Le Cateau
Britishnoun
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Within days of joining the war he was captured at Caudry, near Le Cateau, on 27 August 1914 and taken to a POW camp in Giessen, north of Frankfurt.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2015
This law student from Le Cateau in the north of France saw the picture plane flat and saw it whole.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the 24th, whilst the squadrons were moving from Maubeuge to Le Cateau, the enemy advance as seen from the air looked menacing enough.
From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh
At Mons and Le Cateau we had dropped back before their onslaughts—dropped back, it is true, in obedience to orders, and in conformity with a pre-arranged plan.
From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Ernest W. Hamilton
Von Kluck's advance after the battle of Le Cateau was directed to the south-west.
From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh
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