Cambrai
Americannoun
noun
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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
The British first used hundreds of tanks at the battle of Cambrai in November 1917 - to end the deadlock of static trench warfare.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2023
A TV screen in a bar shows French President Emmanuel Macron while he addresses the nation, in Cambrai, France June 22, 2022.
From Reuters • Jun. 23, 2022
At La Pierre Saint-Martin yesterday Froome took more painful chunks out of his rivals than any Cambrai cobblestones could.
From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2015
The whole frontage covered about eight miles, and for half that distance ran along north of the Cambrai to St. Quentin railway.
From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Hamilton, Ernest W.
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