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    Louis-Jules Trochu (French pronunciation: [lwi ʒyl tʁɔʃy]; 12 March 1815 – 7 October 1896) was a French military leader and politician. He served as President...
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    but they also dispersed without incident. Later in October, General Louis Jules Trochu launched a series of armed attacks to break the German siege,...
    163 KB (21,765 words) - 18:06, 24 August 2024
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    rifle pits and zigzags outside the fortifications, at the request of General Trochu. Mr. Sanders, who took an active part in the defense of Richmond, declared...
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    the Prussians at the Battle of Sedan. The government, headed by General Louis Jules Trochu, was under Prussian siege in Paris. Breakouts were attempted twice...
    13 KB (1,485 words) - 07:50, 19 December 2023
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    group of republican deputies, including Léon Gambetta and headed by General Trochu, met at the Hôtel de Ville and formed a provisional government, called...
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    attacked and decisively defeated the French forces. The same day General Trochu attempted a breakout of Paris but it too was defeated. No other significant...
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  • Trochu /ˈtroʊʃuː/ is a town in central Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by Kneehill County. It is approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Three Hills at...
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    much larger scale. Robert met General Trochu in early October 1870 (they had met in Algeria twenty years earlier); Trochu showed great interest, and Robert...
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    the governor and commander-in-chief of the city's defenses, General Louis Jules Trochu, assembled a force of 60,000 regular soldiers who had managed...
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    joined Gambetta, for whom he organized a system of spies through which General Trochu was kept informed of the strength and disposition of the Prussians around...
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    Trochus nigropunctatus, common name the black-spotted topshell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top...
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    In the government of National Defence he became vice-president under General Trochu, and minister of foreign affairs, with the onerous task of negotiating...
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    nomination of Bazaine as généralissime of the French armed forces, of général Trochu as governor of Paris and de MacMahon as commander of the Army of Châlons...
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    Charles Trochu (1898-1961) was a French businessman, architect and right-wing politician. He was Secretary General of the National Front and president...
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    in Belgium.: 51–53  At the age of fifteen he wrote an essay imagining "General de Gaulle" leading the French Army to victory over Germany in 1930; he...
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    Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870. Lair became a captain in the staff of General Trochu in the National Guard. He was awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honour...
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    the shell attains 40 mm, its diameter 38 mm. The general form of this species is similar to Trochus maculatus. It is thick, solid, and heavy. The upper...
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    including Lord Raglan and Sir Edmund Lyons, General Bosquet, Captor of Malakoff Tower, General Trochu and Before Sebastopol, Zouaves Making Gabions...
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    Gouraud (French: [ɡuʁo]; 17 November 1867 – 16 September 1946) was a French general, best known for his leadership of the French Fourth Army at the end of...
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    French Presidency. Retrieved 2 August 2010.  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Trochu, Louis Jules". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University...
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