Sambre
Americannoun
noun
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The car was traced three weeks later to the suspect's home in Pont-sur Sambre.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2022
It is thought that people in the area were fond of frying small fish from the River Sambre et Meuse and when the river froze over one year they began frying strips of potato instead.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2016
Both sides claimed the best of it but the German drive continued up the Sambre Valley and northwest toward Louvain.
From Time Magazine Archive
When German troops crossed the River Somme, 70 miles from Paris, an official press release placed them on Belgium's River Sambre, 80 miles farther away.
From Time Magazine Archive
On 23rd August, when the Battle of Nancy was raging, the avalanche fell on the line of the Sambre and Meuse, where French armies were arrayed to meet the shock.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 by James Edward Parrott
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