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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_80882" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_80882" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> Chief naval station of France, on the Mediterranean, situated 42 m. SE. of Marseilles; lies at the foot of the Pharon Hills, the heights of which are strongly fortified; has a splendid 11th-century cathedral, and theatre, forts, citadel, 240 acres of dockyard, arsenal, cannon foundry, &c.; here in 1793Napoleon Bonaparte, then an artillery officer, first distinguished himself in a successful attack upon the English and Spaniards. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:06, 15 October 2021
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [1]
Chief naval station of France, on the Mediterranean, situated 42 m. SE. of Marseilles; lies at the foot of the Pharon Hills, the heights of which are strongly fortified; has a splendid 11th-century cathedral, and theatre, forts, citadel, 240 acres of dockyard, arsenal, cannon foundry, &c.; here in 1793Napoleon Bonaparte, then an artillery officer, first distinguished himself in a successful attack upon the English and Spaniards.
