In the fields: numerous small forts of reinforced concrete, which commanded all the roads into Lille.
Ypres and the Battles of Ypres|Unknown
M. Thiers writes from Lille saying that the general electioneering cry is "Down with the Doctrinaires!"
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.2/3, 1836-1840|Duchesse De Dino
He had so beautified the cathedral of Lille, that he was called Baldwin of Lille to his dying day.
Hereward, The Last of the English|Charles Kingsley
But even the feeble resistance of the Territorials at Lille was of advantage to the Allies.
The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10)|James Edward Parrott
When Lille was delivered last month, the statue had been covered with flowers and wreaths and flags.
Paris Vistas|Helen Davenport Gibbons
British Dictionary definitions for Lille
Lille
/ (Frenchlil) /
noun
an industrial city in N France: the medieval capital of Flanders; forms with Roubaix and Tourcoing one of the largest conurbations in France. Pop: 184 657 (1999)