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  EUSTACHE, called MOREL DESCHAMPS - LoveToKnow Article on EUSTACHE, called MOREL DESCHAMPS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He entered the kings service as royal messenger about 1367, and was sent on missions to Bohemia, Hungary and Moravia.
In 1372 he was made huissier darmes to Charles V. He received many other important offices, was bailli of Valois, and afterwards of Senlis, squire to the Dauphin, and governor of Fismes.
In 1380 his patron, Charles V., died, and in the same year the English burnt down his house at Vertus.
65.1911encyclopedia.org /D/DE/DESCHAMPS_EUSTACHE_called_MOREL.htm   (776 words)

  
 History of the Seventy Seventh Division phase 5 From the Vesle to the Aisne
Bazoches was a ruin, and Fismes, while intact in some parts, was a mass of tumbled stone in others.
At Fismes, in a cave, an officer found a 105 caliber shell under a table covered with flowers, with a wire running to a sofa.
Fismes was being heavily shelled as the advancing columns crowded one another to pass through.
www.longwood.k12.ny.us /history/upton/phase5.htm   (2621 words)

  
 THE OISE
On August 7, the 2d Battalion of the 112th Infantry attacked and succeeded in completing the occupation of Fismes and gained a foothold in the village of Fismette, but was forced to withdraw from the latter.
Gilles to Fismes had been cleared and soon thereafter the road from Fismes to Villette, just in time to meet the greatest emergency experienced up to this time in the sector.
One of the dressing stations of the brigade was located at Fismes, from which place the Germans had not yet been expelled and near whose western limits their machine-gun nests continued active.
history.amedd.army.mil /booksdocs/wwi/fieldoperations/chapter13.htm   (7677 words)

  
 The 32nd Division in World War I - 32nd 'Red Arrow' Veteran Association
In its attack on Fismes, the 127th was badly cut up and late in the day Colonel Langdon organized a provisional battalion out of what was left of his regiment and sent it forward to storm the town.
The 3rd Battalion, commanded by CPT Byron Beveridge, was the assault battalion for the 127th Infantry's attack on Fismes.
The brilliant and determined American attacks culminated in the 64th Infantry Brigade’s capture of the important town of Fismes (on the Vesle) on 7 August, and the 63rd Brigade’s capture of the important German railhead on the Vesle (in the left of the Division’s sector) on 4 August.
www.32nd-division.org /history/ww1/32-ww1.html   (5609 words)

  
 Setback at Fismette
Streets of FISMES running north and south covered by machine-gun fire and one-pounders.
We still control FISMES down to the river and we are constantly patrolling river front along entire front of sector.
Before this was finished the French General commanding the Sixth Army, to which I belong, arrived at my headquarters and learning of my orders for withdrawal from FISMETTE himself, in person, directed me to continue to hold FISMETTE and how to hold it.
www.worldwar1.com /dbc/fismette.htm   (954 words)

  
 308th Medical detachment
In leaving the area, we passed through Fismes, thereby offering Jerry our whole Brigade as a present, if he had only been equal to the occasion.
As it was, he landed a shell in the center of the town, while the traffic was tangled, and our friends the 307th Infantry Medical Detachment were the victims.
This was 19 kilometers for those of us from near Fismes, and a good deal farther for the men coming out of the line.
www.longwood.k12.ny.us /history/upton/conksept.htm   (2621 words)

  
 Summaries in English (main texts only)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Although Hincmar did not use the term „usurper” in annals describing the aspirations and policy of Boso, the first non–Carolingian king in the empire, he did not hesitate to employ it for the purposes of describing the activities of the young ruler involved in promoting his own candidate.
The declaration accepted by the bishops at the Fismes synod accentuated the superiority of the function of the priest in relation to royal duties and deduced the thesis about the inferiority of secular authority vis a vis its spiritual counterpart.
An ominous memento referred to the Biblical example of King Osaiah, who without heeding the advice of his old trusted adviser wished to assume priestly prerogatives and was punished with leprosy.
www.kh.semper.pl /summ01.html   (341 words)

