Auch, capital of the dep. of Gers, France, 14 m. W. of Toulouse, with a splendid cathedral perched on a hill, and accessible only by a flight of 200 steps; has a trade in wine and brandy.
Population (circa 1900) given as 12,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Aubusson, Pierre d' * Auchinleck