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Armentières (ärməntērz`, Fr. ärmäNtyĕr`), town (1990 pop. 26,220), Nord dept., N France, in Flanders, on the Lys River. It has foundries, boiler works, breweries, and a large textile industry. During most of World War I it was directly behind the Allied lines. It became known through the song "Mademoiselle from Armentières." |
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| About a week before Christmas, German troops near Armentieres slipped a "splendid" chocolate cake across the lines to their British counterparts. Those who were still healthy enough crossed the Mediterranean to Marseilles and then headed north to Armentieres. I was further gulfed by the real or exaggerated recollections of GIs and their doughboy fathers of compliant French women--the eternal Mademoiselle from Armentieres. |
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