Maestricht
Britishnoun
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I was very much pleased with Saardam and Maestricht; these two little towns are so clean and so very well kept that one envies the lot of the inhabitants.
From The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun by Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
He conducted the siege of Maestricht and commanded the left wing of the French army at the disastrous battle of Neerwinden, March, 1793, in which Belgium was reconquered by the Austrians.
From The United States and Latin America by John Holladay Latane
He tells us that they were first used in 1673 at the siege of Maestricht, where he conducted the attack, and which was captured in thirteen days after the opening of the trenches.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
His grace reviewed the troops of the States-General between Liége and Maestricht, and afterwards the English forces, under the command of General Churchill, near Bois-le-Duc.
From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by George Saintsbury
Maestricht, Hetogenbosch, Breda, Bergen-of-Zoom, and many other fortresses in the Low Countries.
From Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future by Arthur D. Hall
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