Libau
Americannoun
noun
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At the end of ten years spent in business houses in Koenigsberg, Frankfort and Amsterdam, I was offered a partnership at Libau in Russia.
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The offer was made to send me on to Riga or Libau, or any port I might choose; and to facilitate my departure to my own country; but I am an Englishman, thank God, and I was not inclined to turn my back on my country's foes until I had seen the whites of their eyes and let them see mine.
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On this front the Russians had already been forced to relinquish Memel, just across the German frontier, as well as Libau.
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Hence you may expect to see Caminski's red hair back again, unless he takes ship again from Libau and tells the truth at the second attempt.
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New naval station projected at Libau.
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