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
The French were a day's march ahead of them when the British reached the Le Cateau position.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various
The 5th Division on the right reached from a point halfway between Le Cateau and Reumont to Troisvilles, the 15th Brigade, which was its left-hand brigade, being just east of that place.
From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Ernest W. Hamilton
It had borne the brunt of the fighting at Le Cateau, and at the Aisne it had struck what proved to be by far the most difficult crossing.
From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Ernest W. Hamilton
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