmed capital when permitted by the last Napoleon!
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII | John LordThe frequent efforts of Thiers, Jules Favre, and other leading men to restrain the more impetuous were of little avail.
The Memoirs of General P. H. Sheridan, Complete | General Philip Henry Sheridan
British Dictionary definitions for Thiers
/ (French tjɛr) /
Louis Adolphe (lwi adɔlf). 1797–1877, French statesman and historian. After the Franco-Prussian war, he suppressed the Paris Commune and became first president of the Third Republic (1871–73). His policies made possible the paying off of the war indemnity exacted by Germany
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