"Aix-la-chapelle" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Daniel came to Aix-la-Chapelle and the region of Liege, Louvain, and Malines. From there he wandered on foot to Ghent ...
— The Goose Man • Jacob Wassermann
... laid as long ago as 1848, by Werner Siemens, who, in the autumn of that year, deposited a subterranean cable between Berlin and Frankfort-on-the-Main. Next year a second cable was laid from the Capital to Cologne, Aix-la-Chapelle, and Verviers. ...
— Heroes of the Telegraph • J. Munro
... at Aix-la-Chapelle in the north of Belgium, within a few miles of the Dutch frontier. It was under the command of General von Kluck. He was a veteran of both the Austrian and Franco-Prussian Wars, and was regarded as an able infantry leader. His part was to enter Belgium at its northern triangle, ...
— The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) - History of the European War from Official Sources • Various
... Bismarck was 20, he served several months at Aix-la-Chapelle, in court work, then was transferred to Potsdam, to ...
— Blood and Iron - Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its - Founder, Bismarck • John Hubert Greusel
... Aix-la-Chapelle—alas! What did we care for the tomb of Charles the Great, and his extensive dominions, his splendour and power? We had lost something to us of much more importance—a carpet bag; not that the carpet ...
— Olla Podrida • Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)
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