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Cambrai ( US: / kæmˈbreɪ, kɒ̃ˈ -/, [ 3][ 4] French: [kɑ̃bʁɛ] ⓘ; Picard: Kimbré; Dutch: Kamerijk ), formerly Cambray[ 4] and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord department and in the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river, which is known locally as the Escaut river.
The Battle of Cambrai ( Battle of Cambrai, 1917, First Battle of Cambrai and Schlacht von Cambrai) was a British attack in the First World War, followed by the biggest German counter-attack against the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) since 1914. The town of Cambrai, in the département of Nord, in France, was an important supply centre for ...
A Thanksgiving Service attended by Canadian troops being held in the Cambrai Cathedral, October, 1918. Cambrai Cathedral ( French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Grâce de Cambrai) is a Catholic church located in Cambrai, Nord, France, and is the seat of the Archbishop of Cambrai. The cathedral was registered as a monument historique on 9 August 1906.
Le Cateau-Cambrésis ( French pronunciation: [lə kato kɑ̃bʁezi], before 1977: Le Cateau) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. [3] The term Cambrésis indicates that it lies in the county of that name which fell to the Prince-Bishop of Cambrai. Le Cateau station has rail connections to Paris, Maubeuge and Saint-Quentin .
The arrondissement of Cambrai is an arrondissement of France in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 116 communes. Its population is 162,045 (2016), and its area is 901.6 km 2 (348.1 sq mi). Composition. The communes of the arrondissement of Cambrai, and their INSEE codes, are:
Cambrai is a small town located on the eastern side of the Mount Lofty Ranges, along the River Marne. Originally named Rhine Villa, it was one of many Australian towns renamed during World War I to remove any connection with German place names and named after the Battle of Cambrai. It was located on the Sedan railway line. It served as the ...
The village lies about 14 kilometres south-west of Cambrai near the Havrincourt service area on the Autoroute A2. It is in the south-east corner of Pas-de-Calais, near to both the Nord and the Somme départements. It stands on the Upper Cretaceous plateau of the Artesian anticline, between the Somme at Péronne and the Escaut at Cambrai.
Battle of Cambrai. Battle of Cambrai may refer to one of two British World War I campaigns near the town of Cambrai, France: Battle of Cambrai (1917), a British military offensive that involved the first successful use of tanks and combined arms. Battle of Cambrai (1918), a British military offensive during the Hundred Days Offensive of World ...