The Capture of Belle Île was a British amphibious expedition to capture the French island of Belle Île off the Brittany coast in 1761, during the Seven...
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Speakers Bank. The closest land is Île Lubine of Egmont Atoll, located 22 km northeast off the northern end of Pitt Bank. The least depth is 7 metres at...
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him "Chatham" or "Pitt the Elder" to distinguish him from his son William Pitt the Younger, who also served as prime minister. Pitt was also known as...
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"Brad Pitt" stirs wide Arab interest". Reuters. Retrieved 30 May 2014. Amani (26 September 2008). "EXCLUSIVE: PICTURES TAKEN FROM "MENEKSE ILE HALIL"...
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and attacked Warren's squadron above Îles de Glénan on 23 June 1795, but was forced to retire quickly towards the île de Groix and lost two ships of the...
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Pitt Bank Salomon Islands Ile Anglaise Ile Boddam Ile Charles Ile de la Passe Ile Diable Ile Du Sel Ile Fouquet Ile Jacobin Ile Mapou Ile Poule Ile Sepulture...
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from Pitt for a much larger expedition. In an effort to further undermine the French, Pitt had conceived the idea of seizing the island of Belle Île, off...
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encouraged by European powers hostile to Spain such as France (based on Île de la Tortue) and England. The Spanish largely abandoned the western third...
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original on September 2, 2002. Retrieved May 14, 2009. "Spy Game — Brad Pitt as Tom Bishop". bradpittnow.com. 2009. Archived from the original on December...
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territorial jurisdiction. François was born in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, in the Île-de-France region. He was a member of a junior line of the House of Bourbon...
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Bank, 3.1 km2), Île Pierre (Peros Banhos, 1.40 km2), Eastern Egmont (Egmont Islands, 2.17 km2), Île du Coin (Peros Banhos, 1.32 km2) and Île Boddam (Salomon...
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my Life / documentary (2012) Tom Waterhouse / sketch comedy (2013) Brad Pitt - Chanel no 5 / sketch comedy (2013) NorthPole / sketch comedy (2013) Ludwig...
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free speech in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shooting and the January 2015 Île-de-France attacks was "really just a ploy for far-right entryism". In 2019...
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(1919–1997), an avant-garde French modernist nouveau roman writer George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers (1721–1803), English diplomat and politician Barbara Polla...
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of the last French governor, the French population of Plaisance moved to Île Royale (now Cape Breton Island), part of Acadia which remained then under...
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Petite-Nation Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Beauce Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d’Orléans—Charlevoix Beauport—Limoilou Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel Bellechasse—Les...
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is located 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) to the SE off the southeastern tip of Pitt Bank at 7°25′S 71°32′E / 7.417°S 71.533°E / -7.417; 71.533. It is less...
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Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway (category Transport in Sept-Îles, Quebec)
"Sept-Îles train derailment: Divers find body of engineer Enrick Gagnon". CBC News Montreal. November 8, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2020. Pitt, John...
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pioneered a new tactic of "descents" on the French coast, championed by William Pitt who had taken office a few months earlier. After a number of delays the expedition...
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1991 when it was featured on a Levi's jeans TV commercial featuring Brad Pitt, and was re-released, reaching No. 13 in the UK. The song was performed by...
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NB Con 29.4 Laval—Les Îles QC BQ 29.8 Ajax ON Con 30.2 Ahuntsic-Cartierville QC BQ 30.4 Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs QC NDP 31.8 St...
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"Fortune" Île de l'Est (East Island) (46°26′S 52°18′E / 46.433°S 52.300°E / -46.433; 52.300 (Île de l'Est)) la Voile (small rock south of Île de l'Est)...
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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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they do not as managers". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 November 2015. Jack Pitt-Brooke (4 January 2013). "'I wanted to kick him a few times' – Zola relishing...
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Soubise at the Battle of Rossbach. The new British Prime Minister, William Pitt, named a new commander, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and the...
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with Pitt over various aspects of British policy. Bute did give his assent to Pitt's plan for a British expedition to capture the island of Belle Île in...
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p. 306. Pitts 2009, p. 152. Pitts 2009, p. 275-277. Pitts 2009, p. 277. Pitts 2009, p. 278. Pitts 2009, p. 279. Pitts 2009, p. 279-280. Pitts 2009, p...
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Breton Island called Ile du Roi by the French, securing the seaward approaches to Quebec. British Prime Minister William Pitt's focus on the colonies...
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British troops began arriving that summer with 6,000 coming from Belle Île under Lord Loudoun and a further 2,000 from Ireland. On May 9 Spain invested...
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or Vitruvius, but also by the royal castles of the Loire Valley and the Île-de-France. Renowned for the quality of their architecture, the private mansions...
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