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    Lorient (French: [lɔʁjɑ̃] ; Breton: An Oriant) is a town (commune) and seaport in the Morbihan department of Brittany in western France. Beginning around...
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    lettres de Rennes, en 1893-1894 (in French): 244–251. Le Cam, Louis (1931). Le siège de Lorient par les anglais en 1746 (in French). Lorient: Impr. Le...
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    armes, & l'état des grandes terres du royaume ..., p98 DESCENTE DES ANGLAIS EN BRETAGNE ET SIÉGE DE LORIENT EN 1746 by Charles Bougouin, p. 9 v t e v t e...
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    end of the war, like other Atlantic pockets such as Saint-Nazaire and Lorient. Just surrounding the city was considered wiser than conducting a frontal...
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    The history of Lorient begins with the town's foundation in 1666 as a base for the French East India Company. This role was reinforced in 1675 during...
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    born on 6 October 1885 in Lorient, Brittany, the third son of a family from Haute-Auvergne. His parents were General Raymond de La Rocque, commander of...
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    Ville de Nantes sub-class Ville de Nantes 90 (launched 7 August 1858 at Cherbourg) – Stricken 1872 Ville de Bordeaux 90 (launched 21 May 1860 at Lorient) –...
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    ISBN 0-275-93833-6 or ISBN 978-0-275-93833-8. Amiral La Roncière-Le Noury, La marine au siège de Paris, Plon, 1872. Georges Le Bail, La Brigade des Jean le Gouin; Histoire...
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    returned to France alone, docked in Lorient 64 Gun SoL Célèbre – Exploded 21 July after being hit by English bomb during siege 64 Gun SoL Capricieux – Exploded...
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  • françaises de l'Ouest, forces françaises oubliées ? by Stéphane Weiss Memorial national des marins. Philippe Lamarque, Lorient : L'acharnement des poches de l'Atlantique...
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