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    La Motte-Picquet was a F70 type anti-submarine frigate of the French Navy. She was the fourth French vessel named after the 18th Century admiral count...
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    Motte-Picquet–Grenelle. On 14 July 1945, both the station as well as the nearby Place Beaugrenelle were renamed Charles Michels and Place Charles Michels...
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    the line from Beaugrenelle (now Charles Michels) and Opéra. On the same day, the station was renamed La Motte-Picquet–Grenelle, which it still remains...
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    département de la Seine (1832). French cartographer and geographer Charles Picquet created a map outlining the forty-eight districts in Paris, using halftone...
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    awarded the Victoria Cross (VC): On the 26th June, 1900, at Lindley, a picquet of the Yorkshire Light Infantry was surrounded on three sides by about...
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    a very important picquet post in the sector held by his battalion, his orders being to hold this post at all costs. After the picquet post had been heavily...
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    sailed on 1 December 2001. The task force was composed of Charles de Gaulle, frigates Lamotte-Picquet, Jean de Vienne and Jean Bart, the nuclear attack submarine...
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    A picket (archaically, picquet [variant form piquet]) is a soldier, or small unit of soldiers, placed on a defensive line forward of a friendly position...
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  • François Picquet (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa pikɛ]; 4 December 1708 – 15 July 1781) was a French Sulpician priest who emigrated to Montreal, Canada...
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    Paris in 1859. On 27 July 1937, the section of line 8 between La Motte-Picquet–Grenelle and Porte d'Auteuil, including Avenue Émile Zola, was transferred...
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    right toward Charles de Gaulle – Étoile ← toward Charles de Gaulle–Étoile (Bir-Hakeim) toward Nation → toward Nation (La Motte-Picquet – Grenelle) →...
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    association of five including Jacques Picquet, Joseph Picquet, Joseph Schifferstein, Charles Hoffman and Joseph Picquet was formed, with the intent of acquiring...
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    doors will open on the right toward Charles de Gaulle – Étoile ← toward Charles de Gaulle–Étoile (La Motte-Picquet–Grenelle) toward Nation → toward Nation...
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    Charles Michels). On 29 July 1937, line 10 was extended from Duroc to La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle and the section of line 8 between La Motte-Picquet -...
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    Antoine Alexis Joseph Picquet 3 May 1802 25 March 1807 Philippe Jacques Herwyn 25 March 1807 21 September 1808 Nicolas Charles Joseph Dubois 21 September...
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    factory there. On 27 July 1937, the section of line 8 between La Motte-Picquet–Grenelle and Porte d'Auteuil, including Javel, was transferred to line...
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    to the West Indies and took part in the Battle of Grenada under Lamotte-Picquet. In the Battle of Martinique, on 18 December 1779, Annibal single-handedly...
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    Motte-Picquet, northeast of Place de l'École-Militaire. Oriented on a north-east/south-west axis, it is positioned between the La Motte-Picquet–Grenelle...
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  • Thumbnail for Église d'Auteuil station
    from Beaugrenelle (now Charles Michels) to Porte d'Auteuil. On 29 July 1937, line 10 was extended from Duroc to La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle and the section...
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  • year Hévin opened his first shop ("Le Petit Boulé") on Avenue de la Motte-Picquet, Paris. He opened another shop in Rue Vavin in 1990 and a tea house in...
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    line 8 from Charles Michels (then known as Beaugrenelle ) to Porte d'Auteuil. On 27 July 1937, the section of line 8 between La Motte-Picquet–Grenelle and...
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    rising of 1745. For the latter, a composite battalion of infantry ("Irish Picquets") comprising detachments from each of the regiments of the Irish Brigade...
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    Charles of Artois but did not have the support of all divisions. He formed the Rennes and Fougères in 1795, and passed on its command to Aimé Picquet...
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    supported by many nobles: Charles Armand Tuffin, marquis de la Rouërie, the Chevalier de Boishardy, Count Louis of Rosmorduc, the Picquet brothers of Boisguy...
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    Christi on 20 March 1780 between a French squadron under Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte and a British squadron under William Cornwallis, but Salisbury...
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    Ancenis, Charette served in the French Navy under Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, notably during the American War of Independence, and became...
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    grounds by the French military. The nearest Métro stations are La Motte-Picquet–Grenelle, École Militaire, and Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel, an RER...
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    Mohalbi, a Greek girl rescued from slavery in the Ottoman Empire Louisa Picquet Passing (racial identity) White slavery Mary Mildred Williams Notes "The...
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    line 8 from Charles Michels (then known as Beaugrenelle) to Porte d'Auteuil. On 27 July 1937, the section of line 8 between La Motte-Picquet–Grenelle and...
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    Foreign Legion units. The Vichy French Navy had the light cruiser Lamotte-Picquet and four avisos in French Indochina. The Vichy French Air Force (Armée...
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