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Soissons had already fallen to the Prussians in 1814 during the Napoleonic Wars. [5] After the Battle of Sedan, the Maas Group of Germany has continued on in its way to Paris, and the money infantry of Corps No. IV of Prussia, a portion of the general Army Group, this came before the siege of the fortress Soissons on September 11, 1870.
The artist Emmanuel Fillion was born in Soissons in 1966. The rabbinic writer Shemaiah of Sossoines (11th century), one of the prime disciples of Rashi. The saints Crispin and Crispinian were martyred c. 286 at Soissons for preaching Christianity to the local Gauls. The 6th century Burgundian king Guntram was born in Soissons around 532.
Battle of Soissons (718), between the Neustrians with the Aquitainians against the Austrasians; Battle of Soissons (923), between Carolingians and Robertians during a succession war; Battle of Soissons (1814), Napoleonic Wars; Siege of Soissons (1870), Franco-Prussian War; Battle of Soissons (1918), World War I, between French-American and ...
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The siege is perhaps best known for Joan of Arc's capture by Burgundian troops while accompanying an Armagnac force during a skirmish outside the town on 23 May 1430. Although this was otherwise a minor siege, both politically and militarily, and ultimately ended in a defeat for the Burgundians, the capture of Joan of Arc was an important event ...
This is a list of those who bore the title Count of Soissons (French: Comte de Soissons) and ruled Soissons and its civitas or diocese as a county in the Middle Ages. The title continued in use into modern times , but without ties to the actual Soissonnais.
Wonder Man is a 1945 supernatural musical film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo. It is based on a short story by Arthur Sheekman, adapted for the screen by a staff of writers led by Jack Jevne and Eddie Moran, and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. Mary Grant designed the film's costumes.
Eric Henri Kennington RA (12 March 1888 – 13 April 1960) was an English sculptor, artist and illustrator, and an official war artist in both of the world wars.. As a war artist, Kennington specialised in depictions of the daily hardships endured by soldiers and airmen.