Dual Alliance

American  

noun

1. the alliance between France and Russia (1890), strengthened by a military convention (1892–93) and lasting until the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.

2. the alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary against Russia 1879–1918.

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Dual Alliance British  

noun

1. the alliance between France and Russia (1893–1917)

2. the secret Austro-German alliance against Russia (1879) later expanded to the Triple Alliance

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Example Sentences

Rumania is listed as an ally of the World War I Dual Alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary; it was not, but Bulgaria was.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus was forged the main financial link in the chain of common interests which soon after led to the Dual Alliance.

From Notes on the Diplomatic History of the Jewish Question by Wolf, Lucien

If the Dual Alliance is victorious we shall have certain compensations that to my deep conviction will be far from satisfying our national aspirations.

From The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 by Various

In short, the Dual Alliance peacefully conducted the Muscovites to Port Arthur.

From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland

The result was the "Dual Alliance" between France and Russia, which bound either country to come to the aid of the other in case of an attack by two powers at once.

From The World War and What was Behind It Or, the Story of the Map of Europe by Bénézet, Louis Paul