The same day King William took command of the German forces at Mainz, and on August 4 the army of the Crown Prince entered Alsace and defeated at Wissembourg the division of about twelve thousand men of General abel Douay, who was killed.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
When Stas told them of the creation of the world, about paradise and about the snake, the teaching proceeded fairly well, but when he related how Cain killed abel, Kali involuntarily stroked his stomach and asked quite calmly: "Did he eat him afterwards?"
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Did he know about death before he saw abel dead?
"The Maid of Maiden Lane"
Amelia E. Barr