cherbourg in English

noun
1
a seaport and naval base in Normandy, in northern France; population 42,113 (2006).

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1. Bombardons Dive Site near Caen, Deauville, Le Havre, Cherbourg, France

2. From Cherbourg to Carentan, it travels along the Route nationale 13.

3. 15 Cherbourg had a splendid harbour enclosed by a long sea wall.

4. The South Burnett Eagles defeated the Sunshine Coast Bunyas at Jack O'Chin Oval Cherbourg

5. As U.S. forces sealed off the Peninsula, the remnants of the Division fell back on Cherbourg.

6. The Great Hall with famous Bathyscaphes in the maritime museum La Cite de La Mer in Cherbourg, France

7. Chid Sentence Examples Cherbourg, its Chid harbour, lies on the northern shore between the two promontories

8. In October, she was part of the escort for the battleship HMS Revenge when she shelled Cherbourg.

9. The Great Hall with famous Bathyscaphes in the maritime museum La Cite de La Mer in Cherbourg, France

10. The French, while Acknowledging La Hougue and Cherbourg as defeats, prefer to claim Barfleur as a victory

11. The first Bruce in Britain, known as Robert de Bruis was from Brix, between Cherbourg and Valognes, in Normandy

12. She will dock in Cherbourg later on June 5 and veterans will be taken to commemorative services on June

13. On 24 December 1944, Brilliant was escorting the troopship Leopoldville when the ship was struck by a torpedo from U-486, 51⁄2 nautical miles off Cherbourg.

14. Amable: Amable may refer to: Amable Troude: Amable Gilles Troude (Cherbourg, 1 June 1762 – Brest, 1 February 1824) was a French Navy officer, hero of the Napoleonic wars

15. After seeing anchor in its harbour of Le Luxor carrying the Obelisk of Luxor in August 1833, Cherbourg welcomed the return of the remains of Napoleon to France aboard the Belle Poule.

16. According to an article in Scientific American, waves churned up by a storm at Cherbourg, France, “hurled 7,000 pound stones over [a] wall and moved 65-ton concrete blocks 60 feet.”

17. On 9 and 10 June, the port of Cherbourg was subject to 15 tonnes of German bombs, while Le Havre received 10 bombing attacks that sank 2949 GRT of escaping Allied shipping.