55556 Fort de Villers was built following the Franco-Prussian War to defend Paris. Located to the east of Paris in Villiers-sur-Marne, the fort was part...
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Louis Coulon, Sieur de Villiers (17 August 1710 – 2 November 1757) was a French military officer who served during the French and Indian War. Perhaps...
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Fort Douaumont (French: Fort de Douaumont) was the largest and highest fort on the ring of 19 large defensive works which had protected the city of Verdun...
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Fort de Joux (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ də ʒu]) or Château de Joux (French pronunciation: [ʃato də ʒu]) is a castle, later transformed into a fort,...
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Fort Vaux (French: Fort de Vaux), in Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Meuse, France, was a polygonal fort forming part of the ring of 19 large defensive works intended...
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Captain Coulon de Villiers, marched on Fort Necessity on 3 July and forced Washington to surrender. The parley between Washington and de Villiers was to be...
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Villiers de l'Isle Adam Taking Possession of Mdina, 18th century painting of L'Isle-Adam Wikimedia Commons has media related to Philippe de Villiers de...
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Fortifications of Paris in the 19th and 20th centuries (category Séré de Rivières system)
fortifications de Paris - 1840" Les chemins de mémoire (Ministere des Armees) (in French) Association de sauvegarde du Fort de Villiers (ASFV), Les forts de la deuxième...
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d'Évegnée Fort de Fléron Fort de Chaudfontaine Fort d'Embourg Fort de Boncelles Fort de Flémalle Fort de Hollogne Fort de Loncin Fort de Lantin Fort de Liers...
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Louis Coulon de Villiers (1710-1757), won the Battle of Fort Necessity François Coulon de Villiers (1712-1794), fought in the Battle of Fort Duquesne Joseph...
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Coulon de Villiers and Angelique Jarret de Verchères. His brothers were Louis Coulon de Villiers, François Coulon de Villiers and Joseph Coulon de Jumonville...
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History portal Fort Necessity National Battlefield Robert Stobo one of the hostages taken by Louis Coulon de Villiers at the surrender of Fort Necessity Jumonville...
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son of Nicolas-Antoine Coulon de Villiers and Angelique Jarret de Verchères. In 1744, he was the first commandant of Fort de Cavagnal on the bluffs above...
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Cormeilles-en-Parisis Fort de Domont Fort d'Aubervilliers Fort d'Ivry Fort de Charenton Fort de l'Est Fort de Romainville Fort de Villiers Fortifications of...
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fort was connected to other Belfort forts by the Chemins de fer du Territoire de Belfort strategic railroad. The fort was equipped with optical semaphores...
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angle of the fort. Captain De Villier remained at the fort as second-in-command, despite orders from Governor Esteban Miró to leave. Fort Carlos III was...
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Ouvrage Boussois (redirect from Fort de Boussois)
is now abandoned. The Fort de Boussois, also known as the Fort de Kilmaine, was built between 1881 and 1883 as part of the Séré de Rivières system of fortifications...
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The Fort de la Pompelle, also known as Fort Herbillon, is one of a number of forts built around Reims after 1870 as part of a fortification belt in the...
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telephone. Fort Souville is located south of Fort Douaumont and southwest of Fort Vaux. The fort was one of the first forts of the Séré de Rivières system...
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Colonel George Washington, to the French and Indians, under Louis Coulon de Villiers. The site also includes the Mount Washington Tavern, once one of the...
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barrière de fer: l'architecture des forts du général Séré de Rivières (1872–1914) [The Iron Wall: The Architecture of the Forts of General Séré de Rivières...
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The Fort des Dunes, also known as Fort Leffrinckoucke and sometime Fort de l'Est, is located in the commune of Leffrinckoucke, France, about 6 kilometres...
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Fort de Cavagnial (also known as Fort Cavagnolle, Fort Cavagnal, Post of the Missouri, or Fort de la Trinité) was a French fort and trading post located...
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The Fort du Replaton is a fortification of the Séré de Rivières system in Modane, France. The fort was built to provide artillery cover for the French...
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Ouvrage La Salmagne (redirect from Fort de la Salmagne)
de la Salmagne was built to the northeast of Bersillies in 1884-1895 as part of the Séré de Rivières fortifications of Maubeuge. The trapezoidal fort...
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The Fort de Vaujours, located in the commune of Courtry, Seine-Saint-Denis, near the town of Vaujours, is one of the forts built at the end of the 19th...
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forts around Lyon and more generally the Séré de Rivières fort system. This belt of forts included the forts of Bron, Vancia, Feyzin and Mont Verdun. It...
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the First English Civil War in 1643. William Villiers was born in 1614, eldest son of Sir Edward Villiers (1585-1626) and Barbara St. John (ca 1592-1672)...
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century French Fort de Cavagnal, which was the farthest west fort in Louisiana (New France). Its commandant was François Coulon de Villiers, a brother to...
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at Fort La Baye. When a French force went out after them, the sons of De Villiers and Repentigny were killed. In 1737 Claude-Antoine de Bermen de La Martinière...
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