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LOBBES 23 August 1914 – The Battle of Heuleu as Told by Its Witnesses

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LOBBES 23 August 1914 – The Battle of Heuleu by Its Witnesses

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On 31 July 1914, at five o'clock in the morning, notary Duquenne, burgomaster of Lobbes, was ordered to post the military mobilisation notice in his commune. Like the entire population of the neighbouring villages of the Haute-Sambre, he would witness requisitions, the deployment of Red Cross units and the return of expatriates from the belligerent...

WISSEMBOURG 4 August 1870 – Alsace Violated

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WISSEMBOURG 4 August 1870 – Alsace Violated

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On the morning of 4 August 1870, the 2nd division of General Abel Douay was positioned on the heights of Wissembourg, a few hundred metres from the enemy frontier. On the other side, several Prussian and Bavarian corps were advancing without having been detected by the French cavalry reconnaissance. An unequal battle was engaged in and around the town, in...

LIGNY 16 June 1815 – The Emperor's Last Victory

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LIGNY 16 June 1815 – The Emperor's Last Victory

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15 June 1815. After the capture of Charleroi, the Emperor has just entrusted command of his left wing to Marshal Ney, with the mission of advancing towards Brussels in order to cut definitively the communications between the Anglo-Dutch Allies and the Prussians. He himself takes command of the right column. To slow the French advance and allow their own...

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QUATRE-BRAS 16 June 1815 – The Second Prelude to Waterloo

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QUATRE-BRAS 16 June 1815 – The Second Prelude to Waterloo

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June 1815. It is nearly three months since the Emperor returned to Paris. Outlawed by the nations, he knows that a new invasion of France is imminent; the only chance of preventing it lies in striking the Prussian and Anglo-Dutch concentrations. To achieve this, they must be prevented from joining forces and defeated separately. On 15 June, the imperial...

HELIOPOLIS 20 March 1800 – Kléber and the Last Victory of the Army of the Orient

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HELIOPOLIS 20 March 1800 – Kléber and the Last Victory of the Army of the Orient

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When Bonaparte left Egypt, he handed command to Kléber. The latter attempted to negotiate with the British and the Ottomans the return of the Army of the Orient to France, but the massacre of the garrison at El-Arish brought the negotiations to an end. On 20 March 1800, the French soldiers confronted and defeated the Ottoman army of Youssef Pasha amid the...

HONDSCHOOTE September 1793 – The First Victory of the Gendarmerie

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HONDSCHOOTE September 1793 – The First Victory of the Gendarmerie

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September 1793. The Homeland is in grave danger, facing a Europe outraged by the execution of King Louis XVI. After the defeat of Neerwinden in March, the armies of the Republic must recover their morale and find the road to victory in order to confront the Anglo-Austro-Prussian coalition ranged against them. With remarkable energy, Lazare Carnot...

VERNEUIL 17 August 1424 – The Scots to the Aid of France

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VERNEUIL 17 August 1424 – The Scots to the Rescue of France

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August 1424. After an hour of fierce fighting, twelve thousand combatants lay strewn across the plain a few hundred metres from the small Norman town. The Lombard-Hispanic-Scots-French army, commanded by Archibald Douglas, newly created Duke of Touraine and in the service of Charles VII, had just suffered a terrible reverse at the hands of the English...