Quatre Bras

[ kah-truh brah; French ka-truh brah ]

/ ˈkɑ trə ˈbrɑ; French ka trə ˈbrɑ /

noun

a village in central Belgium, near Brussels: battle preliminary to the battle of Waterloo fought here 1815.

Example sentences from the Web for quatre bras

He then hurried to the support of Ney's attack on Quatre-Bras.

Military Career of Napoleon the Great |Montgomery B. Gibbs
About two o'clock however he began, with Reille's corps only, the battle of Quatre-Bras.

Battles of English History |H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George
Ney, with 45,000 men, began an attack on the position of Wellington at Quatre-Bras.

Military Career of Napoleon the Great |Montgomery B. Gibbs
Ney was therefore to beat back the foes at Quatre-Bras, and then turn to envelop the Prussians.

The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2) |John Holland Rose

Napoleon however seems to have expected that Quatre-Bras would not be held by any serious force.

Battles of English History |H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George

British Dictionary definitions for quatre bras

Quatre Bras

/ (French katrə bra) /

noun

a village in Belgium near Brussels; site of a battle in June 1815 where Wellington defeated the French under Marshal Ney, immediately preceding the battle of Waterloo

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