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Pointis-de-Rivière is a
commune in the Haute-Garonne
department in
southwestern France.
Communes of the Haute-Garonne
department "Répertoire national...
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Pointis-Inard (French pronunciation: [pwɛ̃tis inaʁ]; Occitan: Puntís d'Inard) is a
commune in the Haute-Garonne
department in
southwestern France. The...
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Bernard Desjean,
Baron de
Pointis (7
October 1645 – 24
April 1707) was a
French Navy officer.
Pointis was born in Brittany. He took part in
naval operations...
- more, this time not
tempered by
Pointis,
committing rape,
extortion and murder. On his
return voyage to France,
Pointis managed to
avoid the
English admiral...
- of the
Grand Alliance, the
castle fell to the
French privateer Baron de
Pointis. The
castle was
repaired by José de
Herrera y
Sotomayor in 1739. British...
- sally, on 25 April, the Duke of
Berwick and
Bernard Desjean,
Baron de
Pointis, were
wounded and
Pusignan killed. On 6 May Brigadier-General
Ramsay attacked...
- French-buccaneer
siege of Cartagena, led by
Bernard Desjean,
Baron de
Pointis, the
buccaneers and the
French regulars parted on
extremely bitter terms...
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April 1697
during the Nine Years' War, by Sir
Bernard Desjean,
Baron de
Pointis and Jean
Baptiste Duc****e was a
severe blow to Cartagena. The Baron's forces...
- is to say in
Inglish the
wyngit Ile, be
reason it has mony
wyngis and
pointis lyand furth fra it,
throw the
dividing of thir
foirsaid Lochis." but the...
- June 1696 he won the
battle at
Dogger Bank; and in May 1697, the
Baron of
Pointis with
another privateer squadron attacked and
seized Cartagena, earning...
