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    artist Édouard Traviès was born in Doullens in 1809. Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine was imprisoned in the Doullens citadel from 1718 until 1720 for his...
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    The Doullens Conference was held in Doullens, France, on 26 March 1918 between French and British military leaders and governmental representatives during...
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    her late husband, Alfred, in a conference room on the second floor of Doullens Town Hall. It was here at Lord Milner's urging, in a conference attended...
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    The siege of Doullens, also known as the Spanish capture of Doullens or the Storming of Doullens, took place between 14 and 31 July 1595, as part of the...
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    - Doullens route, between Arras and the Wailly stop. It became part of the SNCF network in 1938, when the latter was created. The line to Doullens was...
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  • 2°20′29″E / 50.15750°N 2.34139°E / 50.15750; 2.34139 The Canton of Doullens is a canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the Hauts-de-France...
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    to Doullens to coordinate the Allied efforts and deputised Ferdinand Foch as Supreme Allied Commander on 26 March 1918. Milner wrote of Doullens, On...
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    Amiens Abbeville Saint-Quentin Corbie Doullens Saint-Riquier Arleux Mortagne Crèvecœur The Somme towns (French: Villes de la Somme) were a series of nine...
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  • the Doullens Conference that appointed General Ferdinand Foch as Commander of the Western Front. Clemenceau thought the wording of the Doullens Agreement...
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    the British) and that he proposed Foch over Haig's objections. At the Doullens Conference (26 March), Haig accepted the appointment of Foch to coordinate...
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    Spanish launched a concerted offensive that year, taking Doullens, Cambrai, and Le Catelet; at Doullens, they massacred 4,000 of its citizens. On 24 April 1596...
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    Loan, Nancy, Colmar, Pontoise, Lambersart, Lyons, Bouai, Hasebrouck, Doullens and Abbeville with at least 40 civilians killed. While Allied light and...
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    Morlaix; Fort Crozon Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598) 2nd Luxembourg; Fontaine-Française; Ham; Le Catelet; Doullens; Cambrai; Calais; La Fère; Ardres; Amiens...
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    forces apart, and, after Pétain had threatened to retreat on Paris, the Doullens Conference was called. Just prior to the main meeting, Prime Minister Clemenceau...
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  • Birthday Hostess Rose Thiéry as Mme Doullens, Landlord's wife Pierre Le Rumeur as Pediatrician Yves Gasc as M. Doullens, Landlord Michel Berto as Professor...
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    Morlaix; Fort Crozon Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598) 2nd Luxembourg; Fontaine-Française; Ham; Le Catelet; Doullens; Cambrai; Calais; La Fère; Ardres; Amiens...
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    the Spanish launched a concerted offensive in 1595, taking Le Catelet, Doullens and Cambrai (the latter after a fierce bombardment), and in the spring...
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    on 21 August 1918, at Le Bac-du-Sud, near Bailleulval between Arras and Doullens, in which mustard gas had been used against the advancing 99th Brigade...
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  • director of a real estate agency in the suburbs of Lille. Bacrot died in Doullens, Somme, on 31 May 1976, at the age of 81. Olympique Lillois USFSA Football...
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    Saint-Quentin and Laon The proposed A24 autoroute from Amiens to Lille via Doullens was cancelled in 2006. According to the urban transport plan (PDU) approved...
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    specifically a retreat "to" the ports. There were three conferences at Doullens on 26 March. The first was between Haig and his Army Commanders (except...
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    Jules-François Lombart was born in Paris on 24 February 1830. His parents were from Doullens, Somme.. Lombart became proprietor around 1870. He received the Cross of...
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    Division fought to delay 2nd Panzer Division on the Canal Line near Arras, at Doullens, Albert and Abbeville. The 138th Brigade of the 46th Division fought on...
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    speech may have partially been inspired by General Ferdinand Foch at the Doullens Conference, who reportedly asked Douglas Haig: You aren't fighting? I would...
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    Lens-Liévin Lens-Liévin Somme 4 July 2024 (day 48): Amiens Abbeville Albert Doullens La Chaussée-Tirancourt Saint-Valery-sur-Somme Villers-Bretonneux Baie de...
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    Morlaix; Fort Crozon Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598) 2nd Luxembourg; Fontaine-Française; Ham; Le Catelet; Doullens; Cambrai; Calais; La Fère; Ardres; Amiens...
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    Morlaix; Fort Crozon Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598) 2nd Luxembourg; Fontaine-Française; Ham; Le Catelet; Doullens; Cambrai; Calais; La Fère; Ardres; Amiens...
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    end of October 1943, the division moved to northern France to the Arras-Doullens area and at the beginning of December 1943 to the Eastern Front. Here it...
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    Morlaix; Fort Crozon Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598) 2nd Luxembourg; Fontaine-Française; Ham; Le Catelet; Doullens; Cambrai; Calais; La Fère; Ardres; Amiens...
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    Morlaix; Fort Crozon Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598) 2nd Luxembourg; Fontaine-Française; Ham; Le Catelet; Doullens; Cambrai; Calais; La Fère; Ardres; Amiens...
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