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    Villers-Cernay were merged into Bazeilles. On 1 January 2024, the former commune of La Moncelle was merged into Bazeilles. The inhabitants of the commune...
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    of Bazeilles is now celebrated by the Troupes de marine. The Bavarian vanguard had prevented the demolition of the railroad bridge south of Bazeilles the...
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    when the French defenders of Bazeilles fought to the last cartridge during the 1870 Battle of Sedan. The fighting at Bazeilles was celebrated by the French...
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    Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot's 1st Corps faced east, while Lebrun's 12th Corps garrisoned Bazeilles. The recently arrived General Emmanuel Félix de Wimpffen assumed command...
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    Montmédy (Meuse) and Carignan (Ardennes). The Chiers flows into the Meuse at Bazeilles, near Sedan. The main tributaries of the Chiers are the Loison and the...
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    Bazeilles-sur-Othain (French pronunciation: [bazɛj syʁ ɔtɛ̃], literally Bazeilles on Othain) is a commune in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region...
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    Sainte-Bazeille is a railway station in Sainte-Bazeille, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The station is located on the Bordeaux–Sète railway line. The station...
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    northern France. On 1 January 2024, it was merged into the commune of Bazeilles. Communes of the Ardennes department "Populations légales 2021" [Legal...
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    development of basilica, the term for a public or church building (as in Bazeilles), but all of these names reference early church buildings of the 4th or...
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    in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune Bazeilles. Communes of the Ardennes department "Populations légales 2021" [Legal...
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    subsequently referred to as the "Dornach atrocities". In the small town of Bazeilles, near Sedan, French marines and partisans put up a resistance against...
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    Sainte-Bazeille (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t bazɛj]; Occitan: Senta Baselha) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine...
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    (in Monthermé) Sormonne (in Warcq) Bar (near Dom-le-Mesnil) Chiers (in Bazeilles) Othain (in Montmédy) Scheldt/Escaut (near Vlissingen, Netherlands) Lys...
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    business, and at the age of 25 was appointed a director of the forges at Bazeilles. In 1833, his brother was appointed managing director of Le Creuzot, and...
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    Bannoncourt Bantheville Bar-le-Ducpref Baudonvilliers Baudrémont Baulny Bazeilles-sur-Othain Bazincourt-sur-Saulx Beauclair Beaufort-en-Argonne Beaulieu-en-Argonne...
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    Luxembourg. Meuse (main branch at Stellendam, Netherlands) Chiers (at Bazeilles, France) Rhine (main branch at Hook of Holland, Netherlands) Moselle (at...
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    unit was part of the « Blue Division » which fought at the Battle of Bazeilles on August 31 and September 1, 1870. The regiment is part of the 9th Light...
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    and the Battle of Puebla in Mexico (1863). Their most famous battle was Bazeilles (1870) in the Franco-Prussian War. The Troupes de marine fought in the...
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    Saint-Barthélemy-d'Agenais Saint-Caprais-de-Lerm Saint-Colomb-de-Lauzun Sainte-Bazeille Sainte-Colombe-de-Duras Sainte-Colombe-de-Villeneuve Sainte-Colombe-en-Bruilhois...
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    roundabout is at the intersection of rue Censier, rue Mouffetard, rue de Bazeilles, and rue Pascal. On May 23, 2017, la place Georges-Moustaki was officially...
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    in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune Bazeilles. Communes of the Ardennes department "Populations légales 2021" [Legal...
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  • Tintigny) Mellier (near Marbehan) Mandebras (near Rulles) Chiers (in Bazeilles, France) Rhine (main branch at Hook of Holland, Netherlands) Moselle (in...
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    (in Monthermé) Sormonne (in Warcq) Bar (near Dom-le-Mesnil) Chiers (in Bazeilles) Othain (in Montmédy) Vair (in Maxey-sur-Meuse) Mouzon (in Neufchâteau...
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    Ballay Banogne-Recouvrance Barbaise Barby Bar-lès-Buzancy Bayonville Bazeilles Beaumont-en-Argonne Beffu-et-le-Morthomme Belleville-et-Châtillon-sur-Bar...
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    by Alphonse de Neuville. The film recreates the defense of a house at Bazeilles, on September 1, 1870, at the Battle of Sedan during the Franco-Prussian...
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    Vol. 8, 1871. pp. 259–268. The Miseries of War: Notes from Sedan and Bazeilles, F. P. Verney (attribution as "the author of Stone Edge"), The Saint Pauls...
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    Ballay Banogne-Recouvrance Barbaise Barby Bar-lès-Buzancy Bayonville Bazeilles Beaumont-en-Argonne Beffu-et-le-Morthomme Belleville-et-Châtillon-sur-Bar...
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    (bodyguards, pathfinders, etc.) The anniversary is celebrated of fighting in Bazeilles, a village which was taken and abandoned four consecutive times under...
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    made a last attempt to retreat with General de Wimpffen. It fought at Bazeilles on 31 August and 1 September 1870. The town was retaken and abandoned...
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    Franco-Prussian War. Gallieni fought at Sedan and was taken prisoner at Bazeilles, scene of the stand of the colonial marines. He learned German whilst...
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