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    Nimy (French pronunciation: [nimi]; Walloon: Nîmi) is a sub-municipality of the city of Mons located in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium. It...
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    was a loop in the canal, jutting outwards from Mons towards the village of Nimy. This loop formed a small salient which was difficult to defend and formed...
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    located in the Rue Nimy. Other documents of the same time let one suppose that there existed two Houses of Peace, the one in the Rue Nimy and the other in...
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    Large near Nimy, with the Brussels–Charleroi Canal near Seneffe. The canal begins in the west at Mons, and passes through the towns of Nimy, Obourg, Ville-sur-Haine...
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    and the order to retreat was issued, Private Godley offered to defend the Nimy Railway Bridge while the rest of the section retreated. Godley held the bridge...
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    was awarded the VC for his actions on 23 August 1914, at Mons, Belgium. Nimy Bridge was being defended by a single company of the 4th Royal Fusiliers...
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    royal du 18 février 1971 portant fusion des communes de Mons, Cuesmes, Ghlin, Hyon, Nimy et Obourg. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ghlin. v t e...
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    advanced and part of the 35th Brigade got across the Mons–Condé Canal east of Nimy; reached the railway beyond in the early afternoon but was repulsed from...
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    a double attack, one at the Porte de Berthamont and one at the Porte de Nimy, forced the surrender of the town to Conti. The citadel (the fort-annex of...
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  • Oskar Niemeyer Died 1914 Nimy, Belgium Buried St Symphorien Military Cemetery 50°25′56″N 4°0′38″E / 50.43222°N 4.01056°E / 50.43222; 4.01056 Allegiance...
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