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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Haynald, Meignan, Bishop of Châlons, and the Chaldean Patriarch, insisted that mere school questions should not be decided by the Council without any necessity, and that some freedom of movement must be left to Science.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
We always met at some appointed place outside the town: he would not stay in Châlons longer than he could help, because he said the air there was bad for his delicate lungs.
From A Nest of Spies by Allain, Marcel
The route is practicable even to-day, though probably not at the prices given, and one does not go by steamboat from Châlons to Lyons, though he may from Lyons to Avignon.
From Dumas' Paris by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
On that rosy August dawn Count Saxe, with a small escort, started for the Rhine by way of Châlons.
From Francezka by Seawell, Molly Elliot
The Duke of Brunswick continued to advance, reached the high road to Châlons, crossed it, and then deployed his whole army.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various
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