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Escaut

American  
[es-koh] / ɛsˈkoʊ /

noun

  1. French name of Scheldt.


Escaut British  
/ ɛsko /

noun

  1. the French name for the Scheldt

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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

On Nov. 3 the 37th had completed its mission in dividing the enemy across the Escaut River and firmly established itself along the east bank included in the division zone of action.

From Our Army at the Front by Broun, Heywood

They also blew up a bridge over the River Escaut to the north, seeming to renounce for the moment their intrusion into the country of the Waes district.

From America's War for Humanity by Russell, Thomas Herbert

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 Miller, Kelly

On November 3d the Thirty-seventh had completed its mission in dividing the enemy across the Escaut River and firmly established itself along the east bank included in the division zone of action.

From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by March, Francis Andrew