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Prussian half on Tongres, to make two shattered fragments of Wellington and Blucher, to carry Mont – Saint-Jean, to seize Brussels, to hurl the
Les Miserables 2008
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Emma van Straelen, born in Tongres, a brasserie waitress, up until the day she met van Straelen in the Les Halles district of Paris and marries him.
The 13 Culprits Simenon, Georges, 1903- 2002
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Louis of Bourbon refused to approach nearer to Liege than Tongres, and declined to meet the advances of his despairing subjects.
Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Ruth Putnam
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Throwing out a strong cavalry screen in its front, this army advanced through Tongres, St. Frond, Laugen,
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Various
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Tongres, as he made a progress through his diocese was attracted by the beauties of the site where a few hovels then clustered near the
Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Ruth Putnam
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Little by little others came who did not leave, and by the seventh century when Bishop Lambert sat in the see of Tongres, Liege was a small town.
Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Ruth Putnam
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The French plan of operation was to check the invasion of Belgium on the line Tongres-Liége-Longwy, where the Belgian Army, from a strictly military point of view, forming the advance guards of the French Army of the North, was holding strong positions, and with superior forces to strike at the German Army of Lorraine.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Various
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A force of two thousand was gathered at Liege, and advanced by night upon Tongres -- also without walls -- surrounded the house where lay their bishop, and forced him to return to Liege.
Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Ruth Putnam
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It is however founded upon the old Roman Breviary, which the Franciscans by the direction of their holy founder had adopted: for according to Rodolfo, dean of Tongres Cap. XXII, when the Popes dwelt at the
The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome Charles Michael Baggs
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By the third week of January, he was encamped between St. Trond and Tongres, where a fresh deputation from Liege found him.
Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Ruth Putnam
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