Escaut

Example sentences from the Web for escaut

• He was soon asked about the action of the Escaut, and why it had not been reported.

  The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete |Duc de Saint-Simon

• These islands are formed in the mouth of the (Escaut) Scheldt, by the sea, or by the different branches of the Scheldt itself.

  The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. V (of 12) |Various

• The latter, after the loss of Lille, wished to defend the Escaut, without any regard to its extent of forty miles.

  The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete |Duc de Saint-Simon

• He has only seen a fat fry that he has gone from the other side of the Escaut to eat.

  Charles Baudelaire, His Life |Thophile Gautier