• Comines may refer to: Comines-Warneton, a town in Hainaut, Belgium Comines, Nord, a municipality in the Nord department, France Philippe de Commines or...
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    Comines (French pronunciation: [kɔmin]; Dutch: Komen) is a commune of the Nord department in northern France. The town of Comines sits on the Franco-Belgian...
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  • Robert de Comines (died 28 January 1069) (also Robert de Comines, Robert de Comyn) was briefly Earl of Northumbria. His name suggests that he originally...
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    kilometre (740/sq mi). The name "Comines" is believed to have a Celtic, or Gaulish, origin.[citation needed] Comines-Warneton is a municipality with language...
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    Heuvelland) b. Warneton (in the municipality of Comines-Warneton) c. Ploegsteert (in the municipality of Comines-Warneton) Mesen is the smallest city in Belgium...
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    Philippe de Commines (or de Commynes or "Philippe de Comines"; Latin: Philippus Cominaeus; 1447 – 18 October 1511) was a writer and diplomat in the courts...
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    at Comines, he also worked on that at Deûlémont. Comines lies on the Franco-Belgian border and is split into two parts: Comines (France) and Comines (Belgium)...
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    army began making its way to the north. At the river Lys near the town of Comines, the French army was held up by 900 Flemish soldiers commanded by Peter...
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    Rotterdam Blitz Belgium Fort Eben-Emael Hannut David Gembloux La Lys Ypres–Comines Canal France Sedan Montcornet Saumur Arras Boulogne Calais Dunkirk Dynamo...
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    of Ypres) g. Houthem (city of Comines-Warneton) h. Bas-Warneton (city of Comines-Warneton) i. Warneton (city of Comines-Warneton) j. Mesen (city of Mesen)...
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    immersion in Mouscron (3), Comines-Warneton (1) and Enghien (2). 8 secondary schools with Dutch language immersion in Mouscron (4), Comines-Warneton (1) and Enghien...
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    Rotterdam Blitz Belgium Fort Eben-Emael Hannut David Gembloux La Lys Ypres–Comines Canal France Sedan Montcornet Saumur Arras Boulogne Calais Dunkirk Dynamo...
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    Liège Province. The proposal included a similar system for Mouscron and Comines-Warneton which would be officially French-speaking with language facilities...
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    Bousbecque Bouvines Capinghem Carnin La Chapelle-d'Armentières Chéreng Comines Croix Deûlémont Don Emmerin Englos Ennetières-en-Weppes Erquinghem-le-Sec...
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  • Served as CIGS. Chief of the Imperial General Staff Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal Operation Aerial Commanded the II Corps of the British Expeditionary...
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    William despatched a large Norman army, under the command of Robert de Comines, to Durham City. The army, believed to consist of 700 cavalry (about one-third...
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    Early in 1069 the newly installed Norman Earl of Northumbria, Robert de Comines, and several hundred soldiers accompanying him were massacred at Durham...
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    Boulogne-sur-Mer and Montreuil-sur-Mer, and at the Institut Saint-Henri de Comines in Comines-Warneton in Belgium. In an interview with French journalist Pierre...
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    (Ghent) Mandel (Wielsbeke) Heulebeek (Kuurne) Gaverbeek (Kortrijk) Douve (Comines-Warneton) Deûle/Deule or Feule (Deûlémont) Marque (Wasquehal) Souchez (Lens)...
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    Rotterdam Blitz Belgium Fort Eben-Emael Hannut David Gembloux La Lys Ypres–Comines Canal France Sedan Montcornet Saumur Arras Boulogne Calais Dunkirk Dynamo...
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    the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Warneton, Belgium (part of Comines-Warneton) Comines, east Quesnoy-sur-Deûle, southeast Deûlémont, southwest The commune...
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    action with the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 50th Infantry Divisions along the Ypres–Comines canal as far as Yser, while the rest of the BEF fell back. At mid-day on...
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    Grebbeberg Afsluitdijk Rotterdam Blitz Belgium Fort Eben-Emael K-W Line Dyle Plan David Hannut Gembloux Lys Ypres–Comines Canal Luxembourg Schuster Line...
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    formed a manufacturing complex, with outlying industries at Armentières, Comines, Halluin and Menin (Menen), along the Lys river, with isolated sugar beet...
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  • The Battle of the Ypres–Comines Canal was a battle of the Second World War fought between the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and German Army Group...
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    28 – Northumbrians kill the new Norman earl of Northumbria, Robert de Comines, at Durham, and attack York. King Sweyn II of Denmark lands a fleet in...
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    Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (category People from Comines, Nord)
    Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522 in Comines – 29 October 1592 in Saint-Germain-sous-Cailly; Latin: Augerius Gislenius Busbequius), sometimes Augier Ghislain...
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    Rotterdam Blitz Belgium Fort Eben-Emael Hannut David Gembloux La Lys Ypres–Comines Canal France Sedan Montcornet Saumur Arras Boulogne Calais Dunkirk Dynamo...
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    Rotterdam Blitz Belgium Fort Eben-Emael Hannut David Gembloux La Lys Ypres–Comines Canal France Sedan Montcornet Saumur Arras Boulogne Calais Dunkirk Dynamo...
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    the 3rd Cavalry Division held the Lys river from Armentières to Comines and the Comines canal to Ypres. The BEF was ordered to make a general advance on...
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