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Argonne Hotel
Argonne may refer to: *The Forest of Argonne, France *Argonne National Laboratory, a U.S. D.O.E. National Laboratory near Chicago, Illinois *Meuse-Argonne Offensive, also called the Battle of Argonne Forest, a World War I battle *Argonne, South Dakota, a ghost town in the United States *Argonne, Wisconsin, a town, US *Argonne (CDP), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community, US * , built in 1916 at Kobe, Japan, by the Kawasaki Dockyards. * , originally designated AP-4 and commissioned 8 November 1921. *Argonne (automobile), a short-lived U.S. car company *Argonne Rebels, an inactive DCI Division I drum and bugle corps from Great Bend, Kansas *Hotel Argonne, a historic hotel in downtown Lima, Ohio, United States {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Of Argonne
The Forest of Argonne () is a long strip of mountainous and wild woodland in northeastern France, approximately east of Paris. The forest measures roughly long and wide filled with many small hills and deep valleys formed by water run-off from the Aire and Aisne rivers rarely exceeding more than in elevation. Following the First World War, the landscape of the forest was forever changed as trench warfare lead to parts of the forest being riddled with deep man-made trenches along with craters from explosives. The forest is bordered by the Meuse River on the west and rolling farmland and creeks to the east. The forest is largely oak, chestnut, and pine trees, and ferns cover much of the forest floor. Common animal life consists of wild boar, red deer, roe deer, hares, rabbits, foxes, and wildcat. History In 1792, Charles François Dumouriez outmaneuvered the invading forces of the Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, Duke of Brunswick in the forest before the Battle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
