Quatre Bras

American  

[kah-truh brah, ka-tr^uh brah] / ˈkɑ trə ˈbrɑ, ka trə ˈbrɑ /

noun

1. a village in central Belgium, near Brussels: battle preliminary to the battle of Waterloo fought here 1815.

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Quatre Bras British  

/ katrə bra /

noun

1. a village in Belgium near Brussels; site of a battle in June 1815 where Wellington defeated the French under Marshal Ney, immediately preceding the battle of Waterloo

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Quatre Bras

Couve arrived an hour late for the start of the meeting at Quatre Bras, the modern Foreign Ministry building.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thirteen miles distant on this was Sombreffe; somewhat farther on that, Quatre Bras, both on the highway running east and west between Namur and Nivelles.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan

The Brunswickers, who had been sent forward along the road between Quatre Bras and Gemioncourt, were pushed back as to their infantry; their cavalry broke itself against a French battalion.

From Waterloo by Belloc, Hilaire

Wellington, you will remember, retreated from Quatre Bras, and afterwards won one of the greatest battles of history.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. by Parrott, James Edward

The rough sketch printed opposite will show how very long that line was, considering the nearness of the strategical point Quatre Bras, which it was his next business to occupy.

From Waterloo by Belloc, Hilaire