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One of them, a lieutenant in the 2nd West Prussian Regiment, had the kindness to conduct us to see the field of battle where the French under Jourdan defeated the Austrians in 1794.

From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Frye, Major W. E

He really had not thought of his West Prussian estate for a long time, when it suddenly occurred to him during Herr von Osternau's discourse.

From Quicksands by Streckfuss, Adolph

A Berlin wood-sawyer accomplished as much in ten days as a West Prussian from Labiau in twenty-seven days.

From Principles Of Political Economy by Lalor, John J. (John Joseph)

He must have been a very small child as he sat with his nurse in the sunny garden-corner, yonder on the West Prussian estate.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various

A far more robust figure came to the fore in Max Halbe, a West Prussian and an individuality deeply rooted in the soil of his forefathers.

From The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature by Various