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  • Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) Guadeloupe by Pierre-Louis-Théophile-Georges Goyau 100513Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) — GuadeloupePierre-Louis-Théophile-Georges...
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  • Guadeloupe "Diocese of Guadeloupe," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913) "Guadeloupe...
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  • The World Factbook (1982) the Central Intelligence Agency Guadeloupe 1977662The World Factbook (1982) — Guadeloupethe Central Intelligence Agency ​ 1,779...
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  • Intelligence Agency Guadeloupe 2138102The World Factbook (1990) — GuadeloupeUnited States Central Intelligence Agency   ​Guadeloupe (overseas department...
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  • CIA World Fact Book, 2004 Guadeloupe 8005CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Guadeloupe This page was last updated on 1 January 2003 This is a snapshot of the...
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  • The New Student's Reference Work Guadeloupe 2896436The New Student's Reference Work — GuadeloupeGuadeloupe (ga̤′dȧ-lo͞op′), an island, one of the Lesser...
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  • Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 12 Guadeloupe 29464441911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 12 — GuadeloupeGUADELOUPE, a French colony in the West Indies...
    291 bytes (1,328 words) - 11:20, 20 November 2019
  • to the French colony of Guadeloupe, and situated near the northern end of the Leeward group 130 miles northwest of Guadeloupe (Map: West Indies, (Q 6)...
    243 bytes (95 words) - 20:38, 18 November 2016
  • promoted rear-admiral in 1821. Rotours was appointed governor-general of Guadeloupe in 1826, arrived at Basse-Terre on 31 May, and found that the city had...
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  • same year, of the French frigates Loire and Seine, in Anse la Barque, Guadeloupe, and on that occasion commanded the boats forming part of the force under...
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  • They consist of the Virgin Islands, with St Kitts, Antigua, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique and their various dependencies. The Virgin Islands...
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  • Suzanne (mel-vil-blon-koor), West Indian reformer, b. in Pointe-à-Pître, Guadeloupe, 23 Oct., 1825. He is the son of wealthy mulattoes, and received his early...
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  • ​URFE, Louis Edouard d', West Indian mis- sionary, b. in Les Saintes, Guadeloupe, in 1699 ; d. in Leghorn in 1762. He was educated in the col- lege of...
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  • From Guadeloupe the Blanche was sent to Halifax to refit, and returned to the West Indies in October to find that the French had recovered Guadeloupe with...
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  • BébianGeorge Michael Julius Louis Sauvage Born 4 August, 1789 at Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe; died there 24 February, 1839. His father sent him to France, where he...
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  • morning in the Red Room with many controversial topics to discuss. As Herr Guadeloupe had feared, one of the puny gilt chairs proved unequal to the anxious...
    276 bytes (2,187 words) - 14:41, 16 October 2023
  • the French corvette Perdrix. The prisoners were confined in hulks at Guadeloupe, and suffered great hardships; but Shipley's wife was set free, and eventually...
    310 bytes (1,622 words) - 04:54, 29 December 2020
  • Then he nodded approvingly and his severity relaxed. He smiled, bowed to Guadeloupe and Nyla, and brought forward a chair with practised grace. "Be seated...
    276 bytes (1,600 words) - 14:41, 16 October 2023
  • destruction of the French 40-gun frigates Loire and Seine and of the batteries at Ance la Barque, Guadeloupe, and at the taking of the latter island....
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  • Louis Charles Boisliniere was born September 2, 1816, on the island of Guadeloupe, West Indies, of one of the oldest families of the island. His father...
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  • John Shortland. In that frigate he was captured, 13 Dec. following, off Guadeloupe, after an heroic resistance of 45 minutes, and a loss of 20 men lulled...
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  • 4320518Pleased to Meet You — Chapter 10Christopher Darlington Morley ​ X Herr Guadeloupe, refreshed by a good snooze, descended in a more hopeful mood. As he entered...
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  • privateer schooner from under two batteries in the south-east part of Guadeloupe; and while endeavouring to accomplish this object he lost his right arm...
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  • corps at Antigua. As major he commanded the regiment at the reduction of Guadeloupe in 1759, and became lieutenant-governor of the island. He was appointed...
