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

Not only did Jack survive, he went on to fight at Ypres and Passchendaele before being wounded at the Battle of Cambrai.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2016

Lawyers say the two men in the car with Salah when he was stopped by French police early on Saturday near Cambrai are among three people in Belgian custody.

From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 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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