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    The Ourcq (French: [uʁk] , Urc in 855) is an 86.5-kilometre-long (53.7 mi) river in France, a right tributary of the Marne. Its source is near the village...
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    Ourcq (French pronunciation: [uʁk]) is a station in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, served by line 5 of the Paris Métro. It is named after the nearby...
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    Canal de l'Ourcq (redirect from Ourcq Canal)
    near the village of Troesnes, where it splits from the channeled river Ourcq, and flows to the Bassin de la Villette, where it joins the Canal Saint-Martin...
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    Lizy-sur-Ourcq (French pronunciation: [lizi syʁ uʁk] , literally Lizy on Ourcq) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region...
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    Noroy-sur-Ourcq (French pronunciation: [nɔʁwa syʁ uʁk], literally Noroy on Ourcq) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France...
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    Crouy-sur-Ourcq (French pronunciation: [kʁui syʁ uʁk] , literally Crouy on Ourcq) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region...
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    Mareuil-sur-Ourcq (French pronunciation: [maʁœj syʁ uʁk], literally Mareuil on Ourcq) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. Communes...
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    Soissons (1918) (also known as the Battle of the Soissonnais and of the Ourcq (French: Bataille du Soissoinais et de L'Ourcq)) was fought on the Western...
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    attacked von Kluck's German First Army from the west at the Battle of the Ourcq. Although the attack did not succeed, the resulting German redeployment...
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    from the south by d'Esperey's 5th Army, the west by the BEF, and at the Ourcq River by Gallieni and Manoury's new Sixth Army. Gallieni had come to the...
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  • The canton of Lizy-sur-Ourcq is a French former administrative division, located in the arrondissement of Meaux, in the Seine-et-Marne département (Île-de-France...
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    Billy-sur-Ourcq is a commune in the department of Aisne in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Communes of the Aisne department "Répertoire national des...
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    La Croix-sur-Ourcq (French pronunciation: [la kʁwa syʁ uʁk]) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Communes of the...
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    Paris. Its main tributaries are the Rognon, the Blaise, the Saulx, the Ourcq, the Petit Morin and the Grand Morin. Near the town of Saint-Dizier, part...
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    Joseph Simon Gallieni (24 April 1849 – 27 May 1916) was a French military officer, active for most of his career as a military commander and administrator...
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    Armentières-sur-Ourcq (French pronunciation: [aʁmɑ̃tjɛʁ syʁ uʁk], literally Armentières on Ourcq) is a commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France...
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    south-east of Paris) Grand Morin (near Meaux) Aubetin (in Pommeuse) Ourcq (near Lizy-sur-Ourcq) Petit Morin (in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre) Saulx (in Vitry-le-François)...
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    du Houssoy is a 14th and 15th century castle in the commune of Crouy-sur-Ourcq in the Seine-et-Marne département of France. The castle was built during...
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  • halted, marking the failure of the Schlieffen Plan. Western Battle of the Ourcq, a phase of the First Battle of the Marne. Western Battle of the Two Morins...
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    arches. Hydraulic pumps were installed to lift water from the canal of the Ourcq River to the highest point on the promontory, to create a dramatic waterfall...
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    throughout the city, and a second network, using the less-clean water from the Ourcq and the Seine, washed the streets and watered the new park and gardens....
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    3 August to 1 September 1918 during the end of the Second Battle of the Ourcq and the Aisne-Marne Offensive. Fismes is a small commune in the Marne department...
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    de Chabrol, prefect of Paris, proposed building a canal from the river Ourcq, 100 km northeast of Paris, to supply the city with fresh water to support...
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    forces withdrew from Lille and the First Battle of the Marne (Battle of the Ourcq) (5–12 September) began, marking the end of the Great Retreat of the western...
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    Estaires, Messines 1918, Hazebrouck, Bailleul, Kemmel, Béthune, Soissonnais-Ourcq, Tardenois, Amiens, Bapaume 1918, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Canal...
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    Maisoncelle-Tuilerie Aux Marais Marest-sur-Matz Mareuil-la-Motte Mareuil-sur-Ourcq Margny-aux-Cerises Margny-lès-Compiègne Margny-sur-Matz Marolles Marquéglise...
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    the Seine, or brought by a canal, started by Napoleon I, from the River Ourcq, a tributary of the River Marne. The quantity of water was insufficient...
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    Crèvecœur-en-Brie Crisenoy Croissy-Beaubourg La Croix-en-Brie Crouy-sur-Ourcq Cuisy Dagny Dammarie-lès-Lys Dammartin-en-Goële Dammartin-sur-Tigeaux Dampmart...
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    attacked and drove the Prussians to the north along the west bank of the river Ourcq. That evening and the next day Kleist tried to push the French back while...
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    pincers and on the 22nd, Ludendorff ordered to take up a line from the upper Ourcq to Marfaux. Costly Allied assaults continued for minimal gains. By 27 July...
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