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La ligne de feu, 16 août 1870 by Pierre-Georges Jeanniot (1886). French infantry at the battle of Mars-la-Tour. To the west, an attempt by the 48th Infantry Regiment's fusilier battalion to flank the French positions on the plateau was outflanked in turn by the French, who used their superior numbers to good effect. [24]
The Battle of Gravelotte (or Battle of Gravelotte–St. Privat) on 18 August 1870 was the largest battle of the Franco-Prussian War.Named after Gravelotte, a village in Lorraine, it was fought about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Metz, where on the previous day, having intercepted the French army's retreat to the west at the Battle of Mars-la-Tour, the Prussians were now closing in to complete the ...
The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.5 °C (76.1 °F), and lowest in February, at around 10.2 °C (50.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Île du Levant was 38.3 °C (100.9 °F) on 7 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −8.2 °C (17.2 °F) on 10 February 1986.
The Battle of Mars-la-Tour was fought on 16 August 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War near the town of Mars-la-Tour. Former railway station of Mars-la-Tour, ca. 1900. The railway line between Longuyon and Pogny reached Mars-la-Tour in 1876, at which time a small train station was built. [3] On 30 August 1919 the station witnessed a minor ...
La Chaîne Météo was launched on the first day of summer 1995 at 7:00 a.m. by Jacques-Philippe Broux. The first weather information was presented on air by Alain Goury and Carine Rocchesani. On 1 October 2008, the Le Figaro group bought the company Météo Consult, which included La Chaîne Météo.
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Map of the Îles d'Hyères. The Îles d'Hyères (pronounced [il djɛːʁ]), also known as Îles d'Or ([il dɔʁ]), are a group of four Mediterranean islands off Hyères in the Var department of Southeastern France.
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