artist Édouard Traviès was born in Doullens in 1809. Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine was imprisoned in the Doullens citadel from 1718 until 1720 for his...
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The Doullens Conference was held in Doullens, France, on 26 March 1918 between French and British military leaders and governmental representatives during...
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2°20′29″E / 50.15750°N 2.34139°E / 50.15750; 2.34139 The Canton of Doullens is a canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the Hauts-de-France...
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her late husband, Alfred, in a conference room on the second floor of Doullens Town Hall. It was here at Lord Milner's urging, in a conference attended...
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- Doullens route, between Arras and the Wailly stop. It became part of the SNCF network in 1938, when the latter was created. The line to Doullens was...
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The siege of Doullens, also known as the Spanish capture of Doullens or the Storming of Doullens, took place between 14 and 31 July 1595, as part of the...
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Amiens Abbeville Saint-Quentin Corbie Doullens Saint-Riquier Arleux Mortagne Crèvecœur The Somme towns (French: Villes de la Somme) were a series of nine...
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Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (section Doullens Conference and appointment of Ferdinand Foch (March 1918))
to Doullens to coordinate the Allied efforts and deputised Ferdinand Foch as Supreme Allied Commander on 26 March 1918. Milner wrote of Doullens, On...
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the Doullens Conference that appointed General Ferdinand Foch as Commander of the Western Front. Clemenceau thought the wording of the Doullens Agreement...
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Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (section Doullens)
the British) and that he proposed Foch over Haig's objections. At the Doullens Conference (26 March), Haig accepted the appointment of Foch to coordinate...
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Spanish launched a concerted offensive that year, taking Doullens, Cambrai, and Le Catelet; at Doullens, they massacred 4,000 of its citizens. On 24 April 1596...
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Loan, Nancy, Colmar, Pontoise, Lambersart, Lyons, Bouai, Hasebrouck, Doullens and Abbeville with at least 40 civilians killed. While Allied light and...
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Morlaix; Fort Crozon Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598) 2nd Luxembourg; Fontaine-Française; Ham; Le Catelet; Doullens; Cambrai; Calais; La Fère; Ardres; Amiens...
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forces apart, and, after Pétain had threatened to retreat on Paris, the Doullens Conference was called. Just prior to the main meeting, Prime Minister Clemenceau...
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Birthday Hostess Rose Thiéry as Mme Doullens, Landlord's wife Pierre Le Rumeur as Pediatrician Yves Gasc as M. Doullens, Landlord Michel Berto as Professor...
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director of a real estate agency in the suburbs of Lille. Bacrot died in Doullens, Somme, on 31 May 1976, at the age of 81. Olympique Lillois USFSA Football...
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Morlaix; Fort Crozon Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598) 2nd Luxembourg; Fontaine-Française; Ham; Le Catelet; Doullens; Cambrai; Calais; La Fère; Ardres; Amiens...
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the Spanish launched a concerted offensive in 1595, taking Le Catelet, Doullens and Cambrai (the latter after a fierce bombardment), and in the spring...
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on 21 August 1918, at Le Bac-du-Sud, near Bailleulval between Arras and Doullens, in which mustard gas had been used against the advancing 99th Brigade...
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specifically a retreat "to" the ports. There were three conferences at Doullens on 26 March. The first was between Haig and his Army Commanders (except...
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Saint-Quentin and Laon The proposed A24 autoroute from Amiens to Lille via Doullens was cancelled in 2006. According to the urban transport plan (PDU) approved...
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Jules-François Lombart was born in Paris on 24 February 1830. His parents were from Doullens, Somme.. Lombart became proprietor around 1870. He received the Cross of...
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Morlaix; Fort Crozon Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598) 2nd Luxembourg; Fontaine-Française; Ham; Le Catelet; Doullens; Cambrai; Calais; La Fère; Ardres; Amiens...
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Division fought to delay 2nd Panzer Division on the Canal Line near Arras, at Doullens, Albert and Abbeville. The 138th Brigade of the 46th Division fought on...
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speech may have partially been inspired by General Ferdinand Foch at the Doullens Conference, who reportedly asked Douglas Haig: You aren't fighting? I would...
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Lens-Liévin Lens-Liévin Somme 4 July 2024 (day 48): Amiens Abbeville Albert Doullens La Chaussée-Tirancourt Saint-Valery-sur-Somme Villers-Bretonneux Baie de...
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Morlaix; Fort Crozon Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598) 2nd Luxembourg; Fontaine-Française; Ham; Le Catelet; Doullens; Cambrai; Calais; La Fère; Ardres; Amiens...
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Morlaix; Fort Crozon Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598) 2nd Luxembourg; Fontaine-Française; Ham; Le Catelet; Doullens; Cambrai; Calais; La Fère; Ardres; Amiens...
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end of October 1943, the division moved to northern France to the Arras-Doullens area and at the beginning of December 1943 to the Eastern Front. Here it...
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reformatory at Doullens in Picardy, she started writing prose and poetry. Incarcerated for four years, Sarrazin escaped from the Doullens reform school...
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