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    Sainte-Menehould (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t mənu]; German: Sankt Mathilde) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. The 18th-century...
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    XVI and his family during the Flight to Varennes. Drouet was born at Sainte-Menehould, in the province of Champagne. He enlisted in the Condé-Dragons regiment...
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    The arrondissement of Sainte-Menehould is a former arrondissement of France in the Marne department in the Grand Est region. It was disbanded at the April...
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    been alerted by a message received from nearby Sainte-Menehould. It is said that at Sainte-Menehould, where the escaping party had spent the previous...
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    Kellermann moved to his assistance, joining him at the village of Sainte-Menehould on 19 September. The French forces were now east of the Prussians,...
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    river rises in the forest of Argonne, at Rembercourt-Sommaisne, near Sainte-Menehould. It flows north and then west before joining the Oise near Compiègne...
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    they were arrested after being recognized at their previous stop in Sainte-Menehould. This incident was a turning point after which popular hostility towards...
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  • Minister Servan ordered Kellermann to Dumouriez' assistance from Metz to Sainte-Menehould. Although having only 16,000 men from the Armée du Centre, these were...
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    Pérignon was born to a clerk of the local marshal in the town of Sainte-Menehould in the ancient Province of Champagne in the Kingdom of France. He was...
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    with France, Jean-Baptiste Drouet, famous as the former postmaster of Sainte-Menehould who had arrested King Louis XVI, was the most known of them all. A...
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