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He lives five minutes away, in an attractive house in the rue de Vesle.
Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1963
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They fought valiantly in the vicinity of Chateau Thierry, on the Vesle, on the Aillette, in the Argonne, and various other sectors; and in the final drive at Metz.
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On the following day they crossed the Vesle river at
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Three days later the outpost company on Vesle bridge of the Aisne was surrounded, and, later still, Condé bridge passed out of our artillery control, and was finally crossed by the Germans.
Adventures of a Despatch Rider William Henry Lowe Watson
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Vesle, (of which mention was made above;) the house, 40 Rue de l'Université, built in the eighteenth century; the house next to the
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Various
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Vesle, with elements of the Twenty-eighth, until relieved on August 3d, by the Fourth Division.
Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. Charles Seymour 1924
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Before they could bring up replacements, the British launched their great drive south of the Somme, the American Twenty-eighth, Thirty-second, and Seventy-seventh divisions crossed the Vesle pushing the Germans before them, and there began what
Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. Charles Seymour 1924
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Vesle, their retreat secured, although their losses had been terrific.
Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. Charles Seymour 1924
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With the repulse of the enemy from the Marne to the Vesle and our advance in front of and below Amiens almost we hear the marching of our men forwards over those Flanders fields where lie so many whose blood makes the country around Ypres for all time a part of Canada.
War Story of the Canadian Army Medical Corps John George 1918
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Along the valley of the Aisne and of the Vesle the spirit of destruction established its kingdom.
The Soul of the War Philip Gibbs 1919
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