Alost
Americannoun
noun
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Tough All Over Premier Joseph Stalin could ponder the news that the city fathers of Alost, Belgium had changed the postliberation name of Stalin Avenue back to the original, St. Anna.
From Time Magazine Archive
She and the Commandant both look as if something extremely agreeable had happened to them at Alost.
From A Journal of Impressions in Belgium by May Sinclair
It was at a place called Oombergen, midway between Oudenarde and Alost, that the fugitives met the Death’s-Head Hussars.
From The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 by Louis Tracy
As an instance of what the armored car accomplishes, it is recited that when the German troops sought to invade the Belgian town of Alost a detachment was sent through the streets in armored cars.
From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Kelly Miller
After wandering about some time and threatening Brussels, they seized and plundered Alost, where they established themselves; and they were soon after joined by the Walloon and German troops.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 by John Rudd
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