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Narew

American  
[nah-ref] / ˈnɑ rɛf /

noun

  1. a river in NE Poland, flowing S and SW into the Bug River: battle 1915. 290 miles (465 km) long.


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The troops’ task was to cross the Narew River near the town of Nowogrod, in a region about two hours’ drive from the borders of Russia’s exclave of Kaliningrad and of Russian ally Belarus.

From Seattle Times May 20, 2022

It sits at the confluence of the Vistula and the Narew rivers, and is one of the longest buildings in Europe, with much of it abandoned and crumbling.

From The Guardian May 1, 2019

That job they accomplished in four days, then were switched to East Prussia for the drive down the Narew, through a line of pillboxes, to Lomza.

From Time Magazine Archive

Impeded at the Narew River after taking Plonsk and Pultusk, they were halted last week at the Bug.

From Time Magazine Archive

West of the Omulew our troops, retiring progressively toward a bridgehead on the Narew, delivered on the evening of the 17th a rearguard action of a stubborn character near the town of Mahoff.

From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 by Various

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