Canrobert

[ kahn-raw-ber ]

/ kɑ̃ rɔˈbɛr /

Fran·çois Cer·tain

[frahn-swa ser-tan] /frɑ̃ˈswa sɛrˈtɛ̃/,1809–95, French marshal.

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

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Canrobert took over the lines before the Malakoff to relieve the British.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6|Various
Canrobert grew livid, and shouted, planting his horse in the midst of us.
Sac-Au-Dos|Joris Karl Huysmans
His post was taken by Canrobert, who afterward resigned in favor of Pelissier.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson
Gen. Canrobert and more than 1000 French troops landed at Gallipoli.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

Canrobert, the successor of Arnaud in command of the French army, complimented the British, but did not act heartily with them.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan