Ocean, through the Sambre to Antwerp and the Scheldt. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
Why, he had crossed the Sambre at every point the day before!. From Wordnik.com. [Belloc Speaks - On the Decline of the Book] Reference
The rising sun, lancing down the Sambre valley, dazzled Sharpe. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Waterloo]
Terrific night and day fighting continues on the Sambre and Meuse. From Wordnik.com. [Paris War Days Diary of an American] Reference
The great battle on the Sambre and Meuse continues with frightful slaughter on both sides. From Wordnik.com. [Paris War Days Diary of an American] Reference
• Wilfred Owen was killed in action at the Battle of the Sambre, just one week before the war ended. From Wordnik.com. [Dulce Et Decorum Est or All Wars are caused by Assholes] Reference
The enemy forced the passage of the Sambre at Charleroi, and threatened to cut the Allied centre from the left. From Wordnik.com. ["Contemptible", by "Casualty"] Reference
Every day fresh masses of men from the armed hive of France advanced towards the Sambre, now the theatre of war. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
'Twas a pretty little place near the Belgian frontier, lying on both sides of the Sambre, and which had been ceded to. From Wordnik.com. [Calvert of Strathore] Reference
Through a twenty-mile gap, they advanced from nine to twelve miles, penetrating almost to the Le Selle and Sambre rivers. From Wordnik.com. [History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico] Reference
The second route would invariably begin at the Somme and run along the plateau between the Sambre and Meuse via way of Le Cateau. From Wordnik.com. ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference
Brabançon scouts, Don John determined on a sortie in disguise, towards the intrenchments of the enemy, betwixt the Sambre and Dyle. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844] Reference
Spanish captain, in a tower of the citadel overlooking the valley of the Sambre, there was some excuse for preventing his early rest with. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844] Reference
Sambre with the Meuse, and throwing over each river a bridge of solid but graceful structure, it lay in the lap of a most fruitful valley. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862] Reference
Montigny itself, and on that night about fifty men, women, and children were placed on the bridge over the Sambre and kept there all night. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
Sambre, and their convergence on our own line of march. From Wordnik.com. [1914] Reference
Helpe, Majeure and Mineure, affluents of the Sambre, 51. From Wordnik.com. [1914] Reference
Between the Sambre and the Meuse the French, commanded by Marshal. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3] Reference
There had been heavy fighting at Tamines, on the Sambre, in which. From Wordnik.com. [1914] Reference
Drawn up on the banks of the Sambre, they await the Roman's approach. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
Boufflers, with about twelve thousand men, guarded the banks of the Sambre. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4] Reference
The Sambre rose and covered many square miles on which the harvest was green. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4] Reference
Cockerill-Sambre, which would become one of the major producers of steel in Europe. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
A corps of infantry, under General Ziethen, attempted to dispute the passage of the Sambre. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II] Reference
Namur, situated at the confluence of the Sambre and the Meuse, was one of the great fortresses of Europe. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4] Reference
The French Cavalry Corps now north of the Sambre will operate on my left front and keep touch with the Belgians. From Wordnik.com. [1914] Reference
French Departments of the Nord and the Aisne, lying approximately between the upper valleys of the Rivers Scheldt and Sambre. From Wordnik.com. [1914] Reference
Sambre, and on Monday the heads of the Allied columns should be on the line Mons -- Givet, with the cavalry on the outer flank. From Wordnik.com. [1914] Reference
In the evening they reached the town of Charleroi, on the Sambre, where the Count of Crevecoeur had determined to leave the Countess. From Wordnik.com. [Quentin Durward] Reference
These seventeen thousand men were his old soldiers, veterans of Kléber, Marceau and Hoche, soldiers of the Sambre-et-Meuse; and yet. From Wordnik.com. [The Companions of Jehu] Reference
Sambre and the Meuse was that the English subaltern was inferior to no subaltern and the English private soldier to no private soldier in. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4] Reference
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