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    Isle of Aix (French: île d'Aix), in the Atlantic Ocean. It is a popular place for tourist day-trips during the summer months. Île-d'Aix is located at the...
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    (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ bwajaʁ] ) is a fort located between the Île-d'Aix and the Île d'Oléron in the Pertuis d'Antioche straits, on the west coast of...
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    de terre Île d'Or Île des Vieilles Rocher du torpilleur Île Bruzzi Île de Cavallo Îles Cerbicale Île de Gargalo Corsica Île de Pinarellu Îles Lavezzi Îlots...
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    the Gironde. The département includes the islands of Île de Ré, Île d'Aix, Ile d'Oléron and Île Madame. The département forms the northern part of the...
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    Prvić, Zlarin, Hydra, Büyükada, Gulangyu, Mackinac, Lamu et Venise "L'île d'Aix sans voitures". carfree.fr (in French). 4 May 2012. Goodman, Lanie (18 September...
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    Roads, also known as the Battle of Aix Roads (French: Bataille de l'île d'Aix, also Affaire des brûlots, rarely Bataille de la rade des Basques), was...
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    of Basque Roads (or Aix Roads), under the batteries of the fortified Île-d'Aix. A detachment from the British Channel Fleet, commanded by Admiral Lord...
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    expedition reached the French coast, capturing the offshore island of Île d'Aix. With the army commander Sir John Mordaunt refusing to attempt a landing...
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    Oléron (redirect from Île d'Oléron)
    boat trips from the towns of Boyardville and Saint-Denis to the nearby Île d'Aix, La Rochelle, and past the Fort Boyard. The port towns are frequently...
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  • is a strait on the Atlantic coast of Western France between two islands; Île de Ré to the north, and Oléron to the south. To the east lies the continental...
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    most died due to inhumane conditions. Off Rochefort, from the island of Île-d'Aix where he had spent several days hoping to flee to America, Napoleon Bonaparte...
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    though Montalembert was allowed to construct some successful works at Île-d'Aix and Oleron, he was forbidden to publish his method, and given but little...
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  • Pas-de-Calais department Aixe-sur-Vienne, in the Haute-Vienne department Île-d'Aix, island and commune of the Charente-Maritime department Aix-la-Chapelle...
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    purchased a cable ship named CS Gulmar Badaro, in 2011 renaming it CS Ile d'Aix for further expansion of operations. This vessel was built in 1992 and...
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    for the initiation of women into Freemasonry. In 1779, he was sent to Île-d'Aix (in present-day Charente-Maritime) to assist Marc René, marquis de Montalembert...
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    Marquis de Montalembert in constructing a fort made entirely from wood near Île-d'Aix. During his period at Rochefort, Coulomb carried on his research into...
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    during the creation of the African Museum of Ile d’Aix (now a National Museum Musée africain de l'Ile d'Aix) with the souvenirs brought back from Africa...
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    Hawke. Her squadron, under Vice-Admiral Charles Knowles, attacked the Île-d'Aix and forced her garrison to surrender. In 1758 she participated in Boscawen's...
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  • She transported troops and munitions from Rochefort to Île Bourbon. She then returned to Île-d'Aix Roads with colonial produce. On 28 December 1816 Loire...
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    and Île-d'Aix, and can be accessed from there at low tide. Fort Énet formed a line of fortification with Fort Boyard and Fort de la Rade on Île-d'Aix, designed...
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    employed in the aftermath of the Capture of Belle Île in 1761 destroying French fortifications on the Île-d'Aix and went on half pay at the end of the war in...
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    south. To the west is the Atlantic Ocean and two islands, the Île de Ré and the Île d'Aix. To the east it is bordered by the valley of the Mignon (the...
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    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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    harbour, boating trips can be taken to the Île d'Aix and Fort Boyard (home to the TV show of the same name). Nearby Île de Ré is a short drive to the North....
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    passing warships. In 1778, he was commissioned to build a fort on the Île-d'Aix, defending the port of Rochefort, Charente-Maritime. The outbreak of the...
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    Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien Le Gua Le Gué-d'Alleré Guitinières Haimps L'Houmeau Île-d'Aix La Jard Jarnac-Champagne La Jarne La Jarrie La Jarrie-Audouin Jazennes...
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    included: Jean-Antoine de Charry des Gouttes' Division (departed from Île-d'Aix on 9 March, arrived in Louisbourg on an unknown date) 74-gun ship of the...
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    4076[citation needed] In 1779, the Marquis and Choderlos de Laclos lived on Île-d'Aix involved in the construction of fortifications against the British.[citation...
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    and 1815 Paris Treaties. The four ships left their anchorage near the Île d'Aix at the mouth of the Charente River in June 1816. The Méduse went ahead...
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  • In an isolated incident near Île d'Aix, the crew of the vastly outgunned corvette Bayonnaise boarded the British Ambuscade and won her, in some of the...
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