Saint Aubin

Proper noun

Meaning

Saint Aubin

A town on Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

Saint-Aubin

Examples

By nightfall of D-Day, the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division was slated to have captured the high ground west of Caen, the Bayeux–Caen railway line, and the seaside towns of Courseulles, Bernières, Saint-Aubin and Bény-sur-Mer. Source: Internet

Resistance in Saint-Aubin prevented the Royal Marines from establishing contact with the British 3rd Division on Sword. Source: Internet

Saunders, p. 137 Meanwhile, "B" Company of the North Shore Regiment and No. 48 Commando of the Royal Marines were engaged in a protracted fight to secure Saint-Aubin and Lagrune-sur-Mer. Source: Internet

Saintsbury, EB, 298 For example, the scandalous novel Vicaire des Ardennes (1822)—banned for its depiction of nearly-incestuous relations and, more egregiously, of a married priest—attributed to a "Horace de Saint-Aubin". Source: Internet

Stacey, p. 67 On Juno the division's 736th Grenadier Regiment deployed four infantry companies: 7 Kompanie held what was to become "Mike Sector", the 6th was stationed in Courseulles, the 5th was at Bernières, and the 9th held Nan sector and Saint-Aubin. Source: Internet

Granatstein, p. 25 The 8th Brigade was to capture Bernières and the western edge of Saint-Aubin, then push south into Normandy. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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