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    Bouchain (French pronunciation: [buʃɛ̃] ; West Flemish: Boesem) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It lies halfway between Cambrai...
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    The siege of Bouchain (9 August – 12 September 1711), following the Passage of the Lines of Ne Plus Ultra (5 August 1711), was a siege of the War of the...
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    The siege of Bouchain (1 October – 19 October 1712), was a siege of the War of the Spanish Succession, and a victory for the French troops of the Duc de...
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  • the German software developer Thilo Stapff and urban planner Johannes Bouchain. OpenGeofiction portrays a verisimilar world based on modern technology...
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    (Valenciennes) Écaillon (Thiant) Selle (Denain) Torrent d'Esnes Sensée (Bouchain) Hirondelle (..) Erclin (Iwuy) Eauette (Marcoing) Canalisation from Cambrai...
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    Selectivity". Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry. Mark Lautens, Giliane Bouchain (2002). "[4+3] Cycloaddition in Water. Synthesis of 2,4-endo,endo-Dimethyl-8-oxabicyclo[3...
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    commitment to the war to prevent a credit crisis. Despite the capture of Bouchain in September, a decisive victory in northern France continued to elude...
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    success by leading his army through the lines Ne Plus Ultra and capturing Bouchain, a key fortress in northern France. Marlborough had fallen out of favour...
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  • death, Countess Yolande married c.1120 Godfrey II, lord of Ribemont and Bouchain, castellan of Valenciennes and the son of Anselm of Ribemont. Yolande and...
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    success by retaking several lost fortresses, culminating in the Siege of Bouchain (1712). This victory saved France, though the war dragged on for another...
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    for the rest of his life. On his return to France, Coulomb was sent to Bouchain. He began to write important works on applied mechanics and he presented...
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    family, a European family of Jewish financiers and philanthropists. Patrick Bouchain, architect Robert Couturier, interior architect Najla El Zein, artist and...
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  • regiment on foot at the repartition of Zeeland. In 1712 he became governor of Bouchain, in 1718 of Bergen-op-Zoom. He was an outstanding cavalry commander who...
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    Saint-Venant Aire 1st Bouchain Arras 1st Le Quesnoy Landrécies Grovestins' Cavalry Raid Denain Marchiennes 2nd Douai 2nd Le Quesnoy 2nd Bouchain Knocke Germany...
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    station on the Ipswich–Lowestoft East Suffolk Line. It is twinned with Bouchain in France and Eitorf in Germany. Nearby villages include Cratfield, Wissett...
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    Blaringhem Blécourt Boeschepe Boëseghem Bois-Grenier Bollezeele Bondues Borre Bouchain Boulogne-sur-Helpe Bourbourg Bourghelles Boursies Bousbecque Bousies Bousignies...
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    single man; Marlborough was now in position to besiege the fortress of Bouchain. Villars, deceived and outmanoeuvred, was helpless to intervene, compelling...
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    Earl of Galway. He also was a siege expert and led the sieges of Béthune, Bouchain and Le Quesnoy in 1710, 1711 and 1712 respectively. He was the son of Nicolaas...
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    signed. When Theoderic returned in 1150, he took vengeance on Baldwin IV at Bouchain, with the aid of Henry I, Count of Namur and Henry II of Leez, Bishop of...
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    new locks were built, also on the river Scheldt, from the junction at Bouchain to the border. The route is also known as the Liaison 'à grand gabarit'...
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    (137 km/h) winds. On November 20, 1979, a cooling tower of Bouchain Power Station near Bouchain, France collapsed [1]. A cooling tower of Turow Power Plant...
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    Saint-Venant Aire 1st Bouchain Arras 1st Le Quesnoy Landrécies Grovestins' Cavalry Raid Denain Marchiennes 2nd Douai 2nd Le Quesnoy 2nd Bouchain Knocke Germany...
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    Blaringhem Blécourt Boeschepe Boëseghem Bois-Grenier Bollezeele Bondues Borre Bouchain Boulogne-sur-Helpe Bourbourg Bourghelles Boursies Bousbecque Bousies Bousignies...
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    effectively undermined a key reason for continuing the war. While the capture of Bouchain in September 1711 removed one of the last significant obstacles to the...
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    efficiency. On April 28, 2016, the plant run by Électricité de France in Bouchain was certified by Guinness World Records as the world's most efficient combined...
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    Blaringhem Blécourt Boeschepe Boëseghem Bois-Grenier Bollezeele Bondues Borre Bouchain Boulogne-sur-Helpe Bourbourg Bourghelles Boursies Bousbecque Bousies Bousignies...
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    crosses the Canal du Nord at Arleux, and joins the canalized Escaut at Bouchain. The average descent is 2.42%. It is 47 km (29 mi) long: 27 km (17 mi)...
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    Saint-Venant Aire 1st Bouchain Arras 1st Le Quesnoy Landrécies Grovestins' Cavalry Raid Denain Marchiennes 2nd Douai 2nd Le Quesnoy 2nd Bouchain Knocke Germany...
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    Saint-Venant Aire 1st Bouchain Arras 1st Le Quesnoy Landrécies Grovestins' Cavalry Raid Denain Marchiennes 2nd Douai 2nd Le Quesnoy 2nd Bouchain Knocke Germany...
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    and also sent an additional 20,000 men. Marlborough, having conquered Bouchain in the previous year, had left most of his troops to occupy the outermost...
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