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    Antoine Noël Benoît Graincourt (1748–1823) was a French painter and miniaturist. He was born in Corbie, Picardy in the Somme Valley on March 17, 1748 but...
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    Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. A farming village situated 22 miles (35 km)...
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    the Coldstream Guards was engaged in the Battle of Canal du Nord, near Graincourt. Jackson's battalion was tasked with the capture of a canal crossing....
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    from the treasures found at Chaourse (Aisne), Mâcon (Saône et Loire), Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt (Pas de Calais), Notre-Dame d'Allençon (Maine-et-Loire)...
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    Canal Du Nord, near Graincourt, when in command of a company detailed to capture the canal crossing on the Demicourt-Graincourt road. On reaching the...
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    (2nd West Riding) Division swept all the way through Havrincourt and Graincourt to within reach of the woods on Bourlon Ridge and on the British left...
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  • local name is Derchigny-Graincourt as the commune resulted from the merger of two former communes, Derchigny and Graincourt, in 1822. A farming village...
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    Gouy-en-Artois Gouy-en-Ternois Gouy-Saint-André Gouy-Servins Gouy-sous-Bellonne Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt Grand-Rullecourt Grenay Grévillers Grigny Grincourt-lès-Pas...
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    southernmost 22.8 kilometres (14.2 mi) of the A2 between the A1 and the A26 at Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt. From Cambrai onward it is a non-toll autoroute managed...
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    archaeological discoveries occurred in 1958: people living in the city of Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt who were seeking copper from World War I bombshell with...
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