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Escaut

American  
[es-koh] / ɛsˈkoʊ /

noun

  1. French name of Scheldt.


Escaut British  
/ ɛsko /

noun

  1. the French name for the Scheldt

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They went virtually intact, and without pressure, toward positions along the Escaut River in front of Ghent, Lille, Lens.

From Time Magazine Archive

On Nov. 3 the 37th had completed its mission in dividing the enemy across the Escaut River and firmly established itself along the east bank included in the division zone of action.

From Our Army at the Front by Broun, Heywood

On November 3d the Thirty-seventh had completed its mission in dividing the enemy across the Escaut River and firmly established itself along the east bank included in the division zone of action.

From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by March, Francis Andrew

The British crossed the Escaut canal and the Canadians penetrated some of the environs of Cambrai.

From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by March, Francis Andrew

"The dread of some disaster which would ruin a large portion of the departments of the Lys and of the Escaut kept the inhabitants constantly in a state of frightful anxiety."

From The Modern Regime, Volume 1 by Durand, John