Canrobert
Americannoun
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The two guests of honor, General Canrobert Pereira da Costa, Brazil's war minister, and Lieut.
From Time Magazine Archive
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For whatever good it might do, Adhemar was careful to drop in on War Minister Canrobert Pereira da Costa and Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes, both presidential possibilities themselves.
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He was back again at Ban-Saint-Martin on the afternoon of the 24th, when Marshal Canrobert and General Bourbaki were summoned to headquarters to meet him and the Luxembourg surgeons were assembled.
From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Forbes, Archibald
When Marshal Canrobert went over the battlefield, he asked where the young officer was who belonged to the Foreign Legion, and who had fought so bravely.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Newnes, George
They forget the example of Canrobert and Pellisier, in the Crimea.
From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count
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