Canrobert
Americannoun
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The two guests of honor, General Canrobert Pereira da Costa, Brazil's war minister, and Lieut.
From Time Magazine Archive
For whatever good it might do, Adhemar was careful to drop in on War Minister Canrobert Pereira da Costa and Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes, both presidential possibilities themselves.
From Time Magazine Archive
Marshal Canrobert was to command the two latter Corps, and the Guard was to be held back as reserve.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count
Count Baraguay d'Hilliers and Marshal Canrobert signified their assent to the views expressed by Vaillant.
From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Meding, Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar
They lay passive upon the ground waiting for the French under Canrobert and Louis Napoleon to begin the attack in front, and thus divert the attention of Menzikov.
From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin
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