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    The Fortress of Charlemont (French: Fort de Charlemont) is a French stronghold located near the Belgian border on the Meuse. It is a citadel, surrounded...
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    Earl of Charlemont KP PC (Ire) (18 August 1728 – 4 August 1799), was an Irish statesman. The son of James Caulfeild, 3rd Viscount Charlemont, he was born...
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    forced to surrender by Commonwealth forces. The last to do so was Fort de Charlemont which capitulated on 8 September (see reduction of the French fortresses...
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    Château de Sedan (the busiest paying attraction in the Ardennes, with an average of 60,000 admissions per year), the fortified site of Charlemont at Givet...
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    Namur alone, possibly in combination with Dinant. Belgium portal Fort de Charlemont, Givet "Unesco : Les citadelles mosanes recalées". 18 October 2008...
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    mark: Fortress of Charlemont (Fort de Charlemont) (9th Zouaves commando training centre from 1962 to 2009); France's Gate (Porte de France) (fortification...
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    force. To avoid Fort de Charlemont, the fortress protecting Givet, Coehoorn remained on the eastern bank of the river. The Count de Guiscard, who was...
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    placing in effect the first Commando Instruction Center (C.E.C) at Fort de Charlemont of Givet in the department of Ardennes by the 61st Airborne Engineer...
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    by Francois de Hangest Sieur de Genlis & d'Abbecourt, had crossed the Meuse near the Fortress of Charlemont (French: Fort de Charlemont), near Givet...
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    September 1641. On 23 October 1641 he surprised Lord Caulfeild in Charlemont Fort. O'Neill was instrumental in shaping many of the political objectives...
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