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Action at railroad station opened floodgates of death
The 1914 Allied and German actions at Trois Vierges near the Luxembourg border marked the first military move of World War I. Residents Georges Mersch Michel Baesch and Maria Baesch recall the German invasion, occupation, and the sequence of events that followed as mobilization began and troops occupied and then left the town.
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Wellington
Long Trois Vierges
Luxembourg
UPI
Georges Mersch
Michel Baesch
Maria
Breughel
Feldman
69Th
16Th Infantry Division
VII Army Corps
Maria Baesch
United Press International
Maria Basech
Drinklangen
Trois Viergas
Mersch
Niflingen
Trois Vierges
Baesch
St. Vith
Germany
Lengeler
Kaiser Wilhelm
Feldmann