notably Les Affranchis. Marie Lenéru was born in 1875 in Brest, France. Her family lived on rue de Siam. Her father Alfred Lenéru (1843–1876) was a naval...
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Chauvinière, Cimetière Parc, Miséricorde, Pont du Cens, Saint-Clair, Saint-Donatien, Saint-Jacques, Saint-Joseph-de-Porterie, Saint-Martin (old and new)...
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metropolitan France – Oléron and Saint-Martin-de-Ré (on Île de Ré) – then, as these were due to be closed, to Quélern (near Brest). At the same time, 29 of them...
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The 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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Camille Tissot (category French Navy officers from Brest, France)
communications by radio, initially between various points of the roads of Brest and the Saint Martin church, then to the islands Vierge (Plouguerneau) and Stiff (Ushant)...
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at Verdun, Toul, Épinal, Belfort in the north-east as well as Paris and Brest. Forts d'arrêts may be found at Manonviller, (Meurthe-et-Moselle) and Bourlémont...
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Fort Vaux (redirect from Fort de vaux)
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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Vaise, and Saint-Jean would later be returned to the city. Construction resumed in 1840. First the Fort de la Vitriolerie in 1840, then Fort de Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon...
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Fort Douaumont (category Séré de Rivières system)
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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the cemetery at Notre Dame de Lorette (Cimetière militaire Notre-Dame-de-Lorette or the Nécropole nationale de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette). This French military...
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French). Base Mérimée: Le cimetière juif de Bayonne, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French). "Le cimetière juif de Bayonne". museedupatrimoine...
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cimetière du Père-Lachaise (1824) ; Le Siège de Damas, 5 canto poem, preceded by a preface on the classicists and the romantics (1825) ; Sigismond de...
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The Fort de Saint-Cyr (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ də sɛ̃ siʁ]), located in the commune of Montigny-le-Bretonneux, (Yvelines), is one of the forts built...
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Séré de Rivières system. The Fort de Sucy was built between 1879 and 1881 on a location that had been used by the Prussians to bombard the Saint-Maur...
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Fort Souville (redirect from Fort de Souville)
January. Gilbert, Martin (5 June 2014). The First World War: A Complete History. Rosetta Books. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-7953-3723-9. "Le fort de Souville ou fort...
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Fort de Vézelois, also known as Fort Ordener, was built between 1883 and 1886 near Vézelois, to the southeast of Belfort in northeastern France. It is...
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Chantilly, Oise (section Porte Saint-Denis)
was buried in the cimetière Saint-Pierre. Anne de Montmorency (1492–1567), grand maître of France, then constable Louis Antoine de Bourbon-Condé, Duke...
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Fort de Champigny was built following the Franco-Prussian War to defend Paris. Located to the southeast of Paris in Chennevières-sur-Marne, the fort was...
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The Fort de Bourlémont, or Fort Choiseul, was built between 1878 and 1881. The fort was built as part of the Séré de Rivières system of fortifications...
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48°50′0″N 2°33′20″E / 48.83333°N 2.55556°E / 48.83333; 2.55556 Fort de Villers was built following the Franco-Prussian War to defend Paris. Located...
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The Fort de l'Infernet is a fortification complex near Briançon in the French Alps. It was built as part of the Séré de Rivières system of fortifications...
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Maxwell-Hyslop 1995, pp. 147–148, 168. "Le souvenir de la 1ère GM en Champagne-Ardenne – Le cimetière italien de Bligny présenté par Jean-Pierre Husson". www...
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However, during a stopover in Brest, the Comte d'Hector decided he would appoint a man with more experience, Felix de Saint-Hilaire. Having returned to...
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The Fort de Seclin, also known as Fort Duhoux, is located near the commune of Seclin, France, about 9.5 kilometres (5.9 mi) south of Lille. Built from...
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The Fort de Maulde, also known as Fort de Beurnonville and the Ensemble de Maulde, is located to the south of Maulde, France. It is part of the Fortified...
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Fort de Roppe, also known as Fort Ney, was built between 1875 and 1877. It is part of the second ring of fortifications around the city of Belfort in northeastern...
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Fort du Salbert (category Séré de Rivières system)
was named after General François Joseph Lefebvre. It forms part of the Séré de Rivières system fortifications in the fortified region of Belfort in northeastern...
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The Fort de Vancia is a former military installation built between 1872 and 1878 in the municipalities of Sathonay-Village and Rillieux-la-Pape, north...
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"Étude :Le tombeau de Pradier au cimetière du Père-Lachaise" by Douglas Siler. Base Palissy: Statue : Saint Pierre, Ministère français de la Culture. (in...
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