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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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he participated in an "outstandingly effective cavalry action" at Avesnes-le-Sec on 12 September 1793, where 4,663 Republican troops suffered losses...
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Le Cateau-Cambrésis (French pronunciation: [lə kato kɑ̃bʁezi], before 1977: Le Cateau) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. The term...
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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...
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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...
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Dunkirk (redirect from Malo-les-Bains)
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...
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Erquinghem-le-Sec (French pronunciation: [ɛʁkɛ̃ɡɛm lə sɛk]; Dutch: Erkegem) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Communes of the Nord...
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