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French Town of Loos Endures German Occupation and Hunger
Amidst the Loos siege in World War I, residents faced daily shelling averaging 190. Germans occupied Gohelle and later Loos, shooting seven civilians and imposing wartime looms. The town's mayor recounts coercion, a 7,000 franc war tax, and improvised bread lines as bombardments raged.
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