Yssel
Britishnoun
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It retreated across the Yssel and by the end of February evacuated the United Provinces and entered Westphalia by way of Enschede.
From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Reginald Lane Poole
That is true; but you must remember that this is the old Rhine,—the part which was dug out, robbed of the burden of its waters by the Yssel, the Leck, and the Waal.
From Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim by Oliver Optic
The advance of the combined armies toward the frontiers became generally known: parties of Cossacks had entered the north of Holland in November, and were scouring the country beyond the Yssel.
From Holland The History of the Netherlands by Thomas Colley Grattan
There were no signs of "Wilhelmina," and my heart felt light as we went through a great lock into the Geldern Yssel, which would bear us to Holland's most beautiful province, Gelderland.
From The Chauffeur and the Chaperon by Karl Anderson
At seven a.m. we crossed over a lake near Yssel; the wind then again pushed us in a new direction, nearly at right angles with that which we were taking before.
From Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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