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Examples
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She then said that she had made an assault, called in French/escarmouche/(skirmish), upon the town of Paris.
Jeanne d'Arc Oliphant, Mrs. 1896
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Joan answered that she had made one skirmish (escarmouche) in front of Paris.
Joan of Arc Gower, Ronald Sutherland, Lord, 1845-1916 1893
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Sometimes you stumbled upon an escarmouche, sometimes you fled from one, sometimes you drew blank.
With the Allies Richard Harding Davis 1890
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Joan answered that she had made one skirmish (_escarmouche_) in front of Paris.
Joan of Arc Ronald Sutherland Gower 1880
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She then said that she had made an assault, called in French _escarmouche_
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