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    Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, KG (8 March 1726 – 5 August 1799), was a British naval officer. After serving throughout the War of...
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  • unincorporated community Howe, Texas, a town Howe Township (disambiguation) Howe Caverns, New York Île Howe, one of the Kerguelen Islands Howe House (Cambridge...
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    in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. Howe also participated in the campaigns to take Louisbourg, Belle Île and Havana. He was appointed Lieutenant-Governor...
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    Plantago hedleyi (category Endemic flora of Lord Howe Island)
    flowering plant in the plant family Plantaginaceae that is endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia. Joseph Maiden described P. hedleyi in 1914. Plants...
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    with Magnanime in the lead, was sent to silence the batteries on Île de Aix. Howe came within range of the fort at noon but held his fire for a further...
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    inconclusive, fleet actions. The British Channel Fleet under Admiral Lord Howe attempted to prevent the passage of a vital French grain convoy from the...
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    Station during the Seven Years' War. After that he served as Senior Naval Lord and then Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet. During the American Revolutionary...
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    flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae that is endemic to Île Amsterdam and Île Saint-Paul in the French southern territories. Sir Heinrich Wilhelm...
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    the coast of Rochefort in September. After storming the offshore island of Île-d'Aix, the army commander Sir John Mordaunt hesitated before proceeding with...
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    Senegal and Guadeloupe from the French, and followed it up by capturing Belle Île and Dominica in 1761. In 1762 the entry of Spain into the war offered further...
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    White-bellied storm petrel (category Birds of Lord Howe Island)
    grallaria (Vieillot, 1818) – tropical western Pacific Ocean, breeding on Lord Howe Island and the Kermadec Islands F. g. leucogaster (Gould, 1844) – south...
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    the Cabinet. In 1778, when the British commander in North America, William Howe, requested to be relieved, Amherst was considered as a replacement by the...
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    volcanic stack, not a coastal stack) Pigeon's Rock, Lebanon Ball's Pyramid, Lord Howe Island Group (isolated volcanic stack, not a coastal stack) Nobby Islet...
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    dominated Île d'Aix. The guns of the fort were bombarded into silence by the guns of HMS Magnanime of 74 guns, commanded by Captain Richard Howe, soon joined...
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    Island and McDonald Islands France French Southern and Antarctic Lands Île Amsterdam Île Saint-Paul Kerguelen Islands Kazakhstan Maldives Pakistan Russia –...
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    June 1794, in HMS Royal George (100), he was third in command to Admiral Lord Howe at the battle of the Glorious First of June. For his exploits in this...
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    colonel of the 72nd Regiment of Foot he took part in the attack on Belle Île, an island off the coast of the northern part of the Bay of Biscay, 10 miles...
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    the East Indies. In May 1759 he sailed for Île-de-France (present-day Mauritius). While d'Estaing was at Île-de-France, word arrived of a prisoner exchange...
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    the largest estuary in the world. The estuary begins at the eastern tip of Île d'Orléans, just downstream from Quebec City. The river becomes tidal around...
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  • Prince of Wales George Augustus of Hanover, the future George IV. Île Howe, after Lord Howe, then commander of the British armies in North America. Mont Campbell...
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    two other large British forces under Generals Howe and Clinton, who would support the advance. However, Lord Germain's orders dispatched from London were...
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    first lord of the admiralty. He was then appointed to HMS Blenheim of 90 guns, and commanded her during the year in the Grand Fleet under Howe, at the...
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  • original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017. "The Outlaw Michael Howe (2013) - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Archived from the original...
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    casualties, including the loss of a ship. He subsequently served under Lord Howe in the invasion and capture of New York City and commanded the squadron...
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    naval forces were under the command of Richard Howe while the army was led by the Duke of Marlborough and Lord Sackville. As part of an effort to provide...
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    Trewartha's classification. French Southern and Antarctic Lands: Île Amsterdam1 [2], Île Saint-Paul1 LIFE ZONE ECOLOGY by L. R. Holdridge The climate of...
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    Biscay and the Western Approaches. The British, led first by Lord Howe and then by Lord Bridport sailing from their bases at Plymouth, Portsmouth and...
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  • LH LI LJ LK LL LM LN LO LP LQ LR LS LT LU LV LW LX LY LZ ^1 Clocks on Lord Howe Island are advanced only 30 minutes for Daylight Saving Time. ^2 Airport...
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    sea and in the colonies. Pitt's plan for an expedition to capture Belle Île was put into force in April 1761 and it was captured after a siege. This...
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    fitted her for sea and sailed to join the Channel Fleet under Admiral Lord Howe. The Channel Fleet sailed on 14 July, with orders to patrol off Brest...
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