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Boulogne-Sur-Mer

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A fortified seaport in France, on the English Channel, in the dep. of Pas-de-Calais, 27 m. SW. of Calais, one of the principal ports for debarkation from England; where Napoleon collected in 1803 a flotilla to invade England; is connected by steamer with Folkestone, and a favourite watering-place; the chief station of the North Sea fisheries; is the centre of an important coasting trade, and likely to become a naval station.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Boulogne-Sur-Mer'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​b/boulogne-sur-mer.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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