Landrecies
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Landrecies (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[2]
History
In 1543, Landrecies was besieged by English and Imperial forces, who were repulsed by the French defenders. In 1794, it was besieged by Dutch forces, who captured it. It was the site of a skirmish between the British I Corps under Douglas Haig and the German First Army on 25 August 1914, that resulted in the death of Archer Windsor-Clive, the first first-class cricketer to fall in World War I.
Population
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Heraldry
People
- hometown of former Tour de France director Jean-Marie Leblanc.
- birthplace of Joseph François Dupleix, known as the conqueror of India for Louis XIV, king of France.
- birthplace of André Bonnaire, mayor of the town who represented the Radical Party in the National Assembly from 1956 to 1958.
See also
References
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