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Noun	1.	Meuse River - a European river; flows into the North Sea Meuse Belgique, Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium - a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe Holland, Kingdom of The Netherlands, Nederland, Netherlands, The Netherlands - a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level
	2.	Meuse River - an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11 Argonne, Argonne Forest, Meuse-Argonne, Meuse-Argonne operation, Meuse battle of St Mihiel, Saint-Mihiel, St Mihiel - a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France First World War, Great War, War to End War, World War 1, World War I - a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918 France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

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First Army forced the German defenders back to the Meuse River and helped end World War I as the main German railway line for the entire Western Front came under American artillery fire.

Meuse-Argonne Diary

In the small Dutch town of Maasbommel in the Netherlands, one can find a series of amphibious houses along the Meuse River. Construction firm Dura Vermeer was tasked by the government to design 'flood preventive adaptive building techniques.'

Flood-proof dwellings as possible solution, inspiration to typhoon-prone PH

The last French soldier to be killed in action also knew peace was at hand, but Augustin Trebuchon, 40, a messenger, obeyed orders to join in a charge across the Meuse river in thick fog and died at 10.45am.

Shot dead at 10.59am... one minute before end of war

Two cars from the passenger train derailed when it rear-ended the freight train around 11pm on Sunday in Hermalle-Sous-Huy, a hamlet on the Meuse River.

Three dead in train crash; WORLD BULLETINS

At the moment, it's still rather difficult to reach the new museum, which is due to open on an island in the Meuse River on May 5.

Louvre partnership helps Belgium's Liege reinvent itself with art

Set in France, "The Lavender House in Meuse" traces the journey of Marie Durant Chagall from girlhood to adulthood; from her comfortable home in Marseille with her father and sister to the Front where she pursues her need for independence and service as a young woman; and finally to an inherited, rather isolated, country home by the Meuse River (surrounded by soothing lavender fields) where she seeks to heal, through solitude and nature, from trauma suffered in a bomb attack on her medical facility at The Front.

Green Darner Press Announces Plan for October Release of WWI Nurse's Trauma Memoir "The Lavender House in Meuse" by Gail Noble-Sanderson

Starting from a point 225 metres above sea level, and dropping more than 100 metres over the Meuse river and valley deep below, it shoots thrill-seekers horizontally on a wire at average speeds of around 100 kilometres per hour.

7 Things to do in the Ardennes; There's much more to the Ardennes region than just the pate, writes CONRAD COX

The invasion of Dutch territory seemed necessary, because any German advance north of the Ardennes would run into the narrow gorge of the Meuse River valley, which was blocked by the fortress city of Liege.

World War I: the opening gambit