The raid on Lorient was a British amphibious operation in the region around the town of Lorient from 29 September to 10 October 1746 during the War of...
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FC Lorient Festival Interceltique de Lorient Arrondissement of Lorient Communes of the Morbihan department Raid on Lorient (1746) History of Lorient Gabriel...
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L'Orient (1791), a French warship, sunk at the Battle of the Nile Raid on Lorient, a 1746 British attempt to capture the town during the War of the Austrian...
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that year, the fourth-rate HMS Ruby, in which he took part in the raid on Lorient in September 1746 and then sailed out to the far east and served as...
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name of the church (Our Lady of Victory) refers to the 1746 British raid on Lorient. The church was initially designed in 1953 by Jean-Baptiste Hourlier...
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Submarine pen (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
protection for the expanding U-boat arm was required. A Royal Air Force (RAF) raid on the capital in 1940, the occupation of France and Britain's refusal to...
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during the Siege of Ostend in 1745 and distinguished himself in the Raid on Lorient in 1746. In December 1748, he married Cordelia Collier, who was from...
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72750°N 3.36750°W / 47.72750; -3.36750 Lorient Submarine Base was a submarine naval base located in Lorient, France. It was built in 1941 by the German...
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He was quartermaster general under General James St Clair at the Raid on Lorient in 1746 and was wounded at Hulst in 1747. At the 1747 British general...
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Rebellion at Culloden in April, the British launched a diversionary raid on Lorient in an unsuccessful attempt to divert French forces, while the new Austrian...
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Guy Gibson (section Raid of 16/17 May 1943)
but he missed the actual raid on 12 August. On his return from a raid on Lorient on 27 August, he spotted a Dornier Do 215 and attacked it. He was credited...
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German submarine U-99 (1940) (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
damaged in an air raid on Lorient on 27 September. † Convoy SC 3, ‡ Convoy HX 71, * Convoy HX 72 On 13 October, U-99 departed Lorient to patrol the North...
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The St Nazaire Raid or Operation Chariot was a British amphibious attack on the heavily defended Normandie dry dock at St Nazaire in German-occupied France...
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Bristol Beaufort (section Attacks on capital ships)
modifications to their Taurus engines. In early April 1941, after an air raid on Brest by Bomber Command, the Gneisenau had to move out of dry-dock because...
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The history of Lorient begins with the town's foundation in 1666 as a base for the French East India Company. This role was reinforced in 1675 during...
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action in the Louisbourg Expedition. He went on to command the fifth-rate HMS Renown and saw action in the Raid on St Malo in June 1758, the invasion of Martinique...
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wounded at the Raid on Lorient, losing a leg, and was second in command of British Forces in India, where he suffered vision problems. On 25 March 1751...
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Battle of Madras 7–9 September 1746 India None Great Britain Victory Raid on Lorient 20 September 1746 France Kingdom of France None Great Britain Victory...
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Captain John Meade of the Grenadier Guards, that left on 7 September 1746 for the abortive Raid on Lorient. Returning to London, next year he took his mother...
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Britain. Battle of Madras 7–9 September - French defeat British in India Raid on Lorient 20 September - French victory over Great Britain. Battle of Rocoux...
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marines from March 1744 to September 1746 when it took part in the Raid on Lorient during the War of the Austrian Succession. The regiment then spent...
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No. 166 Squadron RAF (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
and two-days after forming, on 29 January, the squadron was part of raid on Lorient. It flew regularly night sorties as part of No. 1 Group Bomber Command...
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of the cavalry and the dragoons. On 20 September 1746, he organised the defence against the British Raid on Lorient. Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant...
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Regiment of Foot on 7 February 1746, was promoted to brigadier-general on 18 April 1746, and took part in the raid on Lorient. He died on 29 September 1747...
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possible after 32 French fatalities in an air raid at Lorient Submarine Base) stated that all repairs on the surface fleet would cease and U-boat repairs...
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in World War II. Washington, DC: United States Navy (transcription hosted on HyperWar). p. 252. LCCN 2008584406. Retrieved 15 August 2013.{{cite book}}:...
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The Fishing port of Lorient-Keroman is a French fishing port in Lorient, a district of the same name. It is owned by the Brittany region and managed by...
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EFL Cup. On 9 February 2024, the club made the transfer permanent. On 31 January, Faivre was recalled from his season-long loan at Lorient. On 9 January...
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States Army Group. The Lorient fortress held out under Fahrmbacher's command for the rest of the war, with Fahrmbacher organizing raids to bring food into...
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the special operation forces (SOF) of the French Navy, headquartered in Lorient, Brittany in western France. They operate under the Special Operations...
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