The Raid on Rochefort (or Descent on Rochefort) was a British amphibious attempt to capture the French Atlantic port of Rochefort in September 1757 during...
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of Rochefort, a 1967 French musical film written and directed by Jacques Demy Raid on Rochefort, a 1757 British military expedition 4172 Rochefort, a...
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port being chosen as the target for a major British expedition, the Raid on Rochefort, for which Clerk was appointed chief engineer. Robert Clerk (sometimes...
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James Wolfe (category Commons link is on Wikidata)
Wolfe fresh opportunities for advancement. His part in the aborted raid on Rochefort in 1757 led William Pitt to appoint him second-in-command of an expedition...
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best known for his command of the Raid on Rochefort which ended in failure and his subsequent court-martial. Cleared on a technicality, he was nonetheless...
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the French naval aviation, he was killed during a German bombing raid on Rochefort. Taillemite, Étienne (2002). Dictionnaire des marins français. Tallandier...
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September 1757, Rochefort was the target of an ambitious British raid during the Seven Years' War. Another infrastructure of early Rochefort from 1766 was...
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HMS Royal George (1756) (redirect from Salvage operations on HMS Royal George)
saw immediate service during the Seven Years' War, including the Raid on Rochefort in 1757. She was Admiral Sir Edward Hawke's flagship at the Battle...
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demonstration or raid) on Rochefort, a joint operation to overrun the town and burn shipping in the Charente. The expedition set out on 8 September 1757...
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Arsenal de Rochefort was closed. Raid on Rochefort, a 1757 British raid on Rochefort during the Seven Years' War. Media related to Arsenal de Rochefort at Wikimedia...
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