• Quélern is a hamlet in Roscanvel, in the department of Finistère (Brittany), in western France. The Quélern lines defended the entrance to the goulet...
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  • Look up Quélern in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Quélern is a hamlet in western France. Quélern may also refer to: Quelern Formation, is a geologic...
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    The fort Quélern or réduit de Quélern is a castle and prison in the commune of Roscanvel in France. This fort was built between 1852 and 1854 on modified...
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  • The Quelern Formation is a geologic formation in France. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period. Earth sciences portal France portal...
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    Saint-Martin-de-Ré (on Île de Ré) – then, as these were due to be closed, to Quélern (near Brest). At the same time, 29 of them were kept in Oran; Antoine Chanzy...
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    separated to establish their base in Aspretto, Corsica (France) and today in Quélern, Brittany (France). Commando Kieffer was created 6 June 2008 in Ouistreham...
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    of Roscanvel, to the south-west of the roadstead of Brest, between the Quélern peninsula and Île Longue. It is 26m above sea level at its highest point...
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    was then in open revolt, Reclus was taken prisoner on 5 April into Fort Quélern. On 16 November he was sentenced to deportation for life. Because of intervention...
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    allow a counter-attack against an enemy landing party attempting to seize Quélern. Dajot [fr] had a fort constructed at the top of the peninsula around 1776...
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    been forged with those for the battery on pointe du Grand Gouin, for the Quélern defensive-lines and the many neighbouring batteries. In the French victory...
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