Word: rochefort
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...advanced forces reached Celles they were jumped by First Army tanks, artillery and infantry, aided by U.S. and British planes. The enemy lost 63 tanks, 49 guns, 177 vehicles, 1,200 prisoners, uncounted dead. Then, in a wild two-day battle the German remnants were driven back to Rochefort...
During 50 years at sea the Doctor fought, or rather butchered, at Cape Saint Vincent, Copenhagen, Trafalgar, Rochefort and many another action, most of which he was moved to describe in the course of telling about his leg. He sailed for prizes from the West Indies station during the American Revolution, he shipped on a slaver, he was captured by the Mounseers (on that occasion contriving to be the only man ever guillotined at the knee). His modest knowledge of physic was of assistance to the great Franklin, the great Linnaeus, and Catherine the Great, who conceived a dangerous gratitude...