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

At Quatre Bras and Waterloo you lost more than any other corps engaged, and the gallant Sir Thomas Picton was killed at the head of your regiment.

From Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 by VII, Edward

In case it were still impossible to seize Quatre Bras with the force at hand, Napoleon would himself move thither.

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

"So distinguished as he is!" said Egerton formally; "an officer selected for praise, even in such fields as Quatre Bras and Waterloo; a scholar, too, of the finest taste; and as an accomplished gentleman, matchless!"

From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various

Have we not all seen Brussels and Antwerp, Waterloo and Quatre Bras?

From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Lever, Charles James