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Compiegne

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Com·piègne  (kmp-yn, kô-pyny)
A city of northern France on the Oise River northeast of Paris. The armistice ending World War I was signed in a railroad car in a nearby forest on November 11, 1918. Adolf Hitler demanded that the same car be used for the formal surrender of France in World War II on June 22, 1940. Population: 40,400.


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I must reach Compiegne to-night, or I shall cause deep anxiety to my family.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Their course was clearly defined: they were to follow the road toward Compiegne and on emerging from the forest turn to the right.
Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
The first thing D'Artagnan perceived after the fine trees, the May sun gilding the sides of the green hills, the long rows of feather-topped trees which stretched out towards Compiegne, was a large rolling box, pushed forward by two servants and dragged by two others.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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