Beaumont-en-Cambrésis is a

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in the Nord department in northern

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.INSEE commune file
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Battle of Beaumont The Battle of Beaumont on 30 August 1870 was won by Prussia during the Franco-Prussian War. It was fought between the French V Corps under general Pierre Louis Charles de Failly, and IV Corps under general Constantin von Alvensleben, XII Corp ...

took place near Beaumont-en-Cambrésis as a part of the

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Population

Heraldry

See also