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    Ville-sur-Haine (Walloon: Vile-so-Inne) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Le Rœulx, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium...
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    resistance and they reached their position along the canal facing Ville-sur-Haine by 9:00 a.m. where the battalion received a message that all hostilities...
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    the following districts: Gottignies, Le Rœulx, Mignault, Thieu, and Ville-sur-Haine. The Château du Rœulx, a family seat of the Comtes de Croÿ-Rœulx, is...
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    the British had occupied the Canal du Centre crossings from Nimy to Ville-sur-Haine, which revealed the location of British positions, except for their...
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    a sniper while part of a force advancing into the Belgian town of Ville-sur-Haine just two minutes before the armistice to the north of Mons at 10:58 a...
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    in the west at Mons, and passes through the towns of Nimy, Obourg, Ville-sur-Haine, and Thieu. This section is 15 km (9.3 miles) long, and has a relief...
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    George Price was hit in the chest by a sniper shot in the town of Ville-sur-Haine near Mons. He died at 10:58 am, two minutes before the armistice went...
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    Canal du Centre and the Haine river. It is situated next to Boussoit, Bray, Mons, Obourg, Saint-Symphorien, Ville-sur-Haine, and Villers-Saint-Ghislain...
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    Price was killed by a sniper during a skirmish with a German unit at Ville-sur-Haine, Belgium. He was the last soldier of the British Empire to die in World...
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  • Lombise Montignies-lez-Lens Le Rœulx Le Rœulx Mignault Thieu Ville-sur-Haine (1964) Ville-sur-Haine Gottignies Les Bons Villers Frasnes-lez-Gosselies Mellet...
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