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    Landrecies (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃dʁəsi]; Dutch: Landeschie) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. In 1543, Landrecies was besieged...
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  • The siege of Landrecies (1543) took place during the Italian War of 1542–46. Landrecies was besieged by Imperial and English forces under the command of...
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    The siege of Landrecies (17–30 April 1794) was a military operation during the Spring 1794 campaign in the Low Countries theatre of the War of the First...
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    as usual, sword in hand. In 1655, Turenne captured the fortresses of Landrecies, Condé and St Ghislain. In 1656 the prince of Condé avenged the defeat...
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    Siege of Landrecies dated 1648, which is an etching on four plates on four conjoined sheets of paper. It comprises a plan of the city of Landrecies, with...
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  • Revolutionary Wars. He led the heroic defense of the fortress of Landrecies during the Siege of Landrecies (1794), but was forced to surrender after a devastating...
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    Armentières Nieuwpoort Commines 2nd Landrecies Diksmuide Ypres 2nd Lens Rethel [zh] Mouzon 2nd Arras 3rd Landrecies Valenciennes 2nd Mardyck 2nd Dunkirk...
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    marches and small actions to facilitate the investment of the fortress of Landrecies. York advanced from Saint-Amand towards Le Cateau, Coburg led the centre...
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    prominent Jacobites. Prince Eugene captured Le Quesnoy in June and besieged Landrecies, but was defeated at Denain on 24 July. The French then went on to recapture...
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  • for which he was awarded the VC. On 23 October 1918 at Bois-l'Évêque, Landrecies, France, when his company was held up by a line of enemy machine guns...
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    Landrecies on the night of the 25/26 August, when the following action took place for which he was awarded his VC: On 25/26 August 1914 at Landrecies...
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  • In the spring of 1794, he led his troops at Le Cateau, Beaumont and Landrecies. By this time it was obvious that he did not have the talent to command...
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    formerly an important industrial district. The navigable course begins in Landrecies at the junction with the Canal de la Sambre à l'Oise, which links with...
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    Governor-General of French India and rival of Robert Clive. Dupleix was born in Landrecies, on January 23, 1697[citation needed]. His father, François Dupleix, a...
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    Jeumont Jolimetz Killem Lallaing Lambersart Lambres-lez-Douai Landas Landrecies Lannoy Larouillies Lauwin-Planque Lecelles Lécluse Lederzeele Ledringhem...
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    1st Douai Béthune Saint-Venant Aire 1st Bouchain Arras 1st Le Quesnoy Landrécies Grovestins' Cavalry Raid Denain Marchiennes 2nd Douai 2nd Le Quesnoy 2nd...
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    Jeumont Jolimetz Killem Lallaing Lambersart Lambres-lez-Douai Landas Landrecies Lannoy Larouillies Lauwin-Planque Lecelles Lécluse Lederzeele Ledringhem...
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    march towards Prince Eugene's forces at Landrecies. In response to the threat, Prince Eugene reinforced Landrecies, weakening the Allied right wing, under...
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    and Surrey joined a group of volunteers to take part in the Siege of Landrecies. Wyatt established himself as a prominent figure in the military and was...
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  • attempts to retake Prome from Toungoo. Siege of Landrecies The Holy Roman Empire fails to capture Landrecies from France. 1544 Battle of Ceresole 11 April...
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    1st Douai Béthune Saint-Venant Aire 1st Bouchain Arras 1st Le Quesnoy Landrécies Grovestins' Cavalry Raid Denain Marchiennes 2nd Douai 2nd Le Quesnoy 2nd...
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    Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-07227-3. Rogers, D., ed. (2010). Landrecies to Cambrai: Case Studies of German Offensive and Defensive Operations...
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    square commemorating Joseph François Dupleix (1697–1763), marquis of Landrecies and Paris, an administrator and coloniser of India. The station was the...
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    French both prepared offensives in Belgium, with the Austrians besieging Landrecies and advancing towards Mons and Maubeuge. The French prepared an offensive...
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    I Corps retreating to Landrecies and II Corps to Le Cateau. The chaos and confusion were graphically illustrated in Landrecies on 25 August, where a senior...
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    part of the Thirty Years' War, distinguishing himself at the siege of Landrecies (1637), when he was made captain. During his campaigns he studied the...
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    Armentières Nieuwpoort Commines 2nd Landrecies Diksmuide Ypres 2nd Lens Rethel [zh] Mouzon 2nd Arras 3rd Landrecies Valenciennes 2nd Mardyck 2nd Dunkirk...
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    in 1793 moved to the artillery at La Fère, assisting in the sieges of Landrecies, Le Quesnoy and Valenciennes. At Valenciennes he became aide-de-camp to...
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    Barthélémy Louis Joseph Lebrun (22 October 1809, Landrecies - 6 October 1889, Paris) was a French Army officer of the Second French Empire. Entering the...
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    and fought at the Battle of Stenay in 1654, as well as in sieges at Landrecies and Saint-Ghislaine, then to captain in 1655. In 1658, he became a second...
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