Should it be otherwise, I need not say that Sir Baldwin of Bthune will defend his castle against any of the minions of Prince John.
Should it be otherwise, I need not say that Sir Baldwin of Béthune will defend his castle against any of the minions of Prince John.
The most lively spots were Gorre and Le Quesnoy villages on the right, and the road between Béthune Cemetery Corner and Le Hamel on the left, and it was always advisable to "get a move on" at night along these particular roads.
One brakesman, Alphonse by name, like a wise person, usually went about his own business on arrival at the Béthune Road Dump, which was often a warm spot.
In fact, so great was the general anxiety on the occasion of our relief on May 10th, that we had to remain in the Béthune "Locality" all night.
The first week, however, was spent in absolute peace at Béthune in most delightful summer-like weather, and was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
He knows well enough that Béthune is nothing to her; Béthune has worshipped her for fifteen years.
Béthune spoke to her with deference and interest, but she answered him briefly and absently.
A caprice may cost something sometimes you see, Madame,' said Béthune with a smile to his hostess.
As volunteer with the Army of the North, Gui de Béthune had seen the darkest side of war and life; he had been but a mere youth then, but the misfortunes of his country had added to the natural seriousness of his northern temper.
No, indeed,' said Béthune in haste, with a certain embarrassment which did not escape her observation.
The next day Othmar called upon Rosselin, and without preface said to him abruptly: 'You had better tell the Duc de Béthune all I have told you about your pupil.
Of the faults of that temperament which left Othmar's unsatisfied and repelled, Béthune was too loyal a lover to see anything.
The Duc de Béthune was one of those conquests which flattered even her sated and fastidious vanity; and she had been touched to unwonted feeling by the delicate, chivalrous, and lofty character of the loyalty he gave her so long.
Of all your many conquests, perhaps you have had none more flattering than the adoration and amazement of this child,' whispered Béthune to her.
Béthune would have assisted her, but she sprang from the boat to the landing-stair with the assured and graceful agility of one who passed all her life in the open air, and was practised in the free exercise of all her muscles.
There was a certain pain to her in the presence of Béthune because he was associated with that one day so big, for her, with fate.
In the afternoon, all men from 18 to 48 years of age were ordered to the Béthune Gate, with instructions to leave Lille immediately.
The Thune flows round the little hill; and the place is called the Close of the Cross.
After watering the park of Soulanges, where it feeds various other streams and artificial lakes, the Thune falls into the Avonne through a fine broad channel.
Various reconnoitering parties went up beforehand, and at dusk we moved off by platoons through Béthune and Essars.
Corps, and found our neighbours were old friends from the Béthune area--the 1st and 6th Divisions.
Battalion Headquarters and the four Companies went first, reached Fouquereuil Station near Béthune after a six hours' run, and marched at once to Bellerive near Gonnehem.
On the 5th of March we marched through Lillers and Béthune again to Beuvry and, after staying one night there, moved the following day to Annequin and Sailly Labourse, where we were responsible for the defence of the Annequin locality.
A week later we marched through Béthune and Robecq to Calonne sur la Lys, a little village outside Merville, where we remained another week before going to the line.
Béthune was being intermittently shelled, but as far as I know not a shell fell in the town while I was there.
I would be taken to Béthune and along the road behind the trenches.
Another year, and only history will tell the story of that October of 1914 along the great Béthune road.
We were in Béthune at last--a crowded town, larger than any I had seen since I left Dunkirk.
At a small bridge ten miles from Béthune he pointed out a house as marking the farthest advance of the German Army, reached about the eleventh of October.
Evidently the bombardment of Béthune has not yet done much damage.
The congestion of Béthune had given way to the extreme peace in daylight of the region just behind the trenches.
There was a bridge near Béthune one night guarded by a little patrol.
One day near Béthune they played one of them--a favourite one.
Marles-les-Mines, reported that the country round Béthune was incredibly thick with guns, while a similar and more detailed forecast was brought back by officers who had dined with the 4th Divisional Headquarters.
We woke at the railhead for Béthune this morning, and cleared there and at the next place, mostly wounded and some Indians.
After all we are not going to Béthune but to Merville again.
Just loading up for Havre with many of the same men we brought down from Béthune on Sunday; it seems as if we might just as well have taken them straight down to Havre.
It is indeed possible to ride from Ypres to Béthune without meeting any hill except the slight ascent from La Clytte.
In Béthune there is also, of course, the big hotel where generals lunch.
We were stopped for our passes at the bridge into Béthune by a private of the London Scottish.
I pray that Béthune may survive the war--that after peace has been declared and Berlin has been entered, I may spend a week there and much money to the profit of the people and the satisfaction of myself.
On our arrival at Béthune Huggie was sent off with a message to a certain French Corps Commander.
There are better shops in Béthune and better cafés in Poperinghe.
One morning Huggie, Cecil, and I obtained leave to visit Béthune and the La Bassée district.
The village became 'Ingees, and now only some unfashionable dotards in Béthune preserve the tradition of the old pronunciation.
We would make little expeditions to Béthune for the baths, spend an afternoon riding round Armentières, or run over to Poperinghe for a chop.
On the way to Béthune we were evidently coming into touch with the enemy, for I received orders to detach two companies (Cheshires) to our right flank at Fonquières Verquin to support the French.
Outside Béthune we halted for some time, and were regaled with soup and pears by some hospitable ladies at luncheon-time.
You have already heard more than once of the town of La Bassée, which stands on the canal uniting Béthune with Lille.
Along both sides of the canal there are important railway lines connecting Lille with Béthune and the Channel ports.
Beyond it was the army of Maud'huy, which ultimately extended to the canal between Béthune and Lille.
You already know that the canal from Béthune to La Bassée was chosen as the dividing line between Maud'huy's army and the British forces.
Béthune and other places fell into his hands; but during the winter the French extended their trenches from Namur on the east right to the coast, and the barrier seemed impregnable.
They were quite mistaken: the Germans were ahead, and were now preparing to overlap by sending cavalry and infantry in motor buses towards the line of Béthune and Cassel.
On the 12th they got into Merris and Merville and advanced to the La Bassée canal, threatening to cross it and outflank Béthune on the north-west.
Clearly, if Von Buelow succeeded in breaking through towards Doullens or Béthune there was little to stop his reaching Boulogne or Abbeville, and the British Army would be first isolated and then driven into the sea.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thune" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
