Longwy, a small town and fortress in the extreme north of the French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, 18 miles WSW. of Luxemburg. The fortress capitulated to the Prussians in 1792, 1815, and 1871. Pop. 5605.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 713
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