Landrecies (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃dʁəsi]; Dutch: Landeschie) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. In 1543, Landrecies was besieged...
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The siege of Landrecies (1543) took place during the Italian War of 1542–46. Landrecies was besieged by Imperial and English forces under the command of...
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The siege of Landrecies (17–30 April 1794) was a military operation during the Spring 1794 campaign in the Low Countries theatre of the War of the First...
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as usual, sword in hand. In 1655, Turenne captured the fortresses of Landrecies, Condé and St Ghislain. In 1656 the prince of Condé avenged the defeat...
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Siege of Landrecies dated 1648, which is an etching on four plates on four conjoined sheets of paper. It comprises a plan of the city of Landrecies, with...
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Revolutionary Wars. He led the heroic defense of the fortress of Landrecies during the Siege of Landrecies (1794), but was forced to surrender after a devastating...
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marches and small actions to facilitate the investment of the fortress of Landrecies. York advanced from Saint-Amand towards Le Cateau, Coburg led the centre...
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Armentières Nieuwpoort Commines 2nd Landrecies Diksmuide Ypres 2nd Lens Rethel [zh] Mouzon 2nd Arras 3rd Landrecies Valenciennes 2nd Mardyck 2nd Dunkirk...
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prominent Jacobites. Prince Eugene captured Le Quesnoy in June and besieged Landrecies, but was defeated at Denain on 24 July. The French then went on to recapture...
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Landrecies on the night of the 25/26 August, when the following action took place for which he was awarded his VC: On 25/26 August 1914 at Landrecies...
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Antoine Balland (section Le Cateau and Landrecies)
In the spring of 1794, he led his troops at Le Cateau, Beaumont and Landrecies. By this time it was obvious that he did not have the talent to command...
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formerly an important industrial district. The navigable course begins in Landrecies at the junction with the Canal de la Sambre à l'Oise, which links with...
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for which he was awarded the VC. On 23 October 1918 at Bois-l'Évêque, Landrecies, France, when his company was held up by a line of enemy machine guns...
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Governor-General of French India and rival of Robert Clive. Dupleix was born in Landrecies, on January 23, 1697[citation needed]. His father, François Dupleix, a...
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Jeumont Jolimetz Killem Lallaing Lambersart Lambres-lez-Douai Landas Landrecies Lannoy Larouillies Lauwin-Planque Lecelles Lécluse Lederzeele Ledringhem...
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Jeumont Jolimetz Killem Lallaing Lambersart Lambres-lez-Douai Landas Landrecies Lannoy Larouillies Lauwin-Planque Lecelles Lécluse Lederzeele Ledringhem...
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march towards Prince Eugene's forces at Landrecies. In response to the threat, Prince Eugene reinforced Landrecies, weakening the Allied right wing, under...
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1st Douai Béthune Saint-Venant Aire 1st Bouchain Arras 1st Le Quesnoy Landrécies Grovestins' Cavalry Raid Denain Marchiennes 2nd Douai 2nd Le Quesnoy 2nd...
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and Surrey joined a group of volunteers to take part in the Siege of Landrecies. Wyatt established himself as a prominent figure in the military and was...
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attempts to retake Prome from Toungoo. Siege of Landrecies The Holy Roman Empire fails to capture Landrecies from France. 1544 Battle of Ceresole 11 April...
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Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-07227-3. Rogers, D., ed. (2010). Landrecies to Cambrai: Case Studies of German Offensive and Defensive Operations...
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square commemorating Joseph François Dupleix (1697–1763), marquis of Landrecies and Paris, an administrator and coloniser of India. The station was the...
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French both prepared offensives in Belgium, with the Austrians besieging Landrecies and advancing towards Mons and Maubeuge. The French prepared an offensive...
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I Corps retreating to Landrecies and II Corps to Le Cateau. The chaos and confusion were graphically illustrated in Landrecies on 25 August, where a senior...
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1st Douai Béthune Saint-Venant Aire 1st Bouchain Arras 1st Le Quesnoy Landrécies Grovestins' Cavalry Raid Denain Marchiennes 2nd Douai 2nd Le Quesnoy 2nd...
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and fought at the Battle of Stenay in 1654, as well as in sieges at Landrecies and Saint-Ghislaine, then to captain in 1655. In 1658, he became a second...
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Barthélémy Louis Joseph Lebrun (22 October 1809, Landrecies - 6 October 1889, Paris) was a French Army officer of the Second French Empire. Entering the...
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in 1793 moved to the artillery at La Fère, assisting in the sieges of Landrecies, Le Quesnoy and Valenciennes. At Valenciennes he became aide-de-camp to...
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French both prepared offensives in Belgium, with the Austrians besieging Landrecies and advancing towards Mons and Maubeuge. The French prepared an offensive...
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deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 4 November 1918 at Landrecies, France, when many hostile machine-gun nests were missed by the leading...
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