Toul

American

[tool] / tul /

noun

a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.

Toul British

/ tuːl /

noun

a town in NE France: a leading episcopal see in the Middle Ages. Pop: 16 945 (1999)

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In barracks at Toul, between a pair of Saar refugees he fell downstairs, dislocated a rib.

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One of our first stops on a tour of Phnom-Penh was Toul Sleng Prison, once a French lycee.

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At the beginning of the War he had command of the 20th Army Corps between Toul and Nancy.

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He was also made an honorary citizen of Metz, Reims, Chateau Thierry, Epernay, Toul, Sarreguemines, and the city of Luxembourg.

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Three times have I remarked a stranger amongst your people, since we were at Charleville," answered the Lord of Croy; "once it was at Besan�on, once at Toul, and the other day again at Compiegne.

From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

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