Libau
Americannoun
noun
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The Germans trapped between Memel and Riga began trying to escape from Libau, Latvia's second-largest port, and from the port of Windau farther north, under a hail of fire from Red planes.
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Large Soviet forces arrived this week in Libau and Windau, so large that Latvians feared more Red Army troops would be quartered on them than there are soldiers in the Latvian Army.
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David, his mother and a brother took a ship at Libau, Latvia.
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The circumstances of the capture were fully detailed at the trial before the Libau Prize Court on June 12, 1907.
From International Incidents for Discussion in Conversation Classes by Oppenheim, L. (Lassa)
The next morning I arose to find the papers filled with the news of the departure of the Baltic Fleet from Libau.
From The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War by Upward, Allen
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