Philippeville
Britishnoun
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Marines swarmed ashore from the cruiser, trucks carrying Senegalese troops roared up the road from Philippeville and swung up into the hills.
From Time Magazine Archive
Few areas of arid Algeria have prospered more under French rule than the heavily populated coastal zone called the Kabylia, which lies between the cities of Algiers and Philippeville.
From Time Magazine Archive
U.S. troops landed at the excellent port of Philippeville, 210 miles east of Algiers, and by the end of the second day were within 60 miles of the border of Tunisia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet there was one piece of good news from Algeria: a military patrol near Philippeville rounded up 40 uniformed men wearing S.A.O. armbands; they called themselves the "Bonaparte Commando."
From Time Magazine Archive
In ten days the 124,000 men, with their 370 guns, were massed upon the line between Maubeuge and Philippeville, immediately upon the frontier, and ready to cross it.
From Waterloo by Belloc, Hilaire
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