siege of Lille, or Lille pocket, (28–31 May 1940) took place during the Battle of France in the Second World War. The siege around the city of Lille took...

historic province of French Flanders. Lille was again under siege in 1792 during the Franco-Austrian War, and in 1914 and 1940. It was severely tested by...

professional football club based in Lille, Hauts-de-France that competes in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Lille has played its home matches since...

Vieux-Lille (Old Lille) is a district in the north of Lille. It is the district with the most pre-19th-century buildings. It still boasts many cobbled...

Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille in 1874. In 1904 he was given a domestic prelature and became pronotary apostolic in 1911. Later, in 1914 he became dean of the Lille Cathedral's...

founded. 1617 - Porte de Gand [fr] (gate) constructed. 1622 - Porte de Roubaix [fr] (gate) constructed. 1667 - Siege of Lille. 1668 Lille becomes part of France...

grande guerre dans le Nord et le Pas-de-Calais 1914-1918 (in French). Lille: La Voix. ISBN 978-2-84393-181-9. Yves Congar, Journal de la Guerre (1914-1918)...

Army and the BEF to Lille was defeated in early October, more French troops were sent to the north and formed the Détachement d'Armée de Belgique ("Army Detachment...

the 13th Division assembled west of Lille. The armament of the Lille fortress zone in 1914, consisted of 446 guns and 79,788 shells (including 3,000 × 75...

The siege of Maubeuge took place from 24 August – 7 September 1914, at the Entrenched Camp of Maubeuge (le camp retranché de Maubeuge) the start of the...

maison de luxe dans l'ancien siège de HSBC sur les Champs-Élysées". CF News Immo. Banks portal Documents and clippings about Crédit Commercial de France...

(1665) Siege of Charleroi (1667) – War of Devolution Siege of Tournai (1667) – War of Devolution Siege of Douai (1667) – War of Devolution Siege of Lille (1667)...

Albert (also known as the First Battle of Albert) began on 25 September 1914, in what became known as the "Race to the Sea", during the First World War...

of Armentières (also Battle of Lille) was fought by German and Franco-British forces in northern France in October 1914, during reciprocal attempts by...

1907, p. 132. Beach 1914. Longueville 1907, p. 133. Longueville 1907, p. 134. French marshal Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, at the Battle...

The siege of Calais (1940) was a battle for the port of Calais during the Battle of France. The siege was fought at the same time as the Battle of Boulogne...

Marne was a battle of the First World War fought from 5 to 12 September 1914. The German army invaded France with a plan for winning the war in 40 days...

Retrieved 15 September 2015. Décret instituant Namur comme capitale de la Wallonie et siège des institutions politiques régionales (PDF). Namur, Belgium: Walloon...

du 30 septembre 2015 constatant le périmètre fixant le siège et désignant le comptable public de la métropole du Grand Paris" [Decree n° 2015-1212 of 30...

in December 2003. International conferences are held in Lille. Line No. 1 of the Tramway de Valenciennes was put into service on 3 July 2006. 9.5 km...

Dewits. In August, under his supervision, the trenches were dug at the Siege of Lille, where he narrowly escaped death when a mine collapsed. In October,...

Bataille des Flandres, German: Erste Flandernschlacht, 19 October – 22 November 1914) was a battle of the First World War, fought on the Western Front around...

Cresson, Ernest (1824-1902) Auteur du texte (1901). Cent jours du siège à la préfecture de police: 2 novembre 1870-11 février 1871 / E. Cresson.{{cite book}}:...

The Battle of Messines was fought in October 1914 between the armies of the German empire against the British empire and France, as part of what came to...

Siege of Genoa (1814) 2 battalions present Battle of Lille Battle of Courtrai 1828 : Expédition de Morée Digby Smith, Napoleon's Regiments: Battle histories...

Germans granted the honours of war to the defeated French garrison at the Siege of Lille (1940), and the British granted the honours of war to the defeated Italian...

German: Wettlauf zum Meer, Dutch: Race naar de Zee) took place from about 17 September – 19 October 1914 during the First World War, after the Battle...

September 1944: creation of the 43rd Infantry Regiment of the Liberation at Lille 12 January 1945: 43rd Infantry Regiment to be disbanded on 1 April 1945...

the pope and the king were eager for the erection of a see at Lille, but Bishop Louis de Belmas (1757–1841), a former constitutional bishop, vigorously...

City without means of retreat. He would apply these lessons at the Siege of Lille in 1708. Historian John Lynn summarised his defence of Namur as follows;...