Thionville (Ger. Diedenhofen), a fortified town of Lorraine, 18 miles N. of Metz by rail, an important railway centre; pop. (including garrison) 7155. Taken by Condé in 1643, it fell with Lorraine to France, but was besieged, bombarded, and taken by the Germans, 9th-25th November 1870.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 177
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