Canrobert

[ kahn-raw-ber ]

noun

1. Fran·çois Cer·tain [f, r, ah, n, -, swa, se, r, -, tan], 1809–95, French marshal.

Example Sentences

All was there: the intrepid artillery of Canrobert, smashing the shop-windows and pulverizing a newspaper stand; the nurses disemboweled upon the seats; the bootblack on the corner having his customer's leg carried away from between his hands, etc., etc.

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Marshal Canrobert's splendid animal is in the Pasteur Institute at Garches, where it is used for the production of serum.

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Count Baraguay d'Hilliers and Marshal Canrobert signified their assent to the views expressed by Vaillant.

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General Sir George Brown and a numerous staff came out with the first expedition, and the French commander-in-chief, Marshal St. Arnaud, General Canrobert, Prince Napoleon, etc, also sailed, viâ Gallipoli, where they reviewed and manoeuvred the French troops prior to their moving to Scutari, where I first saw them, and it was interesting to witness the curiosity with which some of our men eyed the French infantry, particularly the Zouaves.

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They ranged close up to Metz, and across the Moselle both above and below the place, forcing the detachments of Canrobert's Corps, which had again been ordered up from Ch�lons, to return thither.

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