What is "elbing"

Usage examples of "elbing".

But the large forces in East Prussia and in eastern Poland were dependent on the other river systems, radiating from Königsberg and Elbing on the Frisches Haff.

This Frisches Haff, a long narrow lagoon almost cut off from the Baltic by a long sand spit, would quite obviously be the scene of extensive barge traffic from Elbing to Königsberg.

Hornblower was willing to bet that there was none between Elbing and Königsberg, for none had been necessary so far.

So far the garrison of Elbing had seen only the three British ships, and did not know of the existence of the ketches.

There we took and destroyed the - the Fried Rich, coaster, of Elbing, about two hundred tons, seven of a crew, with a cargo of rye and live pigs.

Then we caught the - the - Blitzer, also of Elbing, about one hundred tons, laden with grain.

Gentlemen as well as ladies in sports clothes came from Elbing, Königsberg, Schneidemühl, Stettin, and even from the national capital.

He forced the cities of Danzig, Dirschau, and Elbing to their knees, sent Drehergasse and Petersiliengasse up in flames.

In one of the last, written in January '45 -- as the Russian armies were approaching Elbing -- there was something about a scandalous assault of the Dusters on the Church of the Sacred Heart, where Father Wiehnke officiated.

The Russians could have told them of Angdov and Pleskov, and the Poles could have recited a very litany of woe: Riga, Kockenhusen, Mittau, Bauske, Walhof, Braunsberg, Frauenburg, Tolkemit, Elbing, Marienburg, Dirschau, Mewe, Putzig, Wörmditt, Danzig, Gurzno and the Nogat.