The siege of St. John's was a failed attempt by French forces led by Daniel d'Auger de Subercase to take the fort at St. John's, Newfoundland during the...
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needed] The French attacked St. John's again in 1705 (Siege of St. John's), and captured it in 1708 (Battle of St. John's), devastating civilian structures...
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Avalon Peninsula campaign (redirect from Siege of Ferryland)
arrival of d'Iberville, Newfoundland's French Governor de Brouillon ordered a French naval squadron under Chevalier Nesmond to lay siege to St. John's in retaliation...
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The Battle of St. John's was the French capture of St. John's, the capital of the British colony of Newfoundland, on 1 January 1709 [O.S. 21 December 1708]...
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USS Enterprise (1775) (category Ships of the Continental Navy)
forces of the U.S. Revolutionary War to bear the name Enterprise. Enterprise was originally a British supply sloop named George, built at St. Johns (now...
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interior of the church is considered to be one of the finest examples of high Baroque architecture in Europe. Following the Great Siege of 1565, St. John's Co-Cathedral...
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The siege of Leningrad was a prolonged military siege undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet city of Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg)...
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Succession Siege of St. John's (1705) – War of the Spanish Succession Siege of Valencia de Alcantara (1705) – War of the Spanish Succession Siege of Albuquerque...
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fort of Saint-Jean, also called St. John, St. Johns, or St. John's, in the British province of Quebec during the American Revolutionary War. The siege lasted...
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The siege of Orléans (12 October 1428 – 8 May 1429) marked a turning point of the Hundred Years' War between France and England. The siege took place at...
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