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    Le Quesnoy (French pronunciation: [lə kenwa]; Picard: L' Kénoé) is a commune and small town in the east of the Nord department of northern France. It was...
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    The Capture of Le Quesnoy was an engagement of the First World War that took place on 4 November 1918 as part of the Battle of the Sambre. Elements of...
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  • Quesnoy may refer to: Le Quesnoy, Nord, France Louvignies-Quesnoy, Nord, France Quesnoy-sur-Deûle, Nord, France Le Quesnoy-en-Artois, Pas-de-Calais, France...
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  • The Battle of Le Quesnoy (Le Quesnoy, Hainault, 12 November 1568) was fought between a mostly German army supporting the Dutch rebels and the Spanish Habsburg...
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  • as Paul Le Quesnoy Emmanuel Cendrier as Pierre Le Quesnoy Jean-Brice Van Keer as Mathieu Le Quesnoy Praline Le Moult as Emmanuelle Le Quesnoy Axel Vicart...
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    under the Prince of Savoy. In June, Prince Eugene besieged and captured Le Quesnoy. The Duke of Ormonde withdrew his forces during the siege, leading to...
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  • Mounted Rifle Brigade passed through in 1918. Le Qesnoy Barracks are named after the French town of Le Quesnoy that the New Zealand Division Liberated on...
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    Parvillers-le-Quesnoy is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The commune is situated on the D238 and D34 crossroads...
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    Le Quesnoy-en-Artois (French pronunciation: [lə kenwa ɑ̃n‿aʁtwɑ]; literally "Le Quesnoy in Artois") is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the...
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    The siege of Le Quesnoy (28 August – 13 September 1793) saw a force made up of Habsburg Austrians and French Royalists led by François Sébastien Charles...
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    Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (category People from Le Quesnoy)
    Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, is accepted as valid. Jacqueline was born in Le Quesnoy and from her birth she was referred to as "of Holland", indicating that...
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    Colmars-les-Alpes, Collioure, Douai, Entrevaux, Givet, Gravelines, Hendaye, Huningue, Joux, Kehl, Landau, Le Palais (Belle-Île), La Rochelle, Le Quesnoy, Lille...
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    end of April. Douai Tournai Mons Ypres Malplaquet Saint-Venant Boussu Le Quesnoy When the 1709 campaign began, Louis ordered Villars to avoid battle and...
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  • near Le Quesnoy. Similar acts had also been perpetrated by soldiers of Rommel's 7th Panzer Division on 5 June against the defenders of Le Quesnoy. Rommel...
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    siege of Le Quesnoy went well for them. At the Battle of Denain, however, the Allies were defeated. This enabled Villars to recapture Le Quesnoy and other...
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    York advanced from Saint-Amand towards Le Cateau, Coburg led the centre column from Valenciennes and Le Quesnoy, and to his left the Hereditary Prince...
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  • captured the French town of Le Quesnoy. It was the New Zealanders' last major action in the war and to this day the town of Le Quesnoy continues to mark the...
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    Peninsular War: 1702–1713, 107 Trevelyan: England Under Queen Anne: Blenheim, 406 Le Fevre & Harding: Precursors of Nelson: British Admirals of the Eighteenth...
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    captured Le Quesnoy in June and besieged Landrecies but was defeated at Denain on 24 July; the French then went on to recapture Le Quesnoy and many towns...
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    Julien Augustin Joseph Mermet (category People from Le Quesnoy)
    General Julien Augustin Joseph Mermet (9 May 1772, Le Quesnoy – 28 October 1837, Paris) was a French army general. He fought in the Napoleonic Wars as...
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    Piccoli. It's in 1988 that she gained fame for her role as Madame Marielle Le Quesnoy in Life Is a Long Quiet River for which she received a César Award for...
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    of Bavaria-Straubing (Frankfurt am Main, 12 May 1330 – 15 April 1389, Le Quesnoy), was the second son of Emperor Louis IV and Margaret II of Hainaut. He...
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  • US Saint-Omer (6) v Saint-Denis US (6) SAS Épinal (3) v Troyes (2) SA Le Quesnoy (8) v FC Métropole Troyenne (5) US Villejuif (6) v Paris FC (2) Montdidier...
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    objectives were reached on the 4th or the following day. The town of Le Quesnoy, to the west of Forêt de Mormal, was captured by the New Zealand Division...
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    Quesnoy-le-Montant (French pronunciation: [kenwa lə mɔ̃tɑ̃]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The commune is...
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    Valenciennes Wattrelos Lannoy Oosterweel Dahlen Heiligerlee Jemmingen Jodoigne Le Quesnoy 1572–1576 Western Europe Brielle Mons 1st Mechelen Goes Naarden Middelburg...
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    possibly motivated by Eugene's similar treatment of the French defenders of Le Quesnoy the previous year). His hold over the Palatinate secured, Villars opted...
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  • Succession Siege of Cardona (1711) – War of the Spanish Succession Siege of Le Quesnoy (1712) – War of the Spanish Succession Siege of Landrecies (1712) – War...
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    Le Cateau-Cambrésis (French pronunciation: [lə kato kɑ̃bʁezi], before 1977: Le Cateau) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. The term...
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    He also was a siege expert and led the sieges of Béthune, Bouchain and Le Quesnoy in 1710, 1711 and 1712 respectively. He was the son of Nicolaas Fagel...
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