Le Cateau
Britishnoun
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Within days of joining the war he was captured at Caudry, near Le Cateau, on 27 August 1914 and taken to a POW camp in Giessen, north of Frankfurt.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2015
This law student from Le Cateau in the north of France saw the picture plane flat and saw it whole.
From Time Magazine Archive
The battle of Le Cateau was in the main an artillery duel, and a very unequal one at that.
From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Hamilton, Ernest W.
As early as the morning of the 23rd the Royal Flying Corps had begun to shift its quarters from Maubeuge to Le Cateau.
From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir
Von Kluck's advance after the battle of Le Cateau was directed to the south-west.
From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir
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