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    the city of Verdun, France, since the 1890s. By 1915, the French General Staff had concluded that even the best-protected forts of Verdun could not withstand...
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    The Battle of Verdun (French: Bataille de Verdun [bataj də vɛʁdœ̃]; German: Schlacht um Verdun [ʃlaxt ʔʊm ˈvɛɐ̯dœ̃]) was fought from 21 February to 18...
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    Christianity in Verdun is associated with the name Sanctinus. One legend, recorded by Bertarius of Verdun (early 10th century), states that Saint Denis (mid-3rd...
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    of Verdun. Built from 1881 to 1884 for 1,500,000 francs, it housed a garrison of 150 men. Vaux was the second fort to fall in the Battle of Verdun after...
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    the Airbase 942 Lyon-Mont Verdun. This belt of forts included the forts of Bron, Vancia, Fort de Feyzin and Fort du Mont Verdun itself. Work began in 1874...
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    German troops took Saint-Mihiel and Fort du Camp-des-Romains, but they were ultimately stopped at Fort de Troyon to the south of Verdun. During the course...
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    arrondissement Arènes de Lutèce Centre de la Mer et des Eaux Fontaine Saint-Michel Institut du Monde Arabe (Arab World Institute) Jardin des Plantes and the Musée...
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  • Témiscamingue Terrebonne Trois-Rivières Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun (renamed VerdunSaint-Paul in 1980) Algoma Beaches Brampton—Georgetown (Brampton—Halton...
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  • District 3, Portage-du-Fort; Districts 3 & 6, Rémigny; District 2, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly; District 3, Sainte-Rose-de-Watford; District 4, Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton;...
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  • LaSalle—Émard—Verdun Laurier—Sainte-Marie Mount Royal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount Outremont Papineau Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Ville-Marie—Le...
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    wing called "des Forts" was added in 1714, under the ownership of Michel-Robert Le Peletier des Forts (1675-1740), later Count of Saint-Fargeau. He later...
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    Baring's memoirs.. He subsequently commanded the Fort des Sartelles [fr] during the Battle of Verdun in 1916, where his conduct earned him the Croix de...
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    Varennes-Saint-Sauveur) Grosne (in Marnay) Doubs (in Verdun-sur-le-Doubs) Loue (near Dole) Allaine/Allan (near Montbéliard) Ouche (in Saint-Jean-de-Losne)...
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    Rivière-des-Mille-Îles Rivière-du-Nord Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean Saint-Laurent Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Saint-Maurice—Champlain...
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  • Thumbnail for Theft of Philippe Pétain's coffin
    later. Pétain was first interned at Fort du Portalet in the Pyrenees, then transferred on November 16, 1945 to Fort de la Citadelle in the commune of L'Île-d'Yeu...
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    web site (in French) Base Mérimée: Fort de Joux, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Caroit, Jean-Michel, "L’INDEPENDENCE DE LA PREMIERE REPUBLIQUE...
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    Fort Souville, briefly called Fort Lemoine, was one of the forts of the Verdun Fortification District, situated in the commune of Fleury-devant-Douaumont...
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    Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Cités Nouvelles, Le Messager Verdun, Progrès Villeray – Parc-Extension, Progrès Saint-Léonard, Guide Montréal-Nord, Journal de Rosemont...
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    The Fort du Télégraphe, or Fort Berwick, is located in the Maurienne valley on the road to the Col du Galibier between Valloire and Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne...
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    from the Parish of Saint-David, the Parish of Saint-François-du-Lac, the Parish of Saint-Michel-d’Yamaska and the Parish of Saint-Pie-de-Guire. 6 March:...
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    fortifications around Lyon, which also includes Fort de Vancia, Fort de Feyzin and Fort du Mont Verdun. Its history is linked to the Franco-Prussian War...
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    The Basilica of Saint-Denis (French: Basilique royale de Saint-Denis, now formally known as the Basilique-cathédrale de Saint-Denis) is a large former...
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    Rivière-des-Mille-Îles Rivière-du-Nord Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean Saint-Laurent Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Saint-Maurice—Champlain...
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    Saint-Sulpice, is expelled from Ensemble Montréal and sits as an independent. August 3 - Giuliana Fumagalli, borough mayor of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension...
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    Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban (category Knights of the Order of Saint Louis)
    French) (Château du Taureau) (in French), Rocroi, Saarlouis, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Saint-Omer, Sedan, Strasbourg, Toul, Valenciennes, Verdun, Villefranche-de-Conflent...
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    built near Saint-Fons in 1895 to store picric acid. Military leaders saw an urgent need to construct four additional forts: The Fort du Mont Verdun in 1874...
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    2022-04-21. "HISTORIQUE DU DIOCÈSE ET DE LA PROVINCE DE PARIS". Le Monde.fr (in French). 1966-10-10. Retrieved 2022-04-21. "Saint Denis - bishop of Paris"...
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  • step in the History of longitude. On 29 October 1771, under Lieutenant Verdun de la Crenne, Flore departed Brest for a scientific voyage intended to test...
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    welcome him followed at Church of Saint-Sulpice. A year earlier, when his predecessor in Paris, Archbishop Michel Aupetit, dismissed his vicar general...
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    Marquis de Lafayette) Fort Duquesne (named for Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville, governor-general of New France) Fort Le Boeuf Fort Machault (named for...
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