Sambre
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The Sambre is a river in northern France and in Wallonia, Belgium. It is a left-bank tributary of the Meuse, which it joins in the Wallonian capital Namur.
The Sambre in the centre of Namur
The Sambre at Aulne Abbey in Belgium
The Sambre in Lobbes, with a view on the Collegiate Church of Saint Ursmer
The Sambre at Flawinne (Namur)
Battle of the Sambre (1918)
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The Second Battle of the Sambre
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…fighting occurred along the river during World War I, especially at the siege of Namur in 1914 (Battle of Charleroi) and in the last month of the war Battle of the Sambre (1918). River Sambre and Canal de la Sambre à l'Oise with maps and details of places, moorings and facilities for boats, by the author of Inland Waterways of…
The scaling of the walls of Le Quesnoy by New Zealand troops; painting by George Edmund Butler