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    The Riqueval Tunnel is a 5,670 metres (3.52 mi)-long tunnel on the St Quentin Canal, close to the commune of Bellicourt, in the department of Aisne, France...
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    Brigade (46th Division) from the Riqueval Bridge over the St Quentin Canal on 2 October 1918 King George V at Riqueval Bridge, the scene of the exploit...
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    Germany, Macmillan, pp. 90, 91 and 95. This system is still used at Riqueval Tunnel of Canal de Saint-Quentin in France. Kettenschifffahrt definition in...
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    Napoleon I and completed in 1810, after the drilling of the Riqueval Tunnel. The canal and tunnel were opened with great pomp on 28 April 1810 by the Emperor...
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    capturing the villages of Le Catelet and Gouy at the Northern end of the Riqueval tunnel of the St. Quentin Canal. On 8 October the division fought at the Second...
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    Rues-des-Vignes PK 23 Honnecourt-sur-Escaut PK 28.5-35 Riqueval Tunnel (5670m) Bony PK 42-43 Tronquoy Tunnel (1098m) Lesdins PK 53 Saint-Quentin PK 62 Séraucourt-le-Grand...
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    the Canal de Saint-Quentin with its electric towage and two tunnels (Lesdins and Riqueval/Vendhuile). In 2007, a large infrastructure for tourist accommodation...
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  • the canal, and they seized the Bellenglise tunnel galleries, trapping hundreds of Germans inside. At Riqueval they got an even bigger prize: the Germans...
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  • Staffordshire Regiment seized the single remaining road bridge over the canal at Riqueval before the Germans could destroy it, and 466th Fd Co immediately set about...
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    breaking through the German's Hindenburg Line. The image was taken at the Riqueval Bridge - across the Saint-Quentin Canal - south of Bellicourt in northern...
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    Deutsche Bauzeitung 1 (1867), pp. 306–307 and pp. 314–316 "Le toueur de Riqueval fête son centième anniversaire". Magazin Fluvial (in French). 2010-06-15...
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    Bde stormed across the canal using life-belts, improvised bridges, and Riqueval Bridge, which was captured intact. The brigade then reformed, protected...
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