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302:Louis Chabot
213:Belligerents
117:Part of the
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85:October 2012
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71:Please help
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1220:and by the
1163:Vido island
1105:and