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Quatre Bras [kah-truh brah; French ka-truh brah] Examples noun
- a village in central Belgium, near Brussels: battle preliminary to the battle of Waterloo fought here 1815.
Examples from the Web for quatre bras Historical Examples of quatre bras
He then hurried to the support of Ney’s attack on Quatre-Bras.
Military Career of Napoleon the Great
Montgomery B. Gibbs
In the evening he ordered concentration on Nivelles, and not till the morning of the 16th did he direct movements on Quatre-Bras.
H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George
About two o’clock however he began, with Reille’s corps only, the battle of Quatre-Bras.
H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George
Napoleon however seems to have expected that Quatre-Bras would not be held by any serious force.
H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George
Ney, with 45,000 men, began an attack on the position of Wellington at Quatre-Bras.
Military Career of Napoleon the Great
Montgomery B. Gibbs
British Dictionary definitions for quatre bras Quatre Bras noun
- a village in Belgium near Brussels; site of a battle in June 1815 where Wellington defeated the French under Marshal Ney, immediately preceding the battle of Waterloo