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Cambrai

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Cambrai (French) [kɑ̃brɛ]
n
(Placename) a town in NE France: textile industry: scene of a battle in which massed tanks were first used and broke through the German line (November, 1917). Pop.: 34 210 (1990)


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De La Charie, Les archives de la famille Beaulaincourt (Societe d'Etudes de la Province de Cambrai, 2-3) (Cambrai, 1911-1912), 1091-1100.
A The Battle of Cambrai in 1917 was the first time we had large formations of aircraft as part of the fire plan.
The new Lycee at Caudry near Cambrai in north-east France involved the most stringent design and construction ecological competition yet for a school in France.
 
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