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    north-eastern France. In 1221 the first castle of Montmédy was built on top of a hill by the Count of Chiny. Montmédy soon became the capital of his territory...
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    Royale, and Madame Élisabeth—unsuccessfully attempted to leave Paris for Montmédy, along with loyal members of their retinue. The King hoped to regain his...
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    The siege of Montmédy was a battle of the Franco-Prussian War at the small commune of Montmédy, in the Meuse, it was besieged by the army of the German...
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  • The canton of Montmédy is an administrative division of the Meuse department, northeastern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation...
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    Vigneul-sous-Montmédy (French pronunciation: [viɲœl su mɔ̃medi]) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Communes of...
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    Verdun opposite Alsace and Lorraine, the Fifth Army was to assemble from Montmédy to Sedan and Mézières. The Fourth Army was to be held back, west of Verdun...
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    The Fortified Sector of Montmédy (Secteur Fortifié de Montmédy) was the French military organisation that in 1940 controlled the section of the Maginot...
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    Schweitzer: Exkurs: Dr. med. Alfred Bauer - Arzt in Deutsch-Eck. Montmédy-Échange and Montmédy-Ville, 26 July 1927. Lissey – Apres la guerre. Romagne near...
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    attempt known as the Flight to Varennes to reach the royalist stronghold of Montmédy, some members of the royal family were to pose as the servants of an imaginary...
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    Versailles to the Tuileries Palace in Paris. In June 1791 he tried to flee to Montmédy near the frontier, where troops under royalist officers were concentrated...
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    re-assert his independence by taking refuge with Bouillé, who was based at Montmédy with 10,000 soldiers considered loyal to the Crown. The royal family left...
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    northern Meurthe-et-Moselle) Gaumais (arrondissement of Virton, cantons of Montmédy and Stenay in Meuse and the canton of Carignan in Ardennes) Messin (Metz...
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    Treaty, Spain ceded the Luxembourgish fortresses of Stenay, Thionville, and Montmédy, and the surrounding territory to France, effectively reducing the size...
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    districts are not in Gaume (as Suxy or Hachy). Historically, the area around Montmédy, Carignan and Charency-Vezin, that was ceded to France by Spain in 1659...
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    flee secretly with his family from Paris to the royalist fortress town of Montmédy on the northeastern border of France, where he would join the émigrés and...
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    gained Roussillon (including Perpignan) and the northern half of Cerdanya, Montmédy and other parts of Luxembourg, Artois and other towns in Flanders, including...
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    Truce of Ratisbon (1684) County of Artois (1659) Roussillon and Perpignan, Montmédy and other parts of Luxembourg, parts of Flanders, including Arras, Béthune...
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    44): Verdun Bar-le-Duc Commercy Gondrecourt-le-Château Lac de Madine Montmédy (Montmédy citadel [fr]) Verdun Memorial Verdun Verdun Marne 30 June 2024 (day...
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    his former regiment. Because part of the 12th Chasseurs had been sent to Montmédy to protect the royal family on its flight to Varennes, the regiment had...
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    left tributary of the Chiers into which it flows between Villécloye and Montmédy. This list is ordered from source to mouth: Meurthe-et-Moselle: Gondrecourt-Aix...
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    his law studies, he was sent in September 1939 to the Maginot line near Montmédy, with the rank of Sergeant-chief (infantry sergeant). He became engaged...
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    3484 1909 0-4-0 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) 50 hp Entreprise Léon Martin, Montmedy (Meuse), who owned also O&K N° 3245/1909 with 30 hp 3488 1909 0-4-0T+T...
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  • This is a list of people who have acted as official executioners. In 1870 the Republic of France abolished all local executioners and named the executioner...
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    Sormonne (in Warcq) Bar (near Dom-le-Mesnil) Chiers (in Bazeilles) Othain (in Montmédy) Vair (in Maxey-sur-Meuse) Mouzon (in Neufchâteau, Vosges) Saônelle (in...
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    Communauté de communes du Pays d'Étain Communauté de communes du Pays de Montmédy Communauté de communes du Pays de Revigny-sur-Ornain Communauté de communes...
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    concentration of regular troops under François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé at Montmédy. After the attempted flight was stopped at Varennes, Charles moved on to...
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    them foreign), escaped from Paris in an attempt to reach the fortress of Montmédy in the northeast. There, they expected to find an enclave of royalists...
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    Little Chimney-Sweep was never finished. A museum is devoted to him at Montmédy. A statue of Bastien-Lepage by Rodin was erected in Damvillers. An obituary...
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    France received from Luxembourg the fortresses of Stenay, Thionville, and Montmédy, and the surrounding territory. The area taken by France from the Duchy...
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    fortress of Montmédy, within Bouillé's area of control. Approximately 10,000 regulars of the old royal army were encamped at or near Montmedy. The regiments...
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