Alsace

[ al-sas, -seys, al-sas, -seys; French al-zas ]

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noun

Alsace

/ alzas; ælˈsæs /

a region and former province of NE France, between the Vosges mountains and the Rhine: famous for its wines. Area: 8280 sq km (3196 sq miles) Ancient nameAlsatia German nameElsass

He was to be indemnified by the acquisition of Alsace and Lorraine, which were to be conquered by the help of Prussia.

Having by clever diplomacy placed garrisons in several places in Alsace and the Palatinate, France takes part in the war.

A similar shrinkage has been displayed in the case of the protesting Alsace-Lorrainers, who returned only two deputies in 1907.

The attempt to reconcile the inhabitants of Alsace-Lorraine to their condition proved equally difficult.

There was a perfect web of them, reaching all the way from Alsace and the Forest of Argonne to the sea.

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