When the annexation of Belgium was decreed on 1 October 1795 the mover of the proposal, Merlin de Douai, also recommended the annexation of the entire left bank of the Rhine. |
In 1597 Margaret's head ended up with the Jesuits at the Scottish College, Douai, France, but was lost during the French Revolution. |
The show is perhaps best summed up by Corot's Douai, glacis des fortifications pros de la porte Notre-Dame. |
We got to the lines at about 10,000 feet, and crossed them, making towards Douai. |
They also wrecked the railway stations at Douai, Don, and Courtrai. |
They will come into action at the critical moment, somewhere near Douai. |