• Fort Knokke or Fort de Cnocke or Fort de la Knocque or Fort de Knocke was an important fortification that defended western Flanders from the 1580s until...
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    West Flanders and flows via the city of Ypres (Ieper) into the Yser at Fort Knokke. The river is 17 kilometres (11 mi) long. Its name is derived from iep...
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    efficiently, providing a relative advantage over its competitors. Veurne Knokke Ypres Menen Tournai Mons Dendermonde Namur The Dutch had successfully recovered...
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    border of the French empire. Fortifications were built again, such as Fort Knokke. After the Treaty of Utrecht, the area belonged to the Austrian Netherlands...
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    Territorial divisions took over the defence of the front line south of Fort Knokke from the Sixth Division, which was moved to the Yser Front. On 21 October...
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    War and took part in the capture of Huy in autumn 1694, the attack of Fort Knokke in June 1695 and the Siege of Namur in summer 1695 before returning home...
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    and also captured the other Barrier cities Ypres (Ieper) on 26 June, Fort Knokke on 28 June, and Furnes (Veurne) on 11 July. Further actions in Flanders...
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    further towards the North Sea and also captured the other Barrier cities Fort Knokke on 28 June, and Furnes (Veurne) on 11 July. Further actions in Flanders...
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  • September 10 – Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer. (b. 1881) 14 April – Cape – Fort Knokke to Woltemade no. 1, 4 miles 5 chains (6.5 kilometres). 24 April – Free...
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    1693 for service in the Nine Years' War and took part in the attack of Fort Knokke in June 1695 and the siege of Namur in summer 1695 before returning home...
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    Amsterdam Battery (category Forts in South Africa)
    and the building was used from then on as a prison. Chavonnes Battery Fort Knokke Imhoff Battery Heeren Hendriks Kinderen Battery Elisabeth Battery Helena...
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    Republic by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, along with Veurne (Furnes), Fort Knokke, Menen, Tournai, Mons, Charleroi, Namur and Ghent. Though the fortresses...
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  • August and Derwent to Stoffberg on 14 November. New lines opened: Cape – Fort Knokke to Woltemade no. 1 on 14 April, Koopmansfontein to Postmasburg on 1 November...
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    Zwin in Knokke and the Nortsea, ran past the village. Old Zwin silted up, replaced by a canal constructed by the order of Napoleon and two forts were built...
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    between Knokke and De Panne via Ostend) features also some vehicles of the once extensive interurban network stored in the depot of De Panne and Knokke operated...
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  • (id=9868) Corneille Heymans March 28, 1892 Ghent, Belgium July 18, 1968 Knokke, Belgium 1934, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940 Won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physiology...
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    Veurne Knokke Ypres Menen Tournai Mons Dendermonde Namur The Barrier Treaties (Dutch: Barrièretraktaat/Barrièreverdrag; French: traités de la Barrière)...
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    Frontière de fer (category Forts in France)
    Rocroi, and Charlemont. On the Western part of the line we find Nieuwpoort, Knokke, Ypres, and Menen. The system was developed while wars were going on in...
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    line 50A. The Coast Tram connects Ostend with De Panne to the south and Knokke-Heist in the north. Ostend formerly had busy ferry routes to Dover and Ramsgate...
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  • Tour WTA Düsseldorf Open 1973 Düsseldorf Clay WTA Tour WTA Knokke-Heist 1999 2002 Knokke (1999–2001) Brussels (2002) Clay WTA Tour WTA Montreal 1978...
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  • merged in 1975 Knokke-Heist is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns Knokke and Heist-aan-Zee...
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    IC trains between Genk and Knokke or Blankenberge (IC 1527–1542) used to be divided in Bruges, the front part went to Knokke (IC 1627–1642) while the rest...
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  • 8, 2023 1959 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta 'Tour de France' 1401GT Bonhams Knokke-Heist, Belgium US$5,101,929 $5,101,929 August 16, 2015 1957 Ferrari 410...
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    III's most significant military success during the war. Diksmuide Deinze Knokke Brussels Coutrai Avelgem Charleroi Namur Huy Beselare Mons Namur was divided...
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  • Kalmthout  Belgium /  Netherlands Kevelaer  Germany /  Netherlands Kleve Knokke  Belgium /  Netherlands Lommel Maaseik Maastricht  Belgium /  Netherlands...
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    airport whose airport codes include both cities' initials, e.g., DFW (Dallas–Fort Worth), LBA (Leeds–Bradford), MSP (Minneapolis–Saint Paul), RDU (Raleigh...
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  • arrive" by Roméo Elvis featuring Caballero "Bruxelles je t'aime" by Angèle "Knokke-le-Zoute Tango" by Jacques Brel "Jacky" by Jacques Brel "Il neige sur Liège"...
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  • Amsterdam–Rotterdam–Frankfurt–Milan–Rome, Amsterdam–Rotterdam–Haamstede–Vlissingen–Knokke/Zoute, Amsterdam–Rotterdam–London, Amsterdam–Rotterdam–Prague–Vienna–Budapest...
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    Viviane (1981). "Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875", Knokke 1981, p. 272–274. Janssens, Jacques (1978). James Ensor. New York: Crown...
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    between the tram line from Breskens to Maldeghem and the Belgian tram line to Knokke. The tram lines closed in 1939 and 1948 respectively. Retranchement was...
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