Maestricht
Britishnoun
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On a nearly similar principle I would be disposed to propose among geologists a grateful bumper in honor of the revolutionary army that besieged Maestricht.
From The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland by W. S. (William Samuel) Symonds
Meanwhile, it was decided, foolishly enough, to proceed from the difficult occupation of Belgium to the still more difficult occupation of Holland, and the siege of Maestricht was planned.
From The French Revolution by Hilaire Belloc
Overkirk, in his lines before Maestricht, was unable even to keep the field.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 by Various
Saint Amand, Bishop of Maestricht, and apostle of Flanders; 6th of February, 675.
From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) by Various
I think I shall pass through Brussels without stopping there; thence I shall go to Maestricht.
From Napoleon's Letters to Josephine by Henry Foljambe Hall
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