  
 Frank L. Akins: Action Reports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Aug 7-17, Div occupies the Fismes Sector (Champagne): On the night of August 6-7 the 28th Division launched an unsuccessful attack upon Fismette, which is [north] beyond the Vesle River, adjoining Fismes on its left side.
the enemy made attacks against the left battalion of the 164th Division between FISMES and VILLETIE and upon the right of the 28th Division in FISMETTE.
In the former the enemy attacked the line along the railroad and were driven back by a counterattack, our troops keeping their old positions.
www.worldwar1.com /dbc/akins2.htm   (479 words)

  
 Fismes - Yellow Pages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Online yellow pages of Fismes provide a unique opportunity to reach consumers at the very moment they are seeking a source for just the product or service you offer in Fismes.
Unlike their print counterpart, online yellow pages of Fismes provide a dynamic advertising vehicle suitable for running promotion-based advertising campaigns that are highly engaging, interactive and measurable.
It is basically a business directory of Fismes, listing local businesses and having advertisements from local and foreign companies.
www.go4yp.com /Country/France/Marne/Fismes.shtml   (120 words)

  
 Fighting the Flying Circus
This objective was the city of Fismes, the railroads and highways leading into it and the positions of any batteries of artillery that might be concealed from the naked eye, but which could scarcely escape revealment by the powerful lenses of the cameras.
With much amusement I noticed that our Frenchmen were now over Fismes and had begun taking their photographs.
Evidently the Fokker leader discovered their industry at the same moment I did, for with a curt dip to his wings he started his flight on a headlong dive in the direction of the Breguets.
www.richthofen.com /rickenbacker/rick21.htm   (2715 words)

  
 Jean Navarre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Assigned to MS12, he began the war by shooting at enemy aircraft with a rifle from his Morane-Saulnier L.
On 1 April 1915, he scored his first victory in the Fismes sector, bringing down an Aviatik with three well placed shots.
With his transfer to N67, Navarre began flying the Nieuport 11 and on 25 February 1916, he became the first French pilot to shoot down two enemy aircraft in a single day.
www.theaerodrome.com /aces/france/navarre.html   (364 words)

  
 "Forward-March!" a photographic memorial of World War I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
"In Fismette, the portion of the village of Fismes on the north side of the Vesle, I had a single company of infantry, 150 men of the 28th (Pennsylvania) Division.
My chief-of-staff, who was very much in favor of the general’s idea of bridge-heads, knew of the order which I was going to give.
When I returned from Fismes late in the afternoon, I found our French general at my corps headquarters, and that my chief-of-staff had informed him of my order to withdraw the company.
www.usgennet.org /usa/topic/preservation/dav1/pg170.htm   (505 words)

  
 Oil on canvas View of Fismes by Abel-Truchet 1894
He was much respected in France as a painter of landscapes and portraits and at the 1919 Exhibition of paintings of artists who gave their lives for France during the Great War, his group of paintings earned much...
Above the signature in the right bottom corner is the inscription: A Madame Meyer Souvenir de Fismes-to Madame Meyer a remembrance of Fismes.
Size with frame is 20" x 15" Of the painting itself 15" x 10"
www.trocadero.com /schola/items/312745/item312745.html   (237 words)

  
 History of the American Field Service in France. 1920. Sections 67, 68, 69 & 30.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The work, although not dangerous, was hard, and called for plenty of night driving in an active sector which had a great number of severely wounded men.
At five o'clock the Boches came over, and Section Six-Forty-Two, with what was left of the Division, started the second great retreat, but not until it had left four men, Wright, Thorpe, Al Brook, and Murphy, and eight cars, in the hands of the enemy.
The Section retired, with the Division, through Fismes, Fère-en-Tardenois, and crossed the Marne to be relieved at Condé-en-Brie on the 31st of May, after the remaining eleven cars from the Section had taken the last of the wounded from the hospitals at Château-Thierry --- the last transportation in the town before its capture.
www.ku.edu /carrie/specoll/AFS/library/2-ww1/AFShist/AFS2h.htm   (14689 words)

