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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northern France south of Douai. Dating to pre-Roman times, it was a prosperous textile-manufacturing town from the 15th century to the 17th century.
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Examples
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Army now in all men's mouths because of its gallant and distinguished share in the June and July fighting on the Marne -- were to attack towards Mézières and Metz, while the British Armies struck towards St. Quentin and Cambrai -- in other words, looked onward to the final grapple with the "great fortified zone known as the Hindenburg line."
Fields of Victory Humphry Ward 1885
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The only thing I ask of his Majesty is, that the diocese of Cambrai, which is guiltless, may not suffer for the errors imputed to me.
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 1830
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The 55th division, having recovered from the severe handling they had received in the enemy reply to "Cambrai," eventually took over the line, and on February 12th the 7th marched back to Burbure, near Lillers.
The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 S. J. Wilson
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Interesting Fact written into song lyrics: "By October 1918, Cambrai had fallen" Surely the only reference to the 1918 Hundred Days Offensive by the Allied Powers, in rock music?
Archive 2010-03-01 Eeleen Lee 2010
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RIDING BY: Competitors rode past windmills during the 95. 4-mile ride fourth stage of the Tour de France between Cambrai and Reims, France, Wednesday.
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Interesting Fact written into song lyrics: "By October 1918, Cambrai had fallen" Surely the only reference to the 1918 Hundred Days Offensive by the Allied Powers, in rock music?
This Is Really Not A Love Song. Eeleen Lee 2010
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The peloton cycles past a windmill during the fourth stage of the Tour de France Wednesday between Cambrai and Reims in France.
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The Lampre rider collected his second stage win this Tour in the 95. 4-mile ride from Cambrai to the champagne capital Reims -- a mostly flat trek that was tailor-made for sprinters.
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On the evidence of today's fourth stage from Cambrai to Reims, it may be the former.
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In August of 1529, the Treaty of Cambrai, or la paix des dames as it came to be known, was hammered out.
Archive 2009-09-01 Julianne Douglas 2009
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