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    1969 Markoing had a railway connection to Achiet-le-Grand via the Achiet–Marcoing railway. Later, a line to Cambrai opened. Communes of the Nord department...
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    village and the crossings at Marcoing, and the subsequent counter-attack on 28 September, 1918. When, during the advance on Marcoing, his platoon was held up...
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    Artists' Rifles at Marcoing, 30th December 1917, Imperial War Museum Study Study "Over The Top". 1st Artists' Rifles at Marcoing, 30th December 1917...
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    The Achiet to Marcoing Railway was a secondary line of standard gauge railway in Hauts-de-France. The first section opened in 1871. The last section of...
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    Torrent d'Esnes Sensée (Bouchain) Hirondelle (..) Erclin (Iwuy) Eauette (Marcoing) Canalisation from Cambrai down to Valenciennes was completed in 1788....
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    to negotiate separately.[citation needed] The Franco-Spanish talks at Marcoing near Cambrai, initiated by France, lasted just three days (15–17 May 1558)...
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    unidentified. The cemetery is located 1 kilometre southeast of the village of Marcoing, 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Cambrai. Opened by the III Corps Burial...
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    across the canal. In the centre the 6th Division captured Ribécourt and Marcoing but when the cavalry passed through late, they were repulsed from Noyelles...
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    held for twelve days to protect vital bridgeheads between Masnières and Marcoing before the British withdrawal under the weight of heavy German counter-attack...
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  • deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 20 November 1917 at Marcoing, France, the leading company was checked by heavy fire from a gun mounted...
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