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Recovery of Ré island

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779: 904:(Mansfeld expedition of 1624-25), an agreement which led to great trouble with the English parliament, which was horrified by the help given to France against the Huguenots. Seven English ships were delivered by Captain Pennington after many misgivings, and were employed in the conflict, although they were essentially manned by French crews, as most of the English crews had refused to serve against their coreligionaries and had disembarked in Dieppe. The English ships duly saw action against La Rochelle, however. 874: 968: 48: 568: 916: 987:, was finally signed between the city of La Rochelle and King Louis XIII on 5 February 1626, preserving religious freedom but imposing some guaranties against possible future upheavals: La Rochelle was prohibited from keeping a war fleet and had to destroy a fort in Tasdon. The contentious 811:
revolt against the French king Louis XIII, and, after publishing a manifesto, invaded and occupied the island of Ré. He seized Ré with 300 soldiers and 100 sailors. From there he sailed up the coast to Brittany where he led a successful attack on the royal fleet in the
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were landed on the island, defeating Soubise with his 3,000 men. The island of Ré was invested, forcing Soubise to flee to England with his few remaining ships. Montmorency thus managed to recover both Île de Ré and
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Battle of Pertuis Breton in 1625, between Soubise and the Duc de Montmorency, with the explosion of the Dutch ship under Vice-Admiral Van Dorp.
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The conflict clearly showed the dependence of France on foreign navies. This led Richelieu to launch ambitious plans for a national fleet.
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On 16 July 1625, Soubise managed to blow up the Dutch ship under Vice-Admiral Philipps Van Dorp, with a loss of 300 Dutch sailors.
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was named as Governor of the island, and he started to reinforce fortifications in view of future attacks, especially at the
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The Protestants had been resisting the central Royal government with the 1620–1622 Protestant rebellion, leading to the
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under Royal control near the western gate of the city was supposed to be destroyed "in reasonable time".
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Historical sketches of notable persons and events in the reigns of James I. and Charles I.
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An English offensive to capture the island would again take place in 1627 to support the
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The Dutch fleet of 20 warships was supplied under the terms of the 1624 Franco-Dutch
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on 27 October 1622 between the naval forces of La Rochelle and a Royal fleet under
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on 16 September 1625. Description of the action from 12 to 15 September 1625.
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In September 1625, Montmorency led his large fleet out of
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as well, thus taking control of the Atlantic coast from
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1190:by Thomas Carlyle, Adamant Media Corporation, 1898 1146:Reason of state, propaganda, and the Thirty Years 1075:, p. xiii by Mack P. Holt – History - 2005 p. 13 923:was defeated by Montmorency on 18 September 1625. 983:After long negotiations, a peace agreement, the 28: 911:Naval battle of Saint-Martin de Ré and landing 746:in September 1625, against the troops of the 550: 239: 8: 979:in 1625 following the capture of the island. 800:, but frustrations remained on both sides. 557: 543: 535: 246: 232: 224: 25: 835:voted to join Soubise on 8 August 1625. 1037: 892:had negotiated with the French regent, 862:, and was under the command of Admiral 1329:Military history of Nouvelle-Aquitaine 1073:The French Wars of Religion, 1562–1629 7: 1334:Battles involving the Dutch Republic 931:, and finally defeated the fleet of 796:. An uneasy peace was made with the 839:Encounter and capture of the island 766:since February 1625 as part of the 1287:by Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper p.289 790:Naval battle of Saint-Martin-de-Ré 742:) was accomplished by the army of 14: 805:Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise 803:In February 1625, the Protestant 783:Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise 919:The fleet of La Rochelle led by 566: 433:Succession of Henry IV of France 46: 854:Naval battle of Pertuis Breton 485:Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598) 1: 1177:by Roger Burrow Manning p.115 1062:Eyre Evans Crowe, pp. 454–455 1048:by Roger Burrow Manning p.115 762:, who had been occupying the 1339:History of Charente-Maritime 902:Electorate of the Palatinate 1259:By David J. 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Index

Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré
Huguenot rebellions

Charles, Duke of Guise
Île de Ré
46°12′N 1°24′W / 46.2°N 1.4°W / 46.2; -1.4
Kingdom of France
Dutch Republic
Kingdom of England
Huguenot
La Rochelle
Louis XIII
Charles, Duke of Guise
Montmorency
Toiras
Willem Haultain de Zoete
Soubise
Jean Guiton
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French Wars of Religion
First; 1562–1563
Conflict in the provinces
Rouen
Vergt
Dreux
Orléans
Saint-Denis
Chartres

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