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    The Rhonelle is a river of northern France. It is 32 km (20 mi) long. It is a right tributary of the Scheldt. Its source is near Locquignol. It flows generally...
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    Honelle (Quiévrain) Aunelle (..) Grande Honelle (..) Petite Honelle (..) Rhonelle (Valenciennes) Écaillon (Thiant) Selle (Denain) Torrent d'Esnes Sensée...
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    miles south of Valenciennes, and was bordered on the east by the river Rhonelle, the bridges and fords of which had been destroyed. An attack was drawn...
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    sculptor. This 1913 work can be seen in the Valenciennes Jardin de la Rhônelle. This medallion depicts the Valenciennes musician and dates to 1912. It...
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    Saint-Ghislain Maastricht Namur Charleroi Valenciennes was positioned on the Rhonelle, a tributary of the Scheldt (French; French: l'Escaut), a major trade route...
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    formal attack. On 27 October the battalion pushed a section across the Rhonelle river, but they were all killed or captured. On 29 October battalion HQ...
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    Southwest of Turenne's quarter, separated from it by a stream called Rhonelle, which flows into the Scheldt at Valenciennes, there were two further quarters...
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    the Mormal Forest. Positioned on high ground between the Ecaillon and Rhonelle Rivers, Le Quesnoy was a medieval town that had been fought over several...
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    during the Battle of the Sambre, when it came up from reserve to cross the Rhonelle stream, 185th Bde pushing on to exploit the success. On the next two days...
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    von Colloredo approaching. Lamarche's men fled to their camp behind the Rhonelle stream, pursued by Colloredo's troops. On the west bank of the Scheldt...
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    Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire, intended to recall the rivers Escaut and Rhonelle, and was surmounted by a statue created by the sculptor, Jean-Baptiste...
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    disruption of railways by German cavalry raids. The Scarpe, Escaut and Rhonelle sluices were opened to extend the floods of the Scarpe and the old forts...
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  • River Rhonelle. Brook took over the same Right Group brigades once more on 31 October and moved his HQ up to the north end of Bermerain. The Rhonelle was...
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    artillery bridges to keep the advance going. The next obstacle was the River Rhonelle, though 183rd Bde already held a small bridgehead over it near Artres,...
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    182nd Brigade made the main attack in the early morning, crossing the Rhonelle at Artres by footbridges thrown across by the Royal Engineers; 2/6th Royal...
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    (OBLI). The division's attempts to establish bridgeheads across the River Rhonelle on 27 October were unsuccessful, but enemy counter-attacks suffered heavy...
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  • November it supported 49th (West Riding) Division's assault crossing of the Rhonelle (the Battle of Valenciennes), and it remained in action until the Armistice...
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  • November it supported 49th (West Riding) Division's assault crossing of the Rhonelle (the Battle of Valenciennes), and it remained in action until the Armistice...
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  • line in front of Valenciennes, and on 1 November it stormed across the Rhonelle (the Battle of Valenciennes). The division was relieved after this attack...
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