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  • adopted in destroying the batteries at Anse la Barque, in the island of Guadeloupe, and the assistance he afforded at the destruction of two heavy French...
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  • 4320511Pleased to Meet You — Chapter 3Christopher Darlington Morley ​ III To Herr Guadeloupe, who was accustomed to the primitive ministrations of one peasant maid...
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  • rejoined Codrington at St. Christopher's, and it was resolved to attack Guadeloupe; but while preparations were being made, Wright received orders from home...
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  • following years he also partook of the operations against the Saintes and Guadeloupe. On 14 Dec. 1813, while serving on board the Monmouth 64, flag-ship in...
    198 bytes (416 words) - 05:34, 6 September 2021
  • 1809 Mr. Gordon, while in the Freija frigate, witnessed the capture, at Guadeloupe, of the two French frigates Loire and Seine. He shortly afterwards joined...
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  • and Guadeloupe were taken in April. At the beginning of June the same year a superior French force from Rochefort regained possession of Guadeloupe, the...
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  • landed, he contributed to the destruction of a battery at Port Louis, Guadeloupe, and with his own hands blew up the magazine; and in the course of the...
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  • talk eased the embarrassments of the elaborate dinner table; even Herr Guadeloupe forgot to miss the onion soup for one evening. The Colonel complimented...
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  • annihilate the French frigates Furieuse and Félicité, lying in Basseterre, Guadeloupe. On leaving the Cherub, our officer, whose conduct in that sloop had been...
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  • Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Glorioso Islands Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard Island...
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  • and 198 men, Capt, Jonathan Faulknor, at the capture, 5 Jan. 1795, off Guadeloupe, of the French frigate La Pique, of 38 guns and about 279 men, after an...
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  • apparently, to remove the offending cup. When they had left the room Guadeloupe hitched his chair nearer the table and seized several sandwiches at once...
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  • thirteenth arrondissement of Paris. He was defeated at the elections of 1898 at Paris, but was re-elected in 1902 and in 1906 by the colony of Guadeloupe....
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  • lying under the protection of two batteries in the harbour of Mahaut, Guadeloupe. Having arrived at their destination after a row of about six hours, Lieut...
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  • Swaggerer he assisted at the capture of Martinique, the Salutes, and Guadeloupe. Invaliding, in Oct. 1812, he remained on shore until appointed, 25 July...
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  • 1779] at the unsuccessful attack on Martinique and the reduction of Guadeloupe, January 1759. A doubtful story is told that Gayton and other captains...
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  • Navy 1 Oct. 1809; and was present, we are informed, at the reduction of Guadeloupe (where he had previously witnessed the destruction of the French frigates...
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  • a heavy fire from a battery at the entrance of the harbour of Hayes, Guadeloupe, and from the vessel herself) and, after a short resistance of 10 minutes...
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  • Auguste ​BÉBIAN, Roch Ambroise Auguste, educator, b. on the island of Guadeloupe in 1789; d. there in 1834. He was the son of a merchant, and was encouraged...
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  • Vincent and the relief of Gibraltar in January 1780. Afterwards in the Guadeloupe frigate with Captain Hugh Robinson, he was present in the action off the...
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  • that might be made to relieve Guadeloupe, and also for the health of his men, who were falling sick. On 1 May Guadeloupe capitulated, and with it the small...
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  • Being confirmed 4 Dec. 1810, and appointed a few days afterwards to the Guadeloupe of 16 guns and 102 men, Capts. Joseph Swabey Tetley, Geo. Rose Sartorius...
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  • as Midshipman of the Forester, assisted, in 1810, at the reduction of Guadeloupe, the cutting out of a brig and schooner, and the capture of two forts...
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  • Tucker; to which vessel, after assisting at the reduction of Martinique and Guadeloupe, he was confirmed 18 April, 1811. He at length invalided from the Cherub...
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  • men; and, in Feb. following, witnessed the reduction of the island of Guadeloupe. In July, 1812, he became a supernumerary (still in the West Indies) of...
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  • (St. Vincent), 240 (Barbuda); i, 1879, 358 (Martinique), 458 (Guadeloupe), 487 (Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Vincent). — Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn...
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