Comines
Americannoun
noun
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Christophe Bourgois, 29, a builder, said it was worth his while to drive to the French border town of Halluin from his Belgian home town of Comines.
From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 2022
British troops attempted to recapture their positions to the south of Ypres, simultaneously bombarding the German trenches to the north of the Comines Canal.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War by Francis Trevelyan Miller
De Comines, in a memorable passage, explains how useful it is to send ambassadors to meet one's enemies; they see so much even while they are treating.
From Naples Past and Present by Arthur H. Norway
"The French are remembered in Italy only by the graves they left there," said De Comines, and once again the Italian campaigns ended in disaster.
From The Story of Paris by Katherine Kimball
To a certain extent the mediaeval influence is still strong on Comines, though it shows itself in connection with evidences of the modern spirit.
From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury
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