Ardennes
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Landscape of Frahan inside the bend of the Semois
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Morphologically connected mountains of Ardennes and Eifel, framed by the rivers Semois, Meuse, Moselle and Rhine. The highest elevation is Mt. Hohe Acht at 746.9 m above sea level
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Arduenna silva between River Maas and River Rhine
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Belgium
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War memorial for the 1st Infantry Division (Big Red One) in Belgium
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Rock Bayard of Dinant, on the right bank of the Meuse. According to a legend, a magic horse jumped from the top of this rock to the left bank of the river, carrying the Quatre Fils Aymon fleeing Charlemagne
History
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Battle of the Ardennes (1914) was the second of the Battles of the Frontiers
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Battles of the Frontiers (1914) involved a series of collisions between the French and the German armies. The French forces carried out a counteroffensive ("Plan XVII"), attacking the flank of the westwards-advancing German Army executing its Schlieffen Plan
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Panorama of Botassart or Le Tombeau du Géant (Giant's Tomb) along River Semois
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View of the Meuse in the French part