Le Cateau

British  

/ lə kato /

noun

1. a town in NE France: site (August 26, 1914) of the largest British battle since Waterloo, which led to the disruption of the German attack on the Allies. Pop: 7460 (1999)

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Example Sentences

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

That same day one Division of the Third Army Corps was brought hurriedly up by train to Le Cateau.

From The Irish at the Front by MacDonagh, Michael

Thanks to the resistance still maintained by the XXIIIrd Corps on the north, the XXIInd was enabled to retire unmolested on Le Cateau.

From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count

It was further distinguished in the European War at Gheluvelt, Le Cateau, and the second battle of Ypres.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various