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    The Battle of Verdun (French: Bataille de Verdun [bataj də vɛʁdœ̃]; German: Schlacht um Verdun [ʃlaxt ʔʊm ˈvɛɐ̯dœ̃]) was fought from 21 February to 18...
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    the city of Verdun, France, since the 1890s. By 1915, the French General Staff had concluded that even the best-protected forts of Verdun could not withstand...
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    of Verdun. Built from 1881 to 1884 for 1,500,000 francs, it housed a garrison of 150 men. Vaux was the second fort to fall in the Battle of Verdun after...
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    German troops took Saint-Mihiel and Fort du Camp-des-Romains, but they were ultimately stopped at Fort de Troyon to the south of Verdun. During the course...
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    nation to the fallen Muslim tirailleurs who died at Verdun (and in the take-back of Douaumont fort) As part of the Latin Quarter, the 5th arrondissement...
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    Desmarchais-Crawford Peter-McGill Saint-Jacques Sainte-Marie François-Perrault Parc-Extension Saint-Michel (former Ville Saint-Michel) Villeray Boroughs of Montreal...
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    Baring's memoirs.. He subsequently commanded the Fort des Sartelles [fr] during the Battle of Verdun in 1916, where his conduct earned him the Croix de...
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  • LaSalle—Émard—Verdun Laurier—Sainte-Marie Mount Royal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount Outremont Papineau Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Ville-Marie—Le...
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  • Témiscamingue Terrebonne Trois-Rivières Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun (renamed VerdunSaint-Paul in 1980) Algoma Beaches Brampton—Georgetown (Brampton—Halton...
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    wing called "des Forts" was added in 1714, under the ownership of Michel-Robert Le Peletier des Forts (1675-1740), later Count of Saint-Fargeau. He later...
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    Fort Mont Verdun is the biggest highlight of the second belt of Forts around Lyon and is the only one considered to be a mountain fort. It rests at 630...
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    Carcassonne Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Michel de Carcassonne) is a cathedral and designated national monument in Carcassonne, France. It is the...
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    victory at the nine-month-long Battle of Verdun, for which he was called "the Lion of Verdun" (French: le lion de Verdun). After the failed Nivelle Offensive...
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    Fort Souville, briefly called Fort Lemoine, was one of the forts of the Verdun Fortification District, situated in the commune of Fleury-devant-Douaumont...
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    intended to transfer the Marshal's remains to the ossuary at Douaumont, near Verdun, as a sort of "rehabilitation" for Philippe Pétain's supporters. The "mastermind"...
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    Joliette Jonquière La Pointe-de-l'Île La Prairie Lac-Saint-Jean Lac-Saint-Louis LaSalle—Émard—Verdun Laurentides—Labelle Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval—Les...
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    point for essential supplies going to the besieged city of Verdun during the Battle of Verdun in 1916. Thousands of trucks, carrying men, equipment and...
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    the City of Saint-Laurent, the City of Saint-Léonard, the City of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, the City of Sainte-Geneviève, the City of Verdun, the City of...
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    Saint-Sulpice, is expelled from Ensemble Montréal and sits as an independent. August 3 - Giuliana Fumagalli, borough mayor of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension...
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    built near Saint-Fons in 1895 to store picric acid. Military leaders saw an urgent need to construct four additional forts: The Fort du Mont Verdun in 1874...
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  • step in the History of longitude. On 29 October 1771, under Lieutenant Verdun de la Crenne, Flore departed Brest for a scientific voyage intended to test...
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    web site (in French) Base Mérimée: Fort de Joux, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Caroit, Jean-Michel, "L’INDEPENDENCE DE LA PREMIERE REPUBLIQUE...
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    Varennes-Saint-Sauveur) Grosne (in Marnay) Doubs (in Verdun-sur-le-Doubs) Loue (near Dole) Allaine/Allan (near Montbéliard) Ouche (in Saint-Jean-de-Losne)...
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    Archdiocese of Saint-Pierre and Fort-de-France (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Petri et Arcis Gallicae; French: Archidiocèse de Saint-Pierre et Fort-de-France)...
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  • Mont-Saint-Michel Cherbourg-en-Cotentin Granville Saint-Lô Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue Sainte-Mère-Église Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny Mont-Saint-Michel Mont-Saint-Michel...
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    products, which they hope to open in 2023. The company was founded in 1947 in Verdun, Quebec, by Rolland Jeanneau. Many independent grocery stores joined the...
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  • Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Cités Nouvelles, Le Messager Verdun, Progrès Villeray – Parc-Extension, Progrès Saint-Léonard, Guide Montréal-Nord, Journal de Rosemont...
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    of the first sort may be found at Verdun, Toul, Épinal, Belfort in the north-east as well as Paris and Brest. Forts d'arrêts may be found at Manonviller...
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    Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban (category Knights of the Order of Saint Louis)
    Saarlouis, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Saint-Omer, Sedan, Strasbourg, Toul, Valenciennes, Verdun, Villefranche-de-Conflent (town and Fort Liberia), and...
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  • Vernal, J. F. Le Calife (Saint-Maurice) 1,206 votes Chaput, Benoit Yodepech (Saint-Michel) 1,603 votes Chamberland, Andre (Saint-Hyacinthe) 868 votes These...
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