The siege of Calvi was a combined British and Corsican military operation during the Invasion of Corsica in the early stages of the French Revolutionary...
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Revolutionary Wars. The campaign centred on sieges of three principal towns in Northern Corsica; San Fiorenzo, Bastia and Calvi, which were in turn surrounded, besieged...
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the seat of the Canton of Calvi, which contains Calvi and one other commune, Lumio. Calvi is also the capital of the Arrondissement of Calvi, which contains...
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follows. Siege of Aratta (c. 2600 BC) Siege of Uruk (c. 2580 BC) Siege of Qabra (1780 BC) Siege of Hiritum (1764 BC) Siege of Larsa (1763 BC) Siege of Avaris...
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dispatch of a fleet. The Turkish fleet only stood by during the siege of Calvi, and contributed little. The same inactivity took place during the siege of Bastia...
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Anglo-Corsican Kingdom (redirect from Viceroy of the Anglo-Corsican Kingdom)
to capture Calvi that then-Captain Horatio Nelson lost the sight in his right eye. For a short time, Corsica was added to the dominions of King George...
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Augustus De Butts (category British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars)
Revolutionary Wars, fighting in the Siege of Toulon, the Siege of Bastia, and the Siege of Calvi. He was the fourth son of Elias De Butts and was born in Ireland...
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Angélique Brûlon (category Knights of the Legion of Honour)
wounds in the siege of Calvi, but was denied seven years. When she received the pension in 1804, she was also promoted to the rank of lieutenant. Napoleon...
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brought Calvi under constant bombardment, and the town surrendered on 10 August. Nelson did regain partial sight in his damaged eye after the siege, but...
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John Moore (British Army officer) (redirect from Moore of Corunna)
Mediterranean and he was involved in campaigning in the invasion of Corsica and was wounded at Calvi. He was given a Colonelcy and became Adjutant-General to...
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