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    The camp de Châlons, also known as camp de Mourmelon, is a military camp of about 10,000 hectares at Mourmelon-le-Grand, near Châlons-en-Champagne. It...
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    the site of the battle of Châlons in 451 which turned back the westward advance of Attila. Châlons-en-Champagne in 1623 Hôtel de la Haute Mère Dieu in the...
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  • Châlons may refer to: Châlons-en-Champagne (formerly Châlons-sur-Marne), a town in Marne département Camp de Châlons, a temporary firing range near the...
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    department in north-eastern France. The camp de Châlons, also known as camp de Mourmelon, is a military camp of circa 10,000 hectares near Mourmelon-le-Grand...
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    February 1858 he commanded the division of the East at Nancy, then the Camp de Châlons, starting from 1 June 1858. On 22 April 1859 he received the command...
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    Châlons (French: Armée de Châlons) was a French military formation that fought during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Formed in the camp of Châlons on...
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  • Marne department in north-eastern France Camp de Châlons, also known as camp de Mourmelon, a military camp at Mourmelon-le-Grand Mourmelon 131 military...
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    Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (French: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and officially branded...
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    flows through it. The prefecture (capital) of Marne is Châlons-en-Champagne (formerly known as Châlons-sur-Marne). The subprefectures are Épernay, Reims,...
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  • June 1924 to 9 July 1924 at the shooting ranges at Versailles, Reims, Camp de Châlons (Mourmelon), and Issy-les-Moulineaux. Notes: For the team free rifle...
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    using the Camp de Châlons as a base to see how they could be used in winter conditions. Afterwards, they drove on their own power to the Atelier de Rueil...
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    first cross-country flight in Europe. Henri flew from his hangars at Camp de Châlons, Bouy, to Reims, landing at the cavalry ground. It was a distance of...
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    catalogue Une visite au camp de Châlons sous le Second Empire: photographies de Messieurs Le Gray, Prévot..., Paris: musée de l'Armée, 1996, pp. 130-131...
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  • The competition was held on 27 June 1924 at the shooting ranges at Camp de Châlons, Mourmelon. 73 shooters from 19 nations competed. A maximum of four...
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    Marcel Loridan (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
    Farman biplane.[clarification needed] The ascent, starting from the Camp de Châlons, took 1 hour and 23 minutes. The previous record was set by Georges...
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    Chalon-sur-Saône (French pronunciation: [ʃalɔ̃ syʁ son] , literally Chalon on Saône) is a city in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté...
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    not impressed by the dilapidated French one at Camp de Châlons, but at the Döberitz Infantry School [de] he found a lavishly-equipped facility, with weapons...
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    Marshal François Certain de Canrobert consisted of troops from Paris, Châlons, and Soissons and assembled at the camp de Châlons. The 7th Army Corps (French:...
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    the Châlons branch in Mourmelon was put into service on October 14, 1857 during the opening of the single-track line planned to serve Camp de Châlons, a...
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    (or Fields), also called the Battle of the Campus Mauriacus, Battle of Châlons, Battle of Troyes or the Battle of Maurica, took place on June 20, 451...
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    2nd Zouave replaced the 8th Zouave. The regiment held garrison at Camp de Châlons in 1943. Accordingly, the regiment was motorised, the only regiment...
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  • competition was held on 26 and 27 June 1924 at the shooting ranges at Camp de Châlons, Mourmelon. 88 shooters competed for 18 nations. The scores of the...
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  • Cahors Camp de Livron, Caylus, Tarn-et-Garonne Camp de Thoré Camp des Anamites Camp des Defends par Châteauroux Camp des Sables-Fortet Castres Châlons-sur-Marne...
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    new French government. The 130,000-strong French Army of Châlons, commanded by Marshal Patrice de MacMahon and accompanied by Napoleon III, was attempting...
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    the spirit of flying. In March 1910 Christiaens met Géo Chavez at Camp de Châlons, France and learnt to fly on a Farman plane from him. By 12 April in...
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    for whom he started, in 1934, the tradition of a pilgrimage to the Camp de Châlons in Mourmelon-le-Grand, former base of the Russian Legion. Taranovsky...
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    School of Civil Aviation of Mourmelon-le-Grand led by Roger Sommer, at Camp de Châlons. After passing all the exams, she received her International Aeronautical...
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  • repairs of her hull, which had been torn by a storm when landing at the Camp de Châlons. Ib Lebaudy III (July 1905) 56.5 10 2,950 50 35 After damage in a storm...
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    men's 600 m free rifle and team free rifle events were held at the camp de Châlons in Mourmelon-le-Grand. For the individual event on 27 July, out of...
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    Wayback Machine Accessed 30 December 2010. "National Shooting Center", Rio de Janeiro 2016 Candidate File (PDF), vol. 2, (BOC), February 16, 2009, pp. 116–117...
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