dender

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Bridges were rapidly thrown over the Dender, and it was crossed early on the following morning in presence of Eugene and Marlborough, whom the animation of the great events in progress, had, in a manner, raised from the bed of sickness.

Various - Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846

The French crossed the Senne at Halle and Tabize, and the allies resolved to attack them next morning; but the enemy passed the Dender in the night with great expedition; and the duke of Marlborough next day encamped at Asche, where he was joined by prince Eugene, who had marched with a considerable reinforcement of Germans from the Moselle.

T. (Tobias) Smollett - The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. : Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II.

While active preparations were making in the Spanish camp for the execution of this scheme, and the whole attention of the enemy was directed to it, the duke made an unexpected attack upon Dendermonde, a strong town between Ghent and Antwerp, at the confluence of the Dender and the Scheldt.

Friedrich Schiller - The Works of Frederich Schiller

Arab. Om Hetehet. Amhar. Dofasa. Djenke, Bor. Bahr el Salame, Galabat, Kordofan, Bahr el Abiad, Dender, Abissinie occidentale et centrale. R. ellipsiprymna, Ogilby. Djenke, Bor. Bahr el Abiad. F. HIPPOTRAGUS, Sund. H. niger, Harris. Arab. Abou Maarif. H. nov. spec. Arab. Abou Maarif.* Bakerii.* Bahr el Salaam, Galabat Dender, fleuve BIeu, Sennaar meridionale. H. Beisa, Rupp. Arab. Beisa et Damma.

Sir Samuel White Baker - The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs

Vendôme, however, felt himself strong enough to undertake its siege in form. He drew his army round it; the investment was completed on the evening of the 9th, and a train of heavy artillery ordered from Tournay, to commence the siege, while he himself with the covering army, took post in a strong camp at Lessines, on the river Dender.

Various - Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846

While active preparations were making in the Spanish camp for the execution of this scheme, and the whole attention of the enemy was directed to it, the duke made an unexpected attack upon Dendermonde, a strong town between Ghent and Antwerp, at the confluence of the Dender and the Scheldt.

Friedrich Schiller - History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Complete

Away we scuttled to gather our things together and have our breakfast, and in an hour we had marched off and left Ath and the Dender behind us for ever.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales