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    northwestern France. The chef-lieu of the canton of Granville and seat of the Communauté de communes de Granville, Terre et Mer [fr], it is a seaside resort and...
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    The siege of Granville occurred at Granville, Manche on 14 November 1793. It faced 5,000 Republicans besieged by Vendéen forces during the Virée de Galerne...
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    was born in Liège as the son of John Gaspar Ferdinand de Marchin, Comte de Granville and Marie de Balzac d'Entragues. Marsin served in Flanders, and was...
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  • Ranulf de Glanvill (alias Glanvil, Glanville, Granville, etc., died 1190) was Chief Justiciar of England during the reign of King Henry II (1154–89) and...
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    experience and strategic skills. He marched onto Granville, took Avranches on 12 November but failed to seize Granville and retreated to Angers in order to cross...
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    The siege of Angers was a siege of the French town of Angers on 3 December 1793 in the War in the Vendée. Pushed back at Granville, the Vendéens hoped...
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    Sir Bevil Granville MP JP (3 May 1665 – 15 September 1706) was an English soldier and politician from Cornwall, who was MP for Fowey and Lostwithiel from...
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    Granville was a militia stockade located in the colonial Province of Pennsylvania. Its site was about a mile from Lewistown, in what is now Granville...
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    exterminate their opposition, in a similar vein to the Stuart Stranglers led by Granville Stuart in Montana. The gunmen, nicknamed the "Invaders", were led by Wolcott...
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    harbour, carried on only a small trade through the 19th century. Along with Granville Ferry across the river, however, it was a local centre for shipbuilding...
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