  
 American Aces of WW1 - Thomas Cassady
With the liberation of Paris, Cassady returned to that city to serve as chief intelligence officer.
On May 28, Lt. Cassady, single-handed, attacked an LVG German plane which crashed near Fismes.
On June 5, as patrol leader of five Spads, while being attacked by twelve German Fokkers, he brought down one of the enemy planes near Epieds and by his dash and courage, broke the enemy formation." DSC citation
www.wwiaviation.com /aces/ace_Cassady.html   (410 words)

  
 TrekEarth | Sainte Macre Photo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The church of Fismes (12th century), like many of the historic buildings in the region, was heavily damaged during the First World War.
Fismes is a small town near the city of Reims.
The church is a little bit leaning to the back.
www.trekearth.com /gallery/Europe/France/photo217989.htm   (176 words)

  
 Welcome to the hotel - restaurant LA BOULE D'OR at Fismes near Reims in the Marne
Welcome to the hotel - restaurant LA BOULE D'OR at Fismes near Reims in the Marne
The hotel restoring La Boule d'Or at Fismes - near Reims in Champagne - hotel 2 stars - restaurant 2 stars - member of Logis de France
Hotel and restaurant 2 stars, member of Logis de France, La Boule d'Or is situated in Tadernois region, just a step from the Green Valley and from the Country of Reims.
www.boule-or.com /home.htm   (161 words)

  
 Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of January 6
It pronounced upon him the personal virtues and miracles of a servant of God; however, it does not constitute an approbation of all his public acts or of his political views (Benedictines, Walsh).
Saint Macra, a maiden of Rheims, was martyred at Fismes in Champagne under the prefect Rictiovarus, before the outbreak of the Diocletian persecutions (Benedictines).
In art, she is usually represented as a virgin holding a palm (emblem of a martyr) and a pair of pincers in her hand, in memory of one of the fiendish tortures to which she was subjected or shears with which her breasts were cut off (Benedictines, Roeder).
www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0106.htm   (1875 words)

  
 Fismes: 2712 O
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Hincmar, Archbishop of Reims
He sought to prevent the decay of the kingdom.
At the Synods of Troyes (878) and Fismes (881) he took a prominent part, and endeavoured to strengthen the political and religious life of the empire by several writings.
Owing to an invasion of the Northmen in 882, he was obliged to retire to Epernay, where he died.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/07356b.htm   (1703 words)

  
 Uptake and Transport of Radioactive Nickel and Cadmium into Three Vegetables after Wet Aerial Contamination -- Fismes ...
Uptake and Transport of Radioactive Nickel and Cadmium into Three Vegetables after Wet Aerial Contamination -- Fismes et al.
Articles by Fismes, J. Articles by Morel, J. Agricola
Copyright © 2005 by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.
intl-jeq.scijournals.org /cgi/content/abstract/34/5/1497   (345 words)

  
 Visit the hotel and the restaurant LA BOULE D'OR - Fismes in MARNE
Visit the hotel and the restaurant LA BOULE D'OR - Fismes in MARNE
The hotel restaurant La Boule d'Or at Fismes - near Reims in Champagne region - hotel 2 stars - restaurant 2 stares - member of Logis de France
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 Notes. Lucas, St. John, comp. 1920. The Oxford Book of French Verse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
His poems have been edited by A. Scheler.
Knight and Clerk; huissier d’armes to Charles V and Charles VI, châtelain of Fismes and bailli of Senlis.
He lived for a long time at the Court, and his works are full of interesting detail concerning the morals and manners of the time.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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Acker 122 Receives Unofficial Notice of Honor Unofficial notice has been received by L. Acker '22 that he will receive a Distinguished Service Cross for service during the capture of Fismes ;on August 6, 1918.
Sergeant Acker w as formerly with the machine gun company of the 28th Division, 11L2th regiment, and during the attack on the town of Fismes, on the Vesle Riv- er, on the night of Nugust 6, 1918, eras placed in command of an isolated platoon.
www-tech.mit.edu /archives/VOL_040/TECH_V040_S0090_P002.txt   (1293 words)

  
 Hotel Boule d'Or Fismes, Marne in region Champagne-Ardenne.
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