It was in the neighbourhood of a haunted-looking place called "La Coupe-gueule," which means Cut-throat, once I imagine a farmstead or estaminet, that the road became the scene of very recent warfare-a few hours old or a few minutes.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
The first check came outside the ruin of an estaminet, in which a party of Germans, with machine-guns and rifles, determined to sell their lives dearly.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
I despatched a polite note to Bishop Luscombe, and made every arrangement for the approaching ceremony, took a quartier in the Rue Helder, near the estaminet, and looked forward with anxiety for the day which was to make my happy; for our marriage in Lyons was only a kind of betrothal.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)