Beauséjour is a former commune and was a village in
France
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that was largely destroyed in
World War I
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. Now it was part of the
commune
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of
Minaucourt-le-Mesnil-lès-Hurlus
Minaucourt-le-Mesnil-lès-Hurlus () is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France
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(
Marne Marne can refer to:
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*Marne (river), a tributary of the Seine
*Marne (department), a département in northeastern France named after the river
* La Marne, a commune in western France
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Nethe ...
).
Founded in 1820, it was the scene of historic fighting between the Germans, French, and English in 1914 and 1915. It was not rebuilt after the war. Today it is the site of historic markers. The village received coverage in news articles years later, as France's oldest recorded man,
Maurice Floquet, fought at the battle as a soldier and survived.
References
* http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1915/neuvecha.html
* https://web.archive.org/web/20060320155810/http://crdp.ac-reims.fr/memoire/lieux/1GM_CA/villages_detruits/beausejour.htm
External links
La Fermede Beauséjour€”Article in French
€”An account of the fighting in the area
Former populated places in France
France in World War I
Geography of Marne (department)
Ghost towns in France
History of Marne (department)
Aftermath of World War I in France
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