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... French frigate in the War of the Austrian Succession . Three years later he was the senior captain in Anson's squadron which , waiting in the busy sea lane off Cape Finisterre , fell on a French fleet and captured ten ships and about ...
... French frigate in the War of the Austrian Succession . Three years later he was the senior captain in Anson's squadron which , waiting in the busy sea lane off Cape Finisterre , fell on a French fleet and captured ten ships and about ...
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... French conquest of the Algerian coastline was slow and expensive . In 1833 , three years after the capture of Algiers , French forces held only three ports , and even their suburbs were not secure . By 1835 they held six coastal towns ...
... French conquest of the Algerian coastline was slow and expensive . In 1833 , three years after the capture of Algiers , French forces held only three ports , and even their suburbs were not secure . By 1835 they held six coastal towns ...
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... French army was har- assed by Arab horsemen . ' The expedition against Constan- tine ' , wrote the French marshal , ' has not had complete suc- cess . ' So the campaigns thundered and fizzled , year after year . The Algerian resistance ...
... French army was har- assed by Arab horsemen . ' The expedition against Constan- tine ' , wrote the French marshal , ' has not had complete suc- cess . ' So the campaigns thundered and fizzled , year after year . The Algerian resistance ...
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