Avesnes-le-Sec (French pronunciation: [avɛn lə sɛk]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Chemin de fer du Cambrésis Communes of the...

The Battle of Avesnes-le-Sec was a military action during the Flanders Campaign of the French Revolutionary Wars, between French forces under General Nicolas...

Seine-Maritime Avesnes-le-Comte, département Pas-de-Calais Avesnes-les-Aubert, département Nord Avesnes-lès-Bapaume, département Pas-de-Calais Avesnes-le-Sec, département...

flows through the town. Upstream of Avesnes on the river there is the Lac du Val-Joly, an artificial lake. Avesnes was founded in the 11th century. The...

Le Cateau-Cambrésis (French pronunciation: [lə kato kɑ̃bʁezi], before 1977: Le Cateau) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. The term...

he participated in an "outstandingly effective cavalry action" at Avesnes-le-Sec on 12 September 1793, where 4,663 Republican troops suffered losses...

the west came to grief in the Battle of Avesnes-le-Sec while the force from Maubeuge was also repelled. The Le Quesnoy garrison laid down their arms on...

Villars and his principal lieutenants drew up their plan of attack at Avesnes-le-Sec. They chose the windmill there as a vantage point for observation of...

December 2010. Dunkirk has the third-largest harbour in France, after those of Le Havre and Marseille. As an industrial city, it depends heavily on the steel...

(2001). Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord (Flohic ed.). Flohic. ISBN 2-84234-119-8. Duhamel, Jean-Marie (2004). Lille, Traces d'histoire. Les patrimoines...