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Map of the Charleroi fortress (c. 1775) by Joseph de Ferraris. The vigilance which was thus exercised along both the Anglo-allied and Prussian line of outposts, obtained for Wellington and Blücher the fullest extent of information which they could reasonably have calculated on receiving respecting the dispositions of Napoleon immediately prior ...
Charleroi is home to a number of champion teams in various sports. Spirou Charleroi in basketball has been an eight-times winner in the Basketball League Belgium. La Villette Charleroi in table tennis is the most successful club in the Champions League with five titles and has been the Belgian champion multiple times.
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
The Couillet Treaty details the heavy war reparations imposed by the Imperial German Army on the Belgian town of Charleroi and its surrounding communes, in retaliation for the action allegedly carried out by francs-tireurs against its soldiers as they entered Charleroi. On 22 August 1914, during the Battle of Charleroi at the start of World War ...
Having retreated from Mons two days earlier, Le Cateau and Mons being 24.8 mi (39.9 km) apart, the British II Corps (General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien) was exhausted.The corps had become separated from the rest of the BEF because of the unexpected retreat by Sir Douglas Haig, the commander of I Corps, who had fought a rearguard action at Landrecies on 25 August.
Map of Maastricht, Netherlands Map of Liège, Belgium. The Ferraris map or map of the Austrian Netherlands is a historical map created between 1770 and 1778 by Count Joseph de Ferraris and includes 275 sheets [1] published at the original scale of 1/11.5. The map was made in response to a request by Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
Image; Church of Saint ... Charleroi 52011-CLT-0077-01 ... This page was last edited on 5 August 2024, at 18:47 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...