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Cambrai
[ kahn-bre ]
noun
- a city in N France: battles 1917, 1918.
Cambrai
/ kɑ̃brɛ /
noun
- a town in NE France: textile industry: scene of a battle in which massed tanks were first used and broke through the German line (November, 1917). Pop: 33 738 (1999)
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In the epic poem Raoul de Cambrai, things get even grittier.
From a letter written two days later to her son, we learn that Madame Viardot after all gave two concerts at Cambrai.
He went to France, followed by her prayers, and in due course took part in the famous attack on Cambrai.
There are 14 locks between Cambrai and Cond, each providing a means of passage over the river.
It is also the junction point of the main lines from Paris vi Cambrai, Hirson, and the north.
It was a meeting of the outposts of two great opposing armies, one of which was at Douai, the other at Cambrai.
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