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    The Bec d'Ambès (French pronunciation: [bɛk dɑ̃bɛs], literally Beak of Ambès) is the point of confluence of the rivers Garonne and Dordogne, in the Gironde...
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    and Gascony. From 1793 to 1795, the department's name was changed to Bec-d'Ambès to avoid the association with the Girondist political party of the French...
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    the Dordogne River, which flows from the east and joins the Garonne at Bec d'Ambès to form the Gironde estuary, is included. Umayyad and Aquitanian forces...
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    Within the estuary between the Pointe de Grave at the seaward end and the Bec d'Ambès are a series of small islands. The Île de Patiras is 200 hectares (490...
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    Volontaires du Vaucluse) (334) 5th Battalion, Bec d'Ambès Volunteers (5ème Bataillon des Volontaires de Bec d'Ambès) (431) 7th Battalion, Côtes Maritimes Volunteers...
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    of Bec d'Ambès (in French) or Battle of the Gironde Estuary, was a naval Spanish victory that took place on 18 April 1593 off Blaye and Bec d'Ambès, Gironde...
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  • production in France. The hydrocarbons are transported via a pipeline to the Bec d'Ambès. Merkwiller-Pechelbronn, 50 kilometers from Strasbourg, was one of the...
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    Côtes-du-Nord ('Coasts of the North') until 1990 ^5 Gironde was known as Bec-d'Ambès ('Beak of Ambès') from 1793 until 1795. The Convention eliminated the...
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  • Youth) island (1978). France Mayenne-et-Loire → Maine-et-Loire (1791) Bec-d'Ambès → Gironde (1795) Charente-Inférieure → Charente-Maritime (1941) Seine-Inférieure...
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    flowing into the Gironde, its common estuary with the Garonne, at the Bec d'Ambès ("Ambès beak"), north of the city of Bordeaux. The Dordogne is one of...
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    east by the border of the Gironde department and in the west by the Bec d'Ambès, the confluence of the Garonne and the Dordogne. At 3,000 hectares (7...
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    casting of cannons which would allow the army to make their way up to Bec d'Ambès on the confluence of the Garonne and Dordogne. Lanssac would lead a Spanish...
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    department in southwestern France. It is located at the point, the Bec d'Ambès (Occ. bèc is cognate with Old English bæc for beck), where the rivers Garonne...
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    blockading Bordeaux. The two ligueurs saw to the building of a fort at Bec d'Ambès which held a strategic position on the rivers at the confluence of the...
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    (name in Flanders) Dunkerque Furnes 13.3 1 N Garonne Garonne Gironde Bec d'Ambès Canal lateral a la Garonne Castets-en-Dorthe 79.4 SW Garonne Canal de...
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  • Jerome, Martiques, Petit-Couronne, Etang de Berre, Dunkirk, L'Avere, Bec d'Ambès, Courchalettes, Gravenchon, 2 plants at Donges, and a shale oil refinery...
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    (Night) Stalingrad <=> Ambarès-et-Lagrave-serving signalled stops of Bec d'Ambès Line 64 Buttinière <=> Artigues-près-Bordeaux-Fontderode Line 67 Buttinière...
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    Yvelines), with Auguis and Enlart 30 December 1794 – 4 April 1795: to Bec-d'Ambes (Gironde) and again the Lot-et-Garonne Chairman of the Council of Five...
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    bulk and containers, as well as liquid bulk facilities at Pauillac and Bec d'Ambes. The Port de la Lune is the ancient city port. "Port of Bordeaux, France"...
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    battalion of the Orleans formation, 200 men from a detachment from the Bec d'Ambès, 68 men from a detachment from the Charente, 46 men from a detachment...
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    on 9 August 1792, when he was named captain in the 7th battalion of Bec-d'Ambès. He spent 1792–93 campaigning with the Armée du Nord, under the command...
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    Artigues 02 (Bordeaux-Bastides) Areas served: Lormont, Port et ZI d'Ambès, ZI Bec d'Ambès, Carbon-Blanc, Bassens 03 (Vieux Lormont) Closed Pont d'Aquitaine...
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    Guîtres to Coutras X 582 000 Marcenais to Libourne X X 583 000 Bassens to Bec-d'Ambès X Line operated by the Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux. 584 000 Ravezies...
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  • actions. 288 Bomber Command Lancasters raid oil stores facilities at Bec d'Ambès and Pauillac, France, in clear weather, suffering no losses. Twenty-seven...
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  • Pensacola, Florida. Thropton  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Bec d'Ambès. Transit  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and foundered. Her crew...
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    Stalingrad ⇔ Ambarès-et-Lagrave-Europe then serves on demand stops to Bec d'Ambès Line 90 Bassens-La Chênaie ⇔ Carbon-Blanc-La Mouline or...
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    Bassens, Carbon-Blanc and Ambarès train stations <=> each zone around <=> Bec d'Ambès zone flex' N1 Thursdays to Saturdays (2 bus) Bordeaux-Quinconces <=>...
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  • 1800 but never commissioned her; it sold her in 1801. Gironde was renamed Bec d'Ambez in early 1794, but reverted to Gironde in May 1795. She took part...
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  • Description Montgomery  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Bec d'Ambès in the Gironde estuary, France on a voyage from Saigon, French Indochina...
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  • 1851 Ship State Description Arthur  France The ship ran agronnd on the Bec d'Ambés, Gironde and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Bordeaux...
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