Châlons
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Also called Châlons-sur-Marne. a city in and the capital of Marne, in NE France: defeat of Attila a.d. 451.
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Also called Châlons-sur-Saône. a city in E France, on the Saône River. 60,451.
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I expressed my astonishment that he would not wait till he got to Châlons, where he could procure one like it for the sum of twenty sous.
From A Nest of Spies by Marcel Allain
He had been among the first conscripts affected by the new law of two years' compulsory service, and had been sent to the 214th of the line, in garrison at Châlons.
From A Nest of Spies by Marcel Allain
Ministers, deputies, Luckner himself—influenced by his correspondents in the camp—wrote perpetually to Dumouriez to abandon his position and retire to Châlons.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various
I don’t believe we saw a hundred children between Paris and Châlons.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various
No less strong and dignified is the attitude of half the French Bishops, who have attached themselves to men like Darboy, Dupanloup, Landriot of Rheims, Meignan of Châlons and Ginoulhiac of Grenoble.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by Johann Joseph Ignaz von D?llinger
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