François Thurot (22 July 1727 at Nuits-Saint-Georges near Dijon in eastern France – 28 February 1760 off the Isle of Man) was a French privateer, merchant...
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bridges were built using timbers from the wrecked ship: hence Thurot Cottage and Thurot Bridge. Pirate radio station Radio Caroline North was based in...
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but also called it "unique", "exciting", and "highly educational". Dan Thurot noted that the emphasis on negotiation makes the Company's dealings harder...
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town, it was surrendered to French invaders under the command of Francois Thurot. They looted the castle and town and then left, only to be caught by the...
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François Thurot in Dunkirk throughout the summer and early autumn. On 15 October, when the squadron had been driven off station during a gale, Thurot made...
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Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia. Commander of artillery: General of Division Charles-Étienne-François Ruty. Field commanders under the direct command of Emperor...
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real hope of a major invasion of the British Isles. A privateer, François Thurot, sailed from Dunkirk with five ships to provide diversionary support to...
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privateer François Thurot, captures and holds the town and castle of Carrickfergus before retiring; the force is defeated (and Thurot killed) in a naval...
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Journal of Linguistics. 18 (2): 291–330. doi:10.1017/S0022226700013621. Thurot, Charles (1881–1883). De la prononciation française depuis le commencement du...
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Duguay-Trouin Chef d'escadre Jean Bart Chef d'escadre Pierre Bouvet Cassard Surcouf Thurot admiral de Latouche-Tréville Vice-admiral de Villaret-Joyeuse Vice-admiral...
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notorious privateer François Thurot, who had been raiding the coast of Ireland in 1760. After a short but bitter engagement, Thurot was killed and his ships...
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was involved in the Battle of Bishops Court (also known as the Defeat of Thurot) during the Seven Years' War. The naval engagement took place in the waters...
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forces in the West Indies, Canada and India. A small French force under Thurot did manage to land on the Irish coast, and menace Belfast before being forced...
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discovered the French ship Belle-Isle under the command of the famous Francois Thurot while put into the port of Leith in the Firth of Forth. The two Royal Navy...
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1865–1869); H. von Sybel, Geschichte des ersten Kreuzzuges (Leipzig, 1881); A. Thurot, "Etudes critiques sur les historians de la première croisade; Baudri de...
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Curnieu – colonel 1813 : Michel Jean Paul Daudies – colonel 1815 : Charles Nicolas Thurot – colonel *These officers became generals de brigade after this...
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of Linguistics 20, ed. E.F.K. Koerner. John Benjamins (1980) "François Thurot and the First History of Grammar." Historiographia Linguistica V.1/2 (1978)...
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language. He also studied the works of Philipp Karl Buttmann and François Thurot. In Paris, he taught Greek and traded carpets to make a living. He joined...
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in French strategy 1691-1789", Post Graduate thesis (M.Litt.) "François Thurot and the French attack at Carrickfergus, 1759-60", The Irish Sword, X (41)...
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Haussoullier, Bernard Charles Louis Marie; Duvau, Louis Léon; Chatelain, Emile; Riemann, Othon; Thurot, Charles; Graux, Charles Henri; Havet, Louis (1985)...
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the command of privateer François Thurot, they landed 600 French troops and captured the town of Carrickfergus. Thurot held the town for five days. Brilliant...
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establishments on the Newfoundland coast and took part in the pirate François Thurot's expedition to Ireland (1759). He earned the rank of Capitaine de vaisseau...
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John Elliot in HMS Aeolus, met a French squadron under Captain François Thurot, who was aboard the French frigate Maréchal de Belleisle. In the subsequent...
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privateer François Thurot, captures and holds the town and castle of Carrickfergus before retiring; the force is defeated (and Thurot killed) in a naval...
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10th Regiment of Foot. It then took part in the 1759–60 action to repel Thurot at Carrickfergus during the Seven Years' War. The regiment would next see...
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fourth-rate frigate of the French Navy built in 1757. Captained by François Thurot she was captured in 1760. A memorial to the battle, called Mount Æolus,...
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attacked a French squadron under François Thurot aboard the flagship Marischal de Belle Isle that resulted in Thurot's death and the surrender of all three...
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2018) provide online registration documents for "8 Dwellings, numbered 5–9 Charles Street and 1–11 Queen Street", in Peel. DEFA website identifies The Albert...
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