Maubeuge

[ moh-bœzh ]

/ moʊˈbœʒ /

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

Example sentences from the Web for maubeuge

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

Napoleon's Marshals |R. P. Dunn-Pattison
I (p. 064) selected the new line from Jerlain (south-east of Valenciennes) eastwards to Maubeuge.

1914 |John French, Viscount of Ypres
That was the day on which the Germans attempted to drive the British into Maubeuge.

A General Sketch of the European War |Hilaire Belloc
The guns which the Germans used in the siege of Maubeuge were smaller than those which battered down Namur.

The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) |James Edward Parrott

His task was to hold back the enemy until the British right had arrived at the Maubeuge position.

The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) |James Edward Parrott

Maubeuge

/ (French mobøʒ) /

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