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    Moselle (French pronunciation: [mɔzɛl] ) is the most populous department in Lorraine, in the northeast of France, and is named after the river Moselle...
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    The Moselle (/moʊˈzɛl/ moh-ZEL, French: [mɔzɛl] ; German: Mosel [ˈmoːzl̩] ; Luxembourgish: Musel [ˈmuzəl] ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains...
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  • The Fort de Koenigsmacker (Koenigsmaker, Königsmachern or Kœnigsmacker) is a fortification located to the northeast of Thionville in the Moselle department...
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    in the northeastern French department of Moselle. The city is located on the left bank of the river Moselle, opposite its suburb Yutz. Thionville was...
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  • chief engineer at Metz, constructing double crownworks at Bellecroix, Fort Moselle and Yutz, which he claimed to be adaptations of Vauban's original designs...
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  • The Moselle-Line was the designation of a line of French barrier forts (forts d'arrêt) on the upper Moselle between the fortresses of Épinal and Belfort...
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  • Morbihan Ferrières-la-Verrerie Foix Fort de Cormeilles-en-Parisis Fort de Noisy-le-Sec, Romainville Fort Moselle Foucarville Fontainebleau Freisine Givers...
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    Division crossed the Meuse River to join the rest of the corps near the Moselle River. While the corps was at a standstill for a lack of gasoline, the...
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    Fortification (redirect from Fort)
    A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare,...
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    The Fort de Guentrange dominates Thionville in the Moselle department of France. It was built by Germany next to the town of the same name in the late...
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    Fort-de-France (/ˌfɔːr də ˈfrɒ̃s/, US also /ˌfɔːrt də ˈfræns/, French: [fɔʁ də fʁɑ̃s] ; Martinican Creole: Fodfwans) is a commune and the capital city...
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    point of rail transport in the Rhine-Moselle-Lahn area. It is a through station in southern Koblenz built below Fort Großfürst Konstantin and opened in...
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    22 November; the last of the forts defending Metz surrendered on 13 December. Metz is located between the rivers Moselle and Seille. The fortifications...
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    France, Lorraine consisted of the four departments Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle and Vosges (from a historical point of view the Haute-Marne department...
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    Metz (category Communes of Moselle (department))
    France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament...
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    Fort Douaumont (French: Fort de Douaumont) was the largest and highest fort on the ring of 19 large defensive works which had protected the city of Verdun...
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    d'Entrevaux, Entrevaux, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Longwy, Meurthe-et-Moselle Fort Coenraadsburg Fort Saint Anthony Osu Castle Elmina Castle São Sebastião Frankfurt...
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    extending from the front of the fort. While the Moselle valley was under German control during World War II the fort was used starting in 1943 by the...
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    (1871–1891) Fort Gambetta / Fort Hindersin (1879–1881) Fort Déroulède / Fort Kameke (1876–1879) Fort Decaen / Fort Schwerin (1878–1880) Fort de Plappeville...
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    town by land area on the Middle Moselle. Traben lies on the Moselle river's left bank at the foot of the former fort of Mont Royal, and Trarbach lies...
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    Fort Vaux (French: Fort de Vaux), in Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Meuse, France, was a polygonal fort forming part of the ring of 19 large defensive works intended...
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    soon its hospitals were at saturation point - the military hospital at Fort Moselle alone took in more than 1,800 men, whilst Metz's town hall, its new lycée...
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  • Fortress of Metz: 1870-1944. Les forts en Moselle Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine — Fort Lauvallière Forts of Metz Fortifications of Metz Battle...
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    Mount Saint-Quentin (Saint-Quentin Mountain) is a summit that lays in Moselle Valley to the west of the Metz area. Due to its location, it played a strategic...
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    code name Operation thunderbolt. Fort Driant was located 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Metz, just west of the Moselle River. Built in 1902 by the Germans...
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  • France: Louvigny, Calvados, in the Calvados département Louvigny, Moselle, in the Moselle département Louvigny, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques...
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    Triers (see also names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle in Germany. It lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of red sandstone...
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    Fort de Joux (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ də ʒu]) or Château de Joux (French pronunciation: [ʃato də ʒu]) is a castle, later transformed into a fort,...
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  • fr. "Hôpital militaire (ancien) situé dans le Fort Moselle". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr. "Quartier Moselle". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr. "Caserne Chambière"...
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    is the prefecture of the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It was the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, which was annexed by France...
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