Elsass-Lothringen
Britishnoun
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From this cross-road he could see the railway, where a line of freight-cars, drawn by a puffing locomotive, was passing—cars of all colours, marked on one end "Elsass-Lothringen," on the other "Alsace-Lorraine."
From Lorraine A romance by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Metz, one of the three ancient bishoprics of imperial Lorraine, now forms a part of Elsass-Lothringen, where the German Emperor reigns as emperor and not merely as King of Prussia.
From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
I can well imagine that in making the appointments to the Rhenish Governing Board in 1816 the same procedure was adopted as at the organization of Elsass-Lothringen in 1871.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle by Francke, Kuno
Alsace-Lorraine is to be literally Elsass-Lothringen to the last detail.
From The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War by Curtin, D. Thomas
A swell chance we'd have of landing the Guardian if we'd had the Elsass-Lothringen!
From White Ashes by Kennedy, Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson)
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