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    Vaux-lès-Palameix (French pronunciation: [vo palamɛ]) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Communes of the Meuse...
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  • region in north-central France Vaux-lès-Palameix, in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France Vaux-les-Prés, in the Doubs department in...
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    Alain-Fournier (category Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni)
    joined the Army as a lieutenant that August. He died fighting near Vaux-lès-Palameix (Meuse) one month later, on 22 September 1914. His body remained unidentified...
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    France, ringed by a string of powerful forts, including Douaumont and Fort Vaux. By 1916, the salient at Verdun jutted into the German lines and lay vulnerable...
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    Bar-le-Duc (French pronunciation: [baʁ lə dyk] ), formerly known as Bar, is a commune in the Meuse département, of which it is the capital. The department...
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    engineers would dig at the base of a wall with crowbars and picks. Peter of les Vaux-de-Cernay recounts how at the battle of Carcassonne, during the Albigensian...
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    of the Meuse department Flight to Varennes "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques...
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    cemeteries in the area of the St Mihiel salient "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques...
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    Beaumont-en-Verdunois, Haumont-près-Samogneux, Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre and Cumières-le-Mort-Homme. During the war, the town was completely destroyed and the land...
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  • Neuville-lès-Vaucouleurs (French pronunciation: [nøvil vokulœʁ], literally Neuville near Vaucouleurs) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand...
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