Escaut
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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They went virtually intact, and without pressure, toward positions along the Escaut River in front of Ghent, Lille, Lens.
From Time Magazine Archive
To reach these objectives the Allies were obliged to cross the Sensee and the Escaut canals under infantry and artillery fire.
From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by Francis Andrew March
The British crossed the Escaut canal and the Canadians penetrated some of the environs of Cambrai.
From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by Francis Andrew March
By a clever flanking movement, troops of the Ninety-first Division captured Spitaals Bosschen, a difficult wood extending across the central part of the division sector, reached the Escaut, and penetrated into the town of Audenarde.
From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Kelly Miller
On our Divisional front the enemy was holding a line fortified by the River Escaut, the Jard Canal, and a flooded area.
From The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 by F. L. Morrison
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