• La Légion noire (The Black Legion) was a military unit of the French Revolutionary Army. It took part in what was the unsuccessful last invasion of Britain...
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  • Les Légions Noires (also known as The Black Legions in English, or simply abbreviated to LLN) was a movement of French underground black metal musicians...
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    where he was given command of the Légion Noire during the 1797 invasion of Britain. The 1,200 to 1,400-strong Légion Noire landed at Carregwastad Point, near...
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  • Lüneburg against Napoleon I Légion Noire, an army of French criminals raised for the last invasion of Britain in 1797 Les Légions Noires, a 1987 French Black...
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    Legion (French: Légion Américaine), the Légion Noire and the Légion de Saint-Georges) was a short-lived military legion of National Volunteers formed in December...
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    His forces, officially the Seconde Légion des Francs, became more commonly known as the Légion Noire ("The Black Legion") due to their using captured British...
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  • Noir (redirect from Noire)
    Look up Noir, Noire, noir, noire, or noirish in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Noir (or noire) is the French word for black. It may also refer to: In...
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  • Mütiilation (category Les Légions Noires bands)
    Light and Satanic Warmaster (2007) Black as Lead & Death (EP, 2012) Les Légions Noires Heavy metal umlaut Rosenthal, Jon (1 November 2017). "The Rebirth of...
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  • a French invasion force consisting of 1,400 troops from the Légion Noire (The Black Legion) under the command of Irish American Colonel William Tate landed...
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  • during the Napoleonic Wars La Legion Noire (The Black Legion), a military unit of the French Revolutionary Army Polish Legions (Napoleonic period), Polish...
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  • DKCD072, DKLP027, DK079, contains Rehearsal Winter '93 as bonus) Anthologie Noire (2013, double-CD, semi-official release Drakkar Productions DKCD075) The...
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    treason, and he fled to France in 1795, where he was given command of the Légion Noire during the 1797 invasion of Britain that ended with the Battle of Fishguard...
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  • to: Law of large numbers, a theorem in probability and statistics Les Légions Noires, a group of French black metal bands Louvain-la-Neuve, a university...
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  • Vampires of Black Imperial Blood (category Les Légions Noires albums)
    The album is noted for being the first full length release in the Les Légions Noires movement, it was also the first full-length CD publication from Drakkar...
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  • the Black Legions is the first studio recording by French black metal band Mütiilation. The recording pays a direct homage to The Black Legions, which Mütiilation...
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    French invasion force consisting of 1,400 troops from the La Legion Noire (The Black Legion) under the command of Irish American Colonel William Tate landed...
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  • some have been known to vary. The label is now notorious for its Les Légions Noires releases, as well as other black metal bands that are known throughout...
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  • literally convicted of his beliefs." In France, besides Les Légions Noires (The Black Legions), an NSBM scene arose. Members of French band Funeral desecrated...
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  • Collective Jungle Juice Crew KMFDM La Coka Nostra Lansing-Dreiden Les Légions Noires Living Legends Massive Attack Mo Thugs The Mountain Goats Native Tongues...
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  • achieving the most long-lasting success, while other acts like Les Chaussettes noires, led by other French rock star Eddy Mitchell, and Les Chats sauvages (led...
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    Charged to prepare for an expedition to Ireland, he took command of the Légion Noire under Hoche, sailing in the ill-fated Expédition d'Irlande to Bantry...
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    Mireille Darc (category Officers of the Legion of Honour)
    The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire, 1972) and The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (Le retour...
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    The landing force under Chef de brigade William Tate consisted of the Légion Noire, around 1300 strong, around half of them recruited from French convicts...
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    called upon to repulse a foreign invasion, in 1797, when the French Légion Noire landed at Fishguard in Wales, and the Castlemartin Yeomanry was part...
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    Eugene Bullard (category Knights of the Legion of Honour)
    of the Foreign Legion (Régiment de Marche de la Légion étrangère), which in 1920 became the 3rd Foreign Regiment of the Foreign Legion. Bullard participated...
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    French invasion force consisting of 1,400 troops from the La Legion Noire (The Black Legion) under the command of Irish American Colonel William Tate landed...
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  • fresh upon the public mind. In 1796 in Paris, Wolfe Tone called the Légion Noire about to try an invasion of Great Britain "sad blackguards" who reminded...
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    The Order of the Black Star (Ordre de l'Étoile Noire) was an order of knighthood established on 1 December 1889 at Porto-Novo by Toffa, future king of...
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    still on the stocks. In 1797 she served as a troop ship, ferrying the Légion Noire to Cardigan Bay during the Battle of Fishguard. On 9 March 1797, HMS St...
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    to the Heroes of the Black Army (French: Monument aux héros de l'Armée noire) is the name of a war memorial on Place de la Liberté, Bamako, Mali, and...
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