I would like to see a map of Haut-Alsace-Loraine in 1918 On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Etienne Herrbach < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello Ralph, > > sorry but the Rhine River has no connection at all to Lorraine, nor > is it the northern border of Alsace. It forms the eastern border of > Alsace from Basel to Lauterbourg. Then the Rhine continues its course > northwards into Germany (Palatinate, Rhineland...). > > Etienne > > > Le 7 juil. 11 à 19:51, Ralph Taylor a écrit : > > > We need to take account of the most significant geographical > > feature, the > > gigantic Rhine River. It forms the northern border of Lorraine and the > > northern and part of the eastern borders of Alsace. The significance > > of the > > Rhine River barrier is demonstrated by the fact that Caesar's > > conquest of > > Gaul (France) was stopped there. > > > > -rt_/) > > > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >