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Definition of Sambre

1. Noun. A river in western Europe that rises in northern France and flows generally east into Belgium where it joins the Meuse at Namur.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sambre

Literary usage of Sambre

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in M.DCC by Archibald Alison (1854)
"As it was, however, they were a second time driven over the Sambre, with the loss of ... On the 10th May, the French army on the Sambre crossed that river, ..."

2. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1866)
"To take Landrecies, when in possession of Valenciennes, Condé, and Le Quesnoy, was a puerile conceit ; to cover the communications towards the Sambre was ..."

3. Memoirs of the History of France During the Reign of Napoleon by Napoleon, Gaspard Gourgaud, Charles Jean Tristan Montholon (1823)
"V. The Army of the Sambre and Meuse reaches the Mein on the 12th of July. ... Prince Charles's manoeuvre against the Army of Sambre and Meuse ; battle of ..."

4. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers (1840)
"He once more crossed the Sambre, a few days afterwards, ... Coburg, apprized of Jourdan's new operations, at length approached the Sambre. ..."

5. Memoirs of the History of France During the Reign of Napoleon by Napoleon, Gaspard Gourgaud, Charles-Tristan Montholon (1823)
"SUMMARY OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE ARMIES OF THE Sambre AND MEUSE AND RHINE, ... Prince Charles's manoeuvre against the Army of Sambre and Meuse ; battle of ..."

6. The German Terror in France: An Historical Record by Arnold Joseph Toynbee (1917)
"In these twenty communes—which include neither Charleroi itself nor Montigny-sur-Sambre nor Tamines (which lies just within the Province of Namur)— 2221 ..."

7. An Inland Voyage and Travels with a Donkey by Robert Louis Stevenson, Gilbert Sykes Blakely (1911)
"The young moon outside shone very clearly over Pont-sur-Sambre, and down upon the ale-house where ... ON THE Sambre CANALIZED To LANDRECIES IN the morning, ..."

8. History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in M.DCC by Archibald Alison (1854)
"As it was, however, they were a second time driven over the Sambre, with the loss of ... On the 10th May, the French army on the Sambre crossed that river, ..."

9. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1866)
"To take Landrecies, when in possession of Valenciennes, Condé, and Le Quesnoy, was a puerile conceit ; to cover the communications towards the Sambre was ..."

10. Memoirs of the History of France During the Reign of Napoleon by Napoleon, Gaspard Gourgaud, Charles Jean Tristan Montholon (1823)
"V. The Army of the Sambre and Meuse reaches the Mein on the 12th of July. ... Prince Charles's manoeuvre against the Army of Sambre and Meuse ; battle of ..."

11. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers (1840)
"He once more crossed the Sambre, a few days afterwards, ... Coburg, apprized of Jourdan's new operations, at length approached the Sambre. ..."

12. Memoirs of the History of France During the Reign of Napoleon by Napoleon, Gaspard Gourgaud, Charles-Tristan Montholon (1823)
"SUMMARY OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE ARMIES OF THE Sambre AND MEUSE AND RHINE, ... Prince Charles's manoeuvre against the Army of Sambre and Meuse ; battle of ..."

13. The German Terror in France: An Historical Record by Arnold Joseph Toynbee (1917)
"In these twenty communes—which include neither Charleroi itself nor Montigny-sur-Sambre nor Tamines (which lies just within the Province of Namur)— 2221 ..."

14. An Inland Voyage and Travels with a Donkey by Robert Louis Stevenson, Gilbert Sykes Blakely (1911)
"The young moon outside shone very clearly over Pont-sur-Sambre, and down upon the ale-house where ... ON THE Sambre CANALIZED To LANDRECIES IN the morning, ..."

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