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    Genappe (French pronunciation: [ʒənap] ; Dutch: Genepiën, Dutch pronunciation: [ɣeːˈneːpijə(n)] ; Walloon: Djinape) is a city and municipality of Wallonia...
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    successfully extricated itself from Quatre Bras and passed through the defile of Genappe. The infantry marched ahead and were screened by a large cavalry rearguard...
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    Quatre Bras (category Genappe)
    Genappe, Wallonia, Belgium. It lies on the crossroad of the Charleroi–Brussels road (currently named N5) and the Nivelles–Namur road south of Genappe...
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    Wellington, there was no substantial engagement, apart from a cavalry action at Genappe. Before leaving Ligny, Napoleon had ordered Grouchy, who commanded the...
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  • Delporte (10 January 1882 – 19 October 1955) was a Belgian astronomer born in Genappe. He discovered a total of sixty-six asteroids. Notable discoveries include...
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    Located just south west of the intersection of the sunken lane and the Genappe–Brussels main road, the Waterloo Elm was Wellington's command post for...
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    functioned as a hospital at the time for the many casualties of the conflict. Genappe: east of Nivelles; a small city with a charming old town centre developed...
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    difficult for French officers to rally their men. On the main French retreat Genappe was a potential defensive position for a rearguard to delay an enemy, as...
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    by the Prussians. He was transported to the Auberge du Roy d'Espagne in Genappe, where he died 2 days later with Field Marshal Blücher at his side. He...
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    Moreau (born c. 1996). She married actor Michaël Cohen on 13 August 2008 at Genappe in Belgium, and in 2009 they adopted a child from Ethiopia, named Surafel...
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