Sambre
Americannoun
noun
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The car was traced three weeks later to the suspect's home in Pont-sur Sambre.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2022
It is thought that people in the area were fond of frying small fish from the River Sambre et Meuse and when the river froze over one year they began frying strips of potato instead.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2016
When German troops crossed the River Somme, 70 miles from Paris, an official press release placed them on Belgium's River Sambre, 80 miles farther away.
From Time Magazine Archive
A week before the Armistice, Owen was leading his company across the Sambre Canal when he was hit and killed.
From Time Magazine Archive
By Saturday evening it was in the hands of the Germans, who, after suffering great losses, crossed the Sambre.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. by James Edward Parrott
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