where was the battle of verdun held?
Verdun
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 Three events allowed the Angevins ' successful termination of the conflict : 

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 Three events allowed the Angevins ' successful termination of the conflict : 

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 The Battle of Verdun began on 21 February 1916 after a nine @-@ day delay due to snow and blizzards . After a massive eight @-@ hour artillery bombardment , the Germans did not expect much resistance as they slowly advanced on Verdun and its forts . However , heavy French resistance was encountered . The French lost control of Fort Douaumont . Nonetheless , French reinforcements halted the German advance by 28 February . 

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 The Battle of Vauchamps ( 14 February 1814 ) was the final major engagement of the Six Days Campaign of the War of the Sixth Coalition . It resulted in a part of the Grande Armée under Napoleon I defeating a superior Prussian and Russian force of the Army of Silesia under Field @-@ marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher . 

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 In the months between trial and duel , Marguerite and the French queen Isabeau of Bavaria had both given birth to sons . While Marguerite 's son Robert was a strong , healthy boy , the Dauphin was a sickly child and on the 28 December he died . Rather than descend into mourning , the King ordered a frenzy of parties and celebrations , the pinnacle of which was intended to be the duel between Carrouges and Le Gris . The morning of the combat saw thousands of Parisians arriving at the Abbey at dawn , long before the appointed hour . Amongst the spectators were the King and his entourage , including his uncles John , Duke of Berry , Philip the Bold and Louis II , Duke of Bourbon as well as his brother the Duke of Orléans . Also present , dressed in black and sitting in a carriage overlooking the field , was Marguerite . Should her husband lose the battle , she would be burnt at the stake in Montfaucon immediately following the duel , having been thus " proven " guilty of perjury by its outcome . 
