Cambrai

American

[kahn-bre] / kɑ̃ˈbrɛ /

noun

a city in N France: battles 1917, 1918.

Cambrai British

/ 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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The first three data centres would be at Dunkirk and near the northern cities of Cambrai and Amiens, he added.

From Barron's ● May 30, 2026

In 1508, he formed a coalition of European powers, the League of Cambrai, setting them upon the Venetians and then taking the field himself.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2024

A French farmer harvests wheat in Honnecourt-sur-Escaut, near Cambrai, France, August 9, 2016.

From Reuters ● Jul. 22, 2022

Britain's Chris Froome has lost the lead in the Tour de France to Tony Martin after the German won stage four from Seraing to Cambrai.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2015

At the end of November the number of prisoners taken in our operations southwest of Cambrai exceeded 10,500.

From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various

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