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and when in use as a working fortress controlled the valley of the Meuse.
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Givet

Givet
Map of Champagne-Ardenne, France
50°08′09″N 4°48′13″E / 50.135833°N 4.803611°E / 50.135833; 4.803611
Fort
French
Belgian
Meuse
citadel
outworks
Givet
Destruction within the fort after the First World War.
First World War
view of the fort from within Givet.
The Maugis Tower.
Between Condé Charlemont Covered Path.
Entrance to Fort Condé.
Staircase, the only access point from the glacis to the fort.
glacis
Reduction of the French fortresses in 1815
Meuse Citadels
Montclos 2009
Siborne 1895
ISBN
2-85822-593-1
The Waterloo Campaign, 1815
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fortification
stub

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