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64-632: Henry Hawley (12 January 1685 – 24 March 1759) was a British army officer who served in the wars of the first half of the 18th century. He fought in a number of significant battles, including the Capture of Vigo in 1719, Dettingen , Fontenoy and Culloden . During the Jacobite rising of 1745 , he was recalled to Britain and appointed commander in Scotland in December, replacing Sir John Cope . In January 1746, he
128-533: A British expedition made a descent on the Spanish coast. They then captured the settlements of Vigo , Redondela and Pontevedra after some resistance, which they occupied for ten days destroying or capturing a vast haul of military stores before withdrawing. The Spanish involvement in the Jacobite rising of 1719 had seen Spanish troops land in Scotland in order to help an uprising but where they were defeated at
192-634: A bordure gules, a chief azure semé of fleurs-de-lis or . Decree of 2 June 1948: "Beautiful city, victim of the two World Wars, holder of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918, was the scene of violent fighting in 1940, during the Battle of the Somme. Suffered many bombardments from May 1940 to Liberation , which have caused the destruction of more than one-third of its houses and very painful human losses. Its severely affected population in its flesh and in possessions, did no less face
256-477: A force of 100 grenadiers led by John Ligonier . Resistance collapsed and Pontevedra was in British hands by the end of the day. With the fort consolidated, 86 guns of various calibres were spiked, and the arsenal was burned. Wade was able to levy a contribution of £40,000 from Santiago de Compostela after threatening to advance on the place. The citizens of Pontevedra fled in the face of the British assault, leaving
320-666: A life interest in his properties to Elizabeth Toovey. On her death, these passed to her second son, Captain William Toovey, who took Hawley's name and whose descendants owned West Green End until 1898. Capture of Vigo The capture of Vigo and Pontevedra (also known as the British expedition to Vigo and Pontevedra ) occurred in October 1719 during the War of the Quadruple Alliance when
384-545: A number of soldiers were court-martialled, several of whom were executed. The artillery commander, Captain Archibald Cunningham, described as a 'sot' or drunkard, abandoned his guns and fled using the transport horses; he committed suicide a few days later. Unlike Cope, Hawley never faced a court-martial for Falkirk, although the writer Horace Walpole argued he was 'fifty times more culpable, since Cope miscarried by incapacity, Hawley by insolence and carelessness.' While
448-484: A number of transports and bomb vessels holding 6,000 troops commanded by Major-General John Wade. The expedition was also intended to demonstrate to the Spanish that Allied forces could strike along their vulnerable coastline with ease, and was co-ordinated with a French offensive on eastern Spain, in the hope that this would force Spain to the peace table. On 21 September the British expedition left Falmouth , and arrived at Vigo eight days later. The fleet at once entered
512-641: Is also 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) as the crow flies from the Bay of Somme [ fr ] and the English Channel . In the medieval period , it was the lowest crossing point on the Somme and it was nearby that Edward III's army crossed shortly before the Battle of Crécy in 1346. Just halfway between Rouen and Lille , it is the historical capital of the County of Ponthieu and maritime Picardy . Abbeville station
576-511: Is also set in Abbeville. Christian Morel de Sarcus [ fr ] , in his novel Déluges , Éditions Henry, November 2004 (2005 Prix Renaissance), evokes the bombing of 1940 and the floods of the Somme of 2001. The Romans occupied it and named it Abbatis Villa . The name of the city is attested in various forms over the centuries: Brittania (in the 3rd century), Abacivo villa (6th century), Bacivum palatium , Cloie and Cloye (in
640-792: Is evidence he bears some responsibility for the killing of Jacobite wounded after Culloden. He returned to Flanders in July 1746, and when the War of the Austrian Succession ended in 1748, he was appointed Governor of Inverness ; in 1752, he became Governor of Portsmouth , near his home in Hartley Wintney , where he died in March 1759. Henry Hawley (1685–1759) was born in Westminster, London and baptised on 12 January 1685 at St Martin-in-the-Fields . His father Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Hawley (1653–1692)
704-525: Is often made. Even Robert Louis erred in "The Armorial of the Somme", which earned an added erratum. Since then, the error is taken from copy to copy. Jacques Dulphy. Official The blason populaire of the people of Abbeville is "chés bourgeois d'Adville" . Abbeville was the capital of the former province of Ponthieu . Today, it is one of the three sub-prefectures of the Somme department . Presidential Elections Second Round: The commune
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#1733084550928768-565: Is part of the Communauté d'agglomération de la Baie de Somme of which it has the headquarters. The subsoil contains many vestiges of the Pleistocene . This discovery was a founding element of prehistory as a science. The name Abbeville has been adopted to name a category of paleolithic stone tools . These stone tools are also known as handaxes . Various handaxes were found near Abbeville by Jacques Boucher de Perthes starting in 1838 and he
832-518: Is served by trains on the line between Boulogne-sur-Mer and Amiens and between Calais and Paris . Abbeville was the southern terminus of the Réseau des Bains de Mer , the line to Dompierre-sur-Authie opened on 19 June 1892 and closed on 10 March 1947. Abbeville is located just near the A16 autoroute , and is about 1 hour 50 minutes by car from Paris. Abbeville has an oceanic climate due to its proximity to
896-514: Is suggested he may have been Hawley's natural son. Francis Hawley had been Lieutenant-Colonel of the 4th Dragoons , a regiment commanded by Queen Anne 's husband, Prince George of Denmark . Henry was appointed page or attendant to their son, William of Gloucester, 1689-1700 ; when the War of Spanish Succession began in 1702, he was commissioned into Temple's Regiment but in September 1704, Prince George arranged that this be exchanged for one in
960-565: Is the chef-lieu of one of the arrondissements of Somme. Located on the river Somme , it was the capital of Ponthieu . Abbeville is located on the river Somme , 20 km (12 mi) from its modern mouth in the English Channel . The majority of the town is located on the east bank of the Somme, as well as on an island. It is located at the head of the Abbeville Canal, and is 45 km (28 mi) northwest of Amiens and approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) from Paris . It
1024-619: The Abbey of Saint-Riquier [ fr ] : it is the Act of birth of the abbatial field of Abbeville. The name, Abbeville, comes from the Latin and means " town (or more exactly) field of Abbots " (of Saint-Riquier). The first historical mention of Abbeville, in the chronicle of Hariulf , dates to 831 AD. It was a small island in the Somme , inhabited by fishermen who took refuge there with their boats and had fortified it against barbarian invasions from
1088-452: The Battle of Culloden on 16 April, which lasted less than an hour and ended in a decisive government victory. Jacobite losses were estimated as between 1,200 and 1,500 dead, many of whom were killed during the pursuit that followed; this was a standard part of any 18th-century battle, and troops that held together, such as the French regulars, were far less vulnerable than those who scattered like
1152-438: The Battle of Glen Shiel . A British force was prepared for a retaliatory strike against Spain. The expedition was under the overall command of Lord Cobham with the naval forces commanded by Vice Admiral James Mighels which included four ships – the 70-gun ship of the line HMS Ipswich , and three frigates – HMS Enterprise (42 guns), HMS Biddeford (36 guns) and HMS Kinsale (24 guns). There were
1216-659: The Bronze Age . Although the research of Jacques Boucher de Perthes has highlighted an occupation of the site of Abbeville ( Menchecourt-les-Abbeville quarter) from the Acheulean era, in Roman times it was a succession of marshes, similar to marsh of Saint-Gilles which remains today. Further to the north, the entire plateau between the Authie and the Somme was covered in primary forest . The Romans had to break through this forest massif for
1280-597: The Grand Prix de la Somme one-day cycle race. Abbeville will feature as the departure point for Stage 6 of the 2015 Tour de France , on 9 July. Voltaire , in his Dictionnaire philosophique (1769), wrote an article Torture , in which he set out an account of the martyrdom of the Chevalier de La Barre : When the Knight of La Barre, grandson of a lieutenant general of the armies, young man of great wit and great hope, but with
1344-537: The Jacobite rising of 1715 , Hawley and his younger brother Edward, a Captain-Lieutenant in the same regiment, fought at Sheriffmuir . In 1717, Hawley became Colonel of the 33rd Foot ; during the War of the Quadruple Alliance in 1719, his regiment was part of the expeditionary force that captured the Spanish port of Vigo . The booty taken was immense and the expedition extremely profitable for senior officers like Hawley; in 1720, he purchased an estate near Hartley Whitney where he built West Green House , now owned by
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#17330845509281408-464: The National Trust . Britain was at peace for the next 20 years; in 1730, Hawley became Colonel of 13th Dragoons and promoted major general in 1739. The next year, he returned to the 4th Dragoons as Colonel, which he retained until his death in 1759. At the beginning of the War of the Austrian Succession in 1741, he was offered command of British land forces sent to capture Cartagena de Indias in
1472-518: The Royal Horse Guards . In May 1706, Hawley became a captain in his father's old regiment, and accompanied his uncle Thomas Erle to Spain, where he fought in the 1707 Battle of Almanza . This was a decisive Bourbon victory, where most of the British infantry was taken prisoner but Hawley and the cavalry escaped. In April 1708, he returned to England with Erle, who had been selected by Marlborough to lead an expeditionary force that would land on
1536-581: The West Indies but turned it down. Why he did so is unclear, although it was a notoriously unhealthy posting; the expedition ended in failure, with over 9,000 deaths from yellow fever . Instead, he served in Flanders as deputy to Sir John Cope , commander of the cavalry reserve at the victory of Dettingen in June 1743. In December, Cope was appointed military commander in Scotland and Hawley made second-in-command of
1600-479: The maladrerie des Frères du Val , moved to Grand-Laviers in the following century, before urban sprawl. Then accessible to boats, Abbeville became a port of the English Channel under the dependence of the Abbots of Saint-Riquier . Subsequently, the silting up of the Bay of Somme [ fr ] forced the sea to recede by 12 kilometres (7.5 mi), but the city continued to be a trading port. Abbeville became
1664-642: The "Villa of the Abbé" because it once depended on the Abbey of Saint-Riquier [ fr ] . There are also Hableville in 1607 and Ableville in 1643, with transitional addition of an L. Abbekerke and Abbegem in Flemish . Abbeville boasted of having never been taken and was called Abbeville la pucelle ("the virgin"). It was also granted many privileges from the Capetian kings, to reward its loyalty. The Abbeville arms are blazoned Azure three bendlets or,
1728-491: The 7th century), Abacivum villa , Basiu , Haymonis villa , Abbatis villa , Abbevilla (in the 11th century), Abbavilla , Abedvilla , Abatis villa , Abbasvilla , Abbisvilla , Abbevile in 1209, Abbevilla in ponticio in 1213, Abisvil , Abeville in 1255, Abbeville in 1266, Abbisville , Abbeville en Pontiu (13th century), Albeville , Aubeville in 1358, Albeville in 1347, Aubbeville , Aubeville , Abevile (1383), Abbativilla and, finally, Abbeville , meaning
1792-710: The Allied infantry from annihilation. This ended Hawley's active military career, although he remained colonel of the 4th Dragoons until his death; in 1748, he was appointed Governor of Inverness , a post which required little service. In 1752, he was made Governor of Portsmouth , near his home in West Green End, where he died in March 1759. He was buried in St Mary's Church, Hartley Wintney despite his will containing several comments antipathetic to religion, notably 'I hate priests of all professions.' He left £5,000 to his sister Anne and
1856-522: The Edict of Nantes was revoked and the subsequent migration of Protestants away from the area, the cloth business succumbed. Also affecting the economy of the town was the closure of the river port on the Somme River due to excessive silt. It also has cordage factories, carpet factories, and spinning mills. Finally, it also fabricates locks, has breweries, and produces food and, until 2007, sugar, Abbeville
1920-510: The French coast and capture Abbeville . This plan was vetoed by the Dutch Republic ; Erle retired from active service and in 1709, Hawley returned to his regiment in Scotland. In 1710, Hawley quarrelled with a fellow officer and killed him in a duel, a common practice in this period; he was pardoned by Queen Anne, who also helped him purchase a commission as lieutenant-colonel in 1712. In August 1714, George I succeeded Anne as monarch; during
1984-715: The Hanovarian army was recuperating in Aberdeen in the early months of 1746, Hawley was resident in Guest Row, in the town house of the George Gordon of Hallhead, who was out with the Jabobites. His wife, Amy Gordon was treated rudely by Hawley and his men and, after their departure, she complained about their behaviour, making a long list of the valuables, domestic items and provisions they had looted. Hawley led two regiments of dragoons at
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2048-568: The Highlanders. Many of the Jacobite wounded left on the battlefield were also killed, an act author and historian John Prebble refers to as 'symptomatic of the army's general mood and behaviour.' James Wolfe , Hawley's aide-de-camp at Culloden, features in an anecdote where he refused an order to shoot a wounded Highland officer, the person giving the order variously named as Cumberland or Hawley. While such killings certainly took place, whether Wolfe
2112-440: The Jacobite right. They were repulsed in disorder, scattering their own infantry but his right under Huske held its ground, retrieved the artillery and withdrew in good order, helped when the Highlanders stopped to loot the baggage train. Neither he or Cumberland viewed Falkirk as a serious defeat but a high proportion of government casualties were officers abandoned by their men. Unlike Prestopans, many were experienced veterans and
2176-478: The Regiment of Spain, and four of the Regiment of Valencia, commanded by Don Fadrique González de Soto. Some 469 officers and men marched out and another 300 were killed or wounded in the assault and bombardment. British loss was six killed and another twenty wounded. A large quantity of guns, small arms, and ammunition were found and the stores were captured or destroyed. Also intelligence from prisoners stated that this
2240-464: The Spanish authorities as they realized how vulnerable they were to Allied amphibious descents, with the potential to open up a new front away from the French frontier. Abbeville Abbeville ( French: [abvil] ; West Flemish : Abbekerke ; Picard : Advile ) is a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France . It
2304-522: The Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle, which has been identified with the character Himbaldus (Château-Hubault). In the 7th century, the Benedictine monks of Saint-Valéry , Saint-Josse , Saint-Saulve de Montreuil , Forest-Montiers , Balance and Valloires cleared the woods that were close to their monasteries. The Frankish king Dagobert I then gave part of the forest of Crécy , the hermitage became
2368-471: The age of two, thirty years before his first visit to England. Francis was killed at the August 1692 Battle of Steenkerque , leaving his family penniless. In 1694, his half-brother Thomas Erle (1650-1720) made Henry an ensign in the 19th Foot , despite being only nine years old. Commissions were then considered private assets, that could be used as an investment or to provide an income; their award to children
2432-656: The cavalry under Cumberland . At Fontenoy in April 1745, the British cavalry was a spectator for most of the battle; after Hawley took over command from Cumberland, his handling of the cavalry enabled the Allied infantry to retreat in good order. Fontenoy was a defeat but enhanced his reputation. The Jacobite rising of 1745 began in July when Charles Edward Stuart landed in Scotland; in September, he defeated Sir John Cope at Prestonpans . The Jacobite army then invaded England, reaching Derby on 4 December before retreating into Scotland due to lack of English or French support. Hawley
2496-469: The citadel. A bomb ketch was brought up two days later; but little damage was done due to the range, so forty mortars were brought ashore from the fleet. On the 3rd and 4th several siege cannons were landed from the fleet were added to the artillery of San Sebastián. On 10 October a heavy bombardment opened up the citadel – the Spanish finding themselves outnumbered and no hope of relief decided to surrender. The full garrison composed of seven companies of
2560-547: The commune is relatively old. Total: 22946 Total: 572445 Abbeville is the seat of the Chambre de commerce et d'industrie d'Abbeville – Picardie maritime [ fr ] . It manages ports, the aerodrome and industrial areas of the arrondissement of Abbeville. Abbeville manufactured textiles, and in particular, linens and tablecloths when the Van Robais family created la Manufacture Royale des Rames in 1665; however after
2624-653: The earlier form of stone tool, not found in Europe, is known as the Oldowan chopper. Some of these artifacts are displayed at the Musee Boucher-de-Perthes . A more refined and later version of handaxe production was found in the Abbeville/Somme River district. The more refined handaxe became known as the Acheulean industry, named after Saint-Acheul , today a suburb of Amiens . It retained some importance into
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2688-450: The fleet sailed for England. On 11 November, Vice-Admiral Mighells put into Falmouth with most of the transports. The booty was huge – the total number brought home was 190 iron and 30 brass heavy guns, with 10,000 fire arms, 2,000 barrels of powder, and other stores. The expedition had been prompt and successful: it had fully attained its objective. By sickness, desertion, and combat it had lost no more than 300 men. This caused some shock to
2752-431: The giddiness of unbridled youth, was convicted of having sung ungodly songs, and even to have passed before a procession of Capuchin without removing his hat, the judges of Abbeville, comparable to the Roman senators, ordered, not only that his tongue be torn out, his hand was cut off, and his body be burned slowly; but they still applied torture to find out how many songs he had sung, and how many processions he had seen pass
2816-507: The harbour and landed troops on a beach about three miles from the town led by the grenadiers. On 1 October, the army occupied a strong position under the walls of the San Sebastián fort opposite Fort Castro situated on an eminence commanding the town and harbour. In the evening Brigadier Philip Honeywood with 800 soldiers launched an assault on San Sebastián and took the Spanish defenders by surprise; they spiked their guns and withdrew to
2880-467: The hat on the head. It wasn't in the 13th or 14th century that this adventure came, it was in the 18th. Victor Hugo evoked the trips he made to Abbeville in his accounts of travel. André Maurois , in Les Silences du Colonel Bramble (1918) amusingly described the intact commercial spirit of the inhabitants of Abbeville in the last months of the war. Maurois' Ni ange ni bete (Neither Angel, Nor Beast)
2944-536: The most competent of his cavalry leaders and his written papers show he was very far from being an unthinking martinet. In July 1745, the Earl of Albemarle took over as commander in Scotland and Hawley returned to Flanders with Cumberland, where he remained until the end of the War of the Austrian Succession. He took part in the 1747 Battle of Lauffeld , a decisive French victory where only cavalry charges led by Lord Ligonier saved
3008-505: The north and the oceanic influence also helps to prevent temperatures from being too high with only three days of intense heat (temperature > = 30 °C) and from being too cold with 6 days of heavy frost (temperature = -5 °C). The highest temperature was 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) on 1 July 1952 and the record low is −17.4 °C (0.7 °F), which occurred during a particularly cold spell on 17 January 1985. Its inhabitants are called Abbevillois in French. The population of
3072-509: The north. The Abbot Angilbert built a castle to defend this island, which depended on the Abbey of Saint-Riquier . It was an important fort city responsible for the defense of the Somme. In 992, Hugh Capet fortified the city and gave it to his daughter, Gisèle, on her marriage to Hugh I , Count of Ponthieu who resided in Montreuil. From the 12th century, the Abbot opened a leprosy hospice,
3136-429: The object of repeated attacks by enemy aviation; despite its suffering and its mourning it has kept its patriotic faith intact." (14 August 1920 Olympics) Details: Charles V granted to Abbeville, by letters patent of 19 June 1369, Vincennes, to focus on its coat of arms the chief of France and the motto: "Fidelis". The Mayor's office of Abbeville uses this form, which voluntarily reverse the arms of Ponthieu. The mistake
3200-423: The occupant businesses with a wonderful patriotism. Liberated on 2 September 1944, after severe fighting in streets, which was valiantly attended by its volunteer combatants inflicting severe losses on the enemy. In all circumstances proved worthy of a beautiful past of glory and loyalty to the motherland". (3 June 1948 Olympics) Citation to the order of the army of 12 August 1920: "By its military situation has been
3264-448: The ocean. The summers and winters are temperate and rainy, days of snow are fairly common (18 days of snow per year on average). There are 26 days of storm per year with a maximum in the months of July and August, the rains are frequent and distributed regularly in the year with precipitation totalling 781.3 millimetres (30.76 in) and 128 days with precipitation. The sunshine is average (1678 hours of sunshine) because of its position in
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#17330845509283328-554: The passage of the road from Amiens to the village of Ponches on the one hand, and on the other to the west by the road linking the Beauvaisis in Boulogne-sur-Mer . The couple Abbeville / Saint-Valery-sur-Somme is the key to the historical enigma of the landing of Magnus Maximus and his Britto-Roman troops in the spring of 383 AD (St-Valery = Leuconos > Pors Liogan; Abbeville = Talence > Tolente). The road to Paris passes near
3392-537: The town deserted; British forces proceeded to burn numerous buildings in the city unopposed, including the Real Maestranza Barracks . Realising they had achieved complete success, the British commanders decided there was little point in holding the area, and enough damage had been done to impede further Spanish attempts against the British Isles. On 24 October Cobham re embarked the army and two days later
3456-404: The town of Redondela but was found undefended, with its old fort in ruins; the British burned and pillaged its stores as well. A landing was effected at Pontevedra on 14 October and the British overcame any Spanish resistance. They were able to advance through the town via the upper end of the harbour. Fort Marin which defended the town was the next obstacle and in assault was easily captured by
3520-407: The vulnerability of Highland infantry to cavalry while he seriously underestimated their fighting qualities. This overconfidence contributed to his defeat at Falkirk Muir on 17 January, which started late in the afternoon in poor light and heavy snow and was marked by confusion on both sides. Hawley's artillery became stuck in the mud and were abandoned by their gunners, while his dragoons charged
3584-719: Was among the troops that returned to Britain and was present at the Clifton Moor skirmish on 18 December; two days later, he was appointed commander-in-chief in Scotland . The immediate objective was to secure Lowland Scotland and on 6 January Hawley arrived in Edinburgh ; he had about 8,000 troops available locally, plus 2,000 militia with the Earl of Loudoun near Inverness . The Jacobites were besieging Stirling Castle and on 13 January, he ordered 4,000 troops under John Huske (1692-1761) to move towards its relief. Hawley's previous experience at Sheriffmuir in 1715 led him to overestimate
3648-509: Was awarded three flowers in 2007 by the Conseil des Villes et Villages Fleuris de France [Council of Floral Cities and Villages of France] in the Contest of floral cities and villages [ fr ] . Abbeville has featured as the departure point for Stage 4 of the 2012 Tour de France and the departure point for Stage 1 of the 2011 Tour de Picardie . The commune has also been on the route of
3712-497: Was defeated at the Battle of Falkirk Muir , although it did not damage his career in the same way. The Duke of Cumberland took over and Hawley led the cavalry at Culloden in April, a victory that ended the Rising. Although a courageous and capable commander of cavalry, Hawley was also a strict disciplinarian, referred to by contemporaries as 'Hangman Hawley' or 'Lord Chief Justice.' While this referred to his disciplinary methods, there
3776-481: Was either given or refused such orders is less clear; conducting punitive raids after Culloden, he later wrote to a colleague 'as few Highlanders are made prisoner as possible.' Wolfe had a reputation for criticising his senior officers; in 1755, he claimed the troops dread (Hawley's) severity, hate the man and hold his military knowledge in contempt and described Humphrey Bland as not so well-bred and polite as might be wished. In 1748, Cumberland described Hawley as
3840-412: Was for an invasion of England. Sixty large pieces of cannon were spiked and rendered useless in the town and in the citadel forty three artillery pieces of which fifteen were brass and two large mortars were also given the same fate. In addition seven ships were seized in the harbour, of which three were fitted out for privateers. The troops also found stores of wine and many quenched their thirst; there
3904-474: Was later discouraged, but drawing pay and delegating duties to a substitute remained a common practice. His brother Edward also received a commission and his mother was given a pension. Hawley never married but had a long-term relationship with Elizabeth Toovey, mentioned in his will as being 'for many years my friend, companion, and often my careful nurse.' Her second son Captain William Toovey became his heir and took Hawley's name after his death in March 1759; it
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#17330845509283968-458: Was related to the Hawley baronets and married Judith Hughes (1659–1735) in 1684. They had four children, Henry, Edward (ca 1686–after 1724), Anne (ca 1690–after 1762) and an unknown son who died young. Like many of his 'historical anecdotes', Walter Scott 's suggestion Hawley was an illegitimate son of George II (1683–1760) has been dismissed by historians. If true, George would have fathered him at
4032-450: Was some drunken disorder for three days. Cobham ordered the rest of the wine to be placed in the fleet for shipment to add to the booty. On 10 October Cobham ordered Major General George Wade to embark with 1,000 soldiers and marines on board four transports to proceed to the bay of Pontevedra. Meanwhile, with Vigo secure, 2,000 troops were left to hold the place while Cobham also ordered an advance further inland. A small force came across
4096-421: Was the first to describe the stones in detail, pointing out in the first publication of its kind, in 1846, that the stones were chipped deliberately by early man , so as to form a tool. These stone tools which are some of the earliest found in Europe, were chipped on both sides so as to form a sharp edge, were known as Abbevillian handaxes or bifaces , but recently the term 'Abbevillian' is becoming obsolete as
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