Maubeuge

[ moh-bœzh ]

noun

1. a city in N France, on the Sambre River, near the Belgian border.

Maubeuge

/ mobøʒ /

noun

1. an industrial town in N France, near the border with Belgium. Pop: 33 546 (1999)

Example Sentences

But the victory of Maubeuge nearly cost him his head, as that of Handschtten had done for his predecessor.

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The foreign soldiers met the French troops before a town called Maubeuge, and there a fierce battle was fought.

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The dividing line of these two portions may be taken as a line running through Valenciennes and Maubeuge.

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Through it passes a double line of railway coming from Maubeuge on its way to Brussels.

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I (p. 064) selected the new line from Jerlain (south-east of Valenciennes) eastwards to Maubeuge.

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