Loos-en-Gohelle (French pronunciation: [lɔs ɑ̃ ɡɔɛl], lit. 'Loos in Gohelle') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region...
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flatter and eroded, especially if vegetation has established itself. In Loos-en-Gohelle, in the former mining area of Pas-de-Calais, France, are a series of...
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Fresnoy-en-Gohelle (French pronunciation: [fʁɛnwa ɑ̃ ɡɔɛl], lit. 'Fresnoy in Gohelle') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France...
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Givenchy-en-Gohelle (French pronunciation: [ʒivɑ̃ʃi ɑ̃ ɡɔɛl], lit. 'Givenchy in Gohelle'; Picard: Givinchy-in-Gohelle) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais...
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(Loos-en-Gohelle) and 7 (Mazingarbe) were totally destroyed. All the other mines were damaged by the artillery fire. The rotunda at Loos-en-Gohelle, a...
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Montigny-en-Gohelle (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tiɲi ɑ̃ ɡɔɛl], lit. 'Montigny in Gohelle') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France...
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258th Tunnelling Company (section Loos-en-Gohelle)
Third Army. After formation the company moved into Hill 70 sector near Loos-en-Gohelle, where it joined 173rd Tunnelling Company. Until April 1917, both units...
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The Loos Memorial is a World War I memorial forming the sides and rear of Dud Corner Cemetery, located near the commune of Loos-en-Gohelle, in the Pas-de-Calais...
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break through the weaker German defences and capture the village of Loos-en-Gohelle, mainly due to numerical superiority. Supply and communications problems...
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Look up loos in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Loos may refer to: Loos, Nord, France Loos-en-Gohelle, France Loos, British Columbia, Canada Loos (surname)...
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Sains-en-Gohelle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Sains-en-Gohelle is an ex-coalmining town, nowadays...
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Western Front during the First World War, at Auchy-les-Mines near Loos-en-Gohelle in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. Named after the House of...
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discovered in Lens after surveys were carried out at Annay, Courrières and Loos-en-Gohelle. This led to the expansion of the city into an important industrial...
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Retrieved 31 March 2017. The ridge runs in a direction from Givenchy-en-Gohelle in the north-west to Farbus in the south-east. Sciolino, Elaine (12 February...
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Arleux-en-Gohelle (French pronunciation: [aʁlø ɑ̃ ɡɔɛl], lit. 'Arleux in Gohelle') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. A...
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Third Battle of Artois (redirect from Artois-Loos Offensive)
the Isonzo River and a British Expeditionary Force (BEF) attack near Loos-en-Gohelle. At first, Field Marshal John French and General Sir Douglas Haig opposed...
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being decisively rejected for poor eyesight. His death at the Battle of Loos caused his family immense grief. Born in 1897, Kipling was the youngest of...
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and popular science communicator Loos for places called Loos Loos Memorial near Loos-en-Gohelle in French Flanders Loos & Co., American wire and cable manufacturer...
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Léon Louyet (Loos-en-Gohelle, France, 7 July 1906 — Charleroi, 19 March 1973) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1933 he won two stages...
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The Hohenzollern Redoubt was a German defensive position north of Loos-en-Gohelle (Loos), a mining town north-west of Lens in France. The Redoubt was fought...
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Retrieved 31 March 2017. The ridge runs in a direction from Givenchy-en-Gohelle in the north-west to Farbus in the south-east. Hakim, Joy (1995). A History...
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Retrieved 31 March 2017. The ridge runs in a direction from Givenchy-en-Gohelle in the north-west to Farbus in the south-east. "Saltwire | Halifax". The...
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German tunneling units Loos-en-Gohelle area of sustained fighting between British and German tunneling units Givenchy-en-Gohelle area of sustained fighting...
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Fouquières-lès-Lens Givenchy-en-Gohelle Gouy-Servins Grenay Harnes Hulluch Lens Liévin Loison-sous-Lens Loos-en-Gohelle Mazingarbe Méricourt Meurchin...
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was killed during the Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt in the Battle of Loos. As he led an attack on the German lines, his leg was blown off by a barrage...
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Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024. INSEE commune file Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE Wikimedia Commons has media related to Écoust-Saint-Mein...
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Captain Sir Douglas Bader militaryhistory.about.com [dead link] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE "Monument à Jacqueline Robins – Saint-Omer (Fondu)...
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action. In June 47th (2nd L) Division took over trenches in front of Loos-en-Gohelle from the French. In August the divisional artillery was rested for...
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KMK Battery 4 remained at Verdun, while Battery 1 attacked Arras and Loos-en-Gohelle in June and July. In the last two years of the war, siege guns saw...
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180th Tunnelling Company (section Battle of Loos)
early 1916 by 255th Tunnelling Company. The Hohenzollern Redoubt near Loos-en-Gohelle in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France was the site of intense...
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