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    In the Battle of Cape Finisterre (22 July 1805) off Galicia, Spain, the British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder fought an indecisive naval battle against...
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    battle was known contemporarily as the Battle of Mont Saint-Jean in France (after the hamlet of Mont-Saint-Jean) and La Belle Alliance in Prussia ("the...
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    mainland. Bird Islet in Neck Point Park, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Finisterre Island off of Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada Francis Peninsula...
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  • in 1804, and to Mont Blanc in 1805. Lavillegris took part in the Trafalgar campaign. He was wounded at the Battle of Cape Finisterre, took part in the...
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    Aceh in Sumatra, but was captured by the Dutch on the return leg at Cape Finisterre. François Martin de Vitré was the first Frenchman to write an account...
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    Succession, seeing action at both the First and Second Battles of Cape Finisterre, having by then risen to the rank of lieutenant. He had his own commands...
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    Battle of Cape Finisterre, broken up 1765 Invincible 74 (1747) – ex-French L'Invincible captured 3 May 1747 at First Battle of Cape Finisterre, wrecked 1758...
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    None 41. Mount Boising Finisterre Range  Papua New Guinea 5°48′S 146°6′E / 5.800°S 146.100°E / -5.800; 146.100 (41. Finisterre Range (3709 m)) 3,709...
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    French resulting in an inconclusive engagement during the Battle of Cape Finisterre in which two of the Spanish ships were captured. Villeneuve abandoned...
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    completed the 1700km Camino de Santiago from Le Puy-en-Velay to the Cape Finisterre, a pilgrimage she undertook again five years later starting from the Tour...
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    England reopened in May 1803. She participated in the Battle of Cape Finisterre and the Battle of Trafalgar. The British captured her in the subsequent...
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  • Amiens Greece 1941 Mont St Quentin South West Pacific 1942–45 Somme 1916, 1918 Bobdubi II Bullecourt Lae-Nadzab Polygon Wood Finisterres Albert 1918 Hari...
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    Saint-Jean-de-Luz along commanding ground to Amotz and thence, behind the river, to Mont Mondarrain near the Nive. Wellington on 10 November 1813 attacked and drove...
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    and artillery, mostly Dutch, 8.1 mi (13.0 km) away at Hal, north-west of Mont-Saint-Jean, in case of a French advance up the Mons-Hal-Brussels road. The...
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    Europe, where they were engaged by a British fleet in the Battle of Cape Finisterre. Neptune saw little action, and was relatively unscathed. She took part...
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  • Arcada, Cape Finisterre, Santiago de Compostela 15 (497) Montserrat Vasilisa June 5, 2021 Also visited Barcelona, Montserrat Abbey, Terrassa, Mont Rebei Ravine...
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  • dumpling. Literally means "meat and stuffing" in Breton. Known mainly in Finisterre. Korma India Pakistan Bangladesh Various Meat and/or vegetables is seared...
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    Dutch and Austrians Lord Anson's Victory off Cape Finisterre by Samuel Scott. The Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747 Marshal Maurice de Saxe at the Battle of...
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    this ship, he took part in the Trafalgar Campaign. At the Battle of Cape Finisterre, he supported Atlas. At the Battle of Trafalgar, Neptune came immediately...
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    suffering with a serious mental illness. 1947 Finistère Fritz Peters US [Finisterre] After his parents' divorce, Matthew Cameron moved to Paris with his mother...
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    1795. She participated in the Battle of Algeciras, the Battle of Cape Finisterre and several other actions before the British captured her at the Battle...
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    under Admiral Villeneuve turned back after an indecisive action off Cape Finisterre on 22 July 1805. The Royal Navy blockaded Villeneuve in Cádiz until he...
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    Laurent Helie) – captured by the British in the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre in October 1747 Juste 74 (launched September 1725 at Rochefort, designed...
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  • loss of her entire crew 481 HMS Captain 1870 (7 September) Sank off Cape Finisterre, Spain, due to design flaws 480 SS City of Glasgow 1854 (March) Disappeared...
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  • Tobruk, El Alamein, Greece 1941, South West Pacific 1942–1945, Bobdubi, Finisterres, Hari River, Borneo.  United Kingdom – The Staffordshire Regiment;  Canada...
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    Villamor • Bárcena de Pienza • Torme • Salcedillo • Prioro • Maraña • Finisterre GR 3 Sendero Central de Catalunya GR 7 Algeciras • Andorra GR 10 Puzol...
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    Indies and back, and been engaged by a British fleet in the Battle of Cape Finisterre. Neptuno joined the fleet in her attempt to reach Brest, but the plan...
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    court as Calvinism appeared. In 1583, Julián wrote about his journey to Finisterre, Spain, anciently famous as the "end of the world, " during his pilgrimage...
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    to the 9th Cruiser Squadron, under Rear Admiral John de Robeck, on the Finisterre station. She left Plymouth on 4 August, in the company of the admiral...
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  • is the highest point of the continent and the Commonwealth of Australia. Mont Orohena is the apex of Tahiti and the highest point in French Polynesia....
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