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- proper noun historical A city, located in what was historically
East Prussia and is now the Kaliningrad Oblast ofRussia ; the city is now called Polessk.
Etymologies
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Königsberg to Labiau, and from thence, by means of the Niemen and the
History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Philippe-Paul S��gur 1826
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This marshal continued it from Königsberg, by Labiau and Tente.
History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Philippe-Paul S��gur 1826
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The inconceivable slowness of Wittgenstein's march saved that marshal; the Russian general, however, overtook him at Labiau and Tente; and there, but for the efforts of Bachelu and his brigade, the valour of the Polish Colonel
History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Philippe-Paul S��gur 1826
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