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    The Canal de Saint-Quentin (French pronunciation: [kanal də sɛ̃ kɑ̃tɛ̃]) is a canal in northern France connecting the canalised river Escaut in Cambrai...
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    Fourth Army and French First Army would attack the Germans along the Saint-Quentin Canal in an effort to breach the Hindenburg Line between Holnon and Vendhuile...
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    with 25 locks, from the English Channel at Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme to the Canal de Saint-Quentin at Saint-Simon. The Somme River was canalized beginning...
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    Battle of Amiens in August, and the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin in September. At Mont Saint-Quentin he was recommended for the award of the Victoria Cross...
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    in northern France that, along with the river Oise, connects the Canal de Saint-Quentin at Chauny to the Seine at Conflans-Sainte-Honorine. See under the...
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  • Saint-Quentin Canal for which he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM). This action took place on the second day of the battle of Saint-Quentin...
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    the junction of the Saint-Quentin canal to the Oise and Paris and the Canal de l'Escaut, which leads to the Dunkerque-Escaut canal. A marina is located...
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    to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, where the maritime canal, once called the canal du Duc d'Angoulême enters the English Channel. The St Quentin Canal, famous...
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    to 1 October, saw the 27th engaged in severe fighting along the Saint Quentin Canal Tunnel—one of the out-lying strong points of the Hindenburg Line...
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    Louis XV (category Burials at the Basilica of Saint-Denis)
    Transportation and shipping were improved with the completion of the Saint-Quentin canal (linking the Oise and Somme rivers) in 1738, which was later extended...
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    through the German's Hindenburg Line. The image was taken at the Riqueval Bridge - across the Saint-Quentin Canal - south of Bellicourt in northern France....
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    the Saint-Quentin canal, the town still retains its port to this day. Chauny is roughly equal distances from Soissons (34 km), Laon (36 km) and Saint-Quentin...
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  • and cities of the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta. The opening of the Saint-Quentin Canal in 1810 allowed coal to go by barge to Paris. The Belgian coalfield...
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    to the public in 1965. The Canal du Nord and the Canal de Saint-Quentin may be supplanted by the Seine–Nord Europe Canal, a projected high capacity link...
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    canal is 71 kilometres (44 mi) long, and has 38 locks. The junction made at La Fère is with a branch of the Canal de Saint-Quentin, while the Canal latéral...
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    The canal will replace the Canal de Saint-Quentin and the current Canal du Nord, increasing maximum barge capacity from 650 to 4400 tonnes. The canal will...
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    they fought the Battle of Havrincourt and continued across the Saint Quentin Canal at Marcoing, before beginning the fighting advance to Maubeuge on...
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    Scheldt (redirect from Canal de l'Escaut)
    Cambrai, the Canal de Saint-Quentin follows its course. The port of Antwerp, the second-largest in Europe, developed on its banks. Several canals (including...
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    such as iron bridges in Paris. He undertook various canal projects, of which the Saint-Quentin canal was the first. Crétet was one of the most active negotiators...
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    the Sensée. He worked on the Canal de Saint-Quentin from 1827 to 1849. He engineered the construction of the Mons-Condé Canal from 1800 to 1818. Geiger,...
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    This is a list of the navigable canals and rivers in France. For reference purposes, all waterways are listed, including many that have been abandoned...
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    numerous canals (e.g. the Canal of Saint-Quentin, 93 km). There is an average of 500 to 750 mm precipitation annually. Weather Data for Saint Quentin – Roupy...
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  • Second Battle of Bapaume, the Battle of Epehy and the Battle of the Saint-Quentin Canal, then rejoined the 25th Division on 4 October 1918. CX Brigade, RFA...
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  • up to the Hindenburg Line which they breached at Saint-Quentin Canal on 5 October and at Le Nord Canal three days later. Lille and Douai were liberated...
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    Riqueval Tunnel (category Canal tunnels in France)
    Official site of navigable canals in France (French) Photos site (French) M. M. PUGIN: L’histoire du Canal de Saint-Quentin Dans: Mémoires numérisés, Tome...
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    northern France, and positioned opposite the heavily fortified Cambrai-Saint Quentin Canal section of the Hindenburg Line. On the morning of September 29, the...
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    Quentin Roosevelt (November 19, 1897 – July 14, 1918) was the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Roosevelt. Inspired by his father...
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    Dallon (category Saint-Quentin arrondissement geography stubs)
    Somme and its marshes, and the canal Saint-Quentin. Its former name is Dalonaie, on record in the year 1035. Eglise Saint Medard Calvary Communes of the...
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    Bellicourt (category Saint-Quentin arrondissement geography stubs)
    lies on the N44 road between Cambrai and Saint-Quentin and over the principal tunnel of the St. Quentin Canal. It was the site of numerous intense combat...
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