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    Tor Rheintore Fort Josef Fort Weisenau Fort Biehler Fort Malakoff Fort Stahlberg Fort Hauptstein [Fort Meunier] Fort Hartenberg [Fort Gibraltar] Bassenheimer...
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    20 December 1943, autumn 1944, 1 February and 27 February 1945) Mainz-Weisenau (particularly 19 October 1944, 1 February and 27 February 1945) During...
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    Mainz (redirect from Mainz-Weisenau)
    confluence of the Main and the Rhine. The town of Mogontiacum grew up between the fort and the river. The castrum was the base of Legio XIV Gemina and XVI Gallica...
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    Argentovaria (section Fort)
    militaria such as lance ferrules, shield bosses, some cheek flaps from a Weisenau-type helmet. and objects made of lead, which were probably brought here...
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    night of October 18, the vanguard of General Jean Nicolas Houchard reached Weisenau. "On the 19th, the army corps arrived in sight of Mainz and surrounded...
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    On that night, the vanguard of General Jean Nicolas Houchard reached Weisenau. ...One of our columns ... marched to within cannon shot of the town; the...
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