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    was approved the day after by the Belgian Parliament. On 23–24 August 1914, Mons was the location of the Battle of Mons—the first battle fought by the British...
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  • up Mons, mons, or Mons. in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mons commonly refers to: Mons, Belgium, a city in Belgium Mons pubis (mons Venus or mons veneris)...
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    German Empire at the beginning of World War I during the Battle of Mons in Belgium on 23 August 1914. On 22–23 August 1914, the first major engagement...
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    clashed with Germany on the French borders. At Mons, the British Army attempted to hold the line of the Mons–Condé Canal against the advancing German 1st...
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  • Royal Albert Elisabeth Club de Mons, simply known as R.A.E.C. Mons or Mons, is a defunct Belgian football club formed in Mons, Hainaut Province, in 1910 and...
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    Battle of Mons was a First World War military engagement fought between 9–11 November 1918, in which Canadian forces captured the Belgian town of Mons, re-capturing...
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  • number of retreating German Army and Waffen-SS troops near the town of Mons in Belgium. The German forces were disorganised and unable to counter the Allied...
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    Jemappes (category Sub-municipalities of Mons, Belgium)
    Djumappes) is a sub-municipality of the city of Mons located in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On...
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    operations worldwide. SHAPE is situated in the village of Casteau, near Mons, Belgium. ACO's and SHAPE's commander is titled Supreme Allied Commander Europe...
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    (17 in). Koch died in Mons, Belgium on 30 March 1902. His skeleton is preserved in the Museum of Natural History in Mons, Belgium. Koch was the star of...
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    The Belfry of Mons (French: Beffroi de Mons) is one of the more recent among the belfries of Belgium and France. At a height of 87 metres (285 ft), it...
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  • shot by a sniper while on a patrol in woodland on the outskirts of Mons, Belgium. Ellison was born in York and later lived in Leeds, England. He enlisted...
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    of Mons (French: Université de Mons) is a Belgian university located in the city of Mons, founded in 2009 by merging the Engineering Faculty of Mons (FPMs)...
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  • Belfius Mons-Hainaut is a Belgian professional basketball club that is based in Mons, Wallonia. The club competes in the highest division of the country...
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  • Paul Émile de Puydt (category People from Mons, Belgium)
    died in Mons, Belgium. His father was Jean Ambroise de Puydt (1758–1836), who was governor of the province Hainaut in the early days of Belgium from 1830...
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    The Ducasse de Mons, also commonly known as the Doudou, is a traditional folk festival held in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium, on Trinity Sunday (57 days after...
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    Stade Charles Tondreau (category Sport in Mons, Belgium)
    multi-purpose stadium in Mons, Belgium. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of R.A.E.C. Mons. The stadium also hosts...
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  • Louvain-la-Neuve, Brussels, Mons, Tournai, Charleroi and Namur University of Liège (ULiège), Liège, Gembloux and Arlon University of Mons (UMons), Mons Université libre...
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  • SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) in Casteau, north of Mons (Belgium), since 1966 (before in Paris). SHAPE is since 2003 the headquarters...
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    NATO (category Military alliances involving Belgium)
    main headquarters are located in Brussels, Belgium, while NATO's military headquarters are near Mons, Belgium. The alliance has increased its NATO Response...
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  • Annik Honoré (category People from Mons, Belgium)
    labels Les Disques du Crépuscule and Factory Benelux. Honoré was born in Mons, Belgium on 12 October 1957. As a teenager she became interested in rock music...
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    Mons railway station (French: Gare de Mons; Dutch: Station Bergen) is a railway station in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. The station opened on 19 December 1841...
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  • dissolved. Baldwin died at a young age of c. 33 in 1120, and was buried in Mons, Belgium. His eldest son, Baldwin IV, succeeded him. His younger son Gerard inherited...
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    Battle of Jemappes (category History of Mons, Belgium)
    near the town of Jemappes in Hainaut, Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium), near Mons during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary...
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    was certainly described as such. Mons Meg was made in the town of Mons (now the Walloon French-speaking part of Belgium) or Bergen (in Dutch as in those...
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  • Saint-Symphorien, a stadium in Metz, France St Symphorien Military Cemetery near Mons, Belgium This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Saint-Symphorien...
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    Léon Rom (category People from Mons, Belgium)
    family in Mons, Belgium, in 1859 and entered the Belgian Army at the age of 16. He subsequently worked as a customs official before leaving Belgium for the...
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    George Lawrence Price (category Deaths by firearm in Belgium)
    Battalion had orders for November 11 to advance from Frameries (South of Mons) and continue to the village of Havre, securing all the bridges on the Canal...
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  • Saint-Denis-sur-Scie, in the Seine-Maritime department Saint-Denis, Mons, Belgium Saint-Denis, Aosta Valley, Italy St. Denis, Maryland, United States...
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    rollers. Mons, Belgium: Hainaut Tourisme Federation. p. 34. Delmelle, Joseph (2003) [1993]. The funicular lift of Strepy-Thieu. Mons, Belgium: Hainaut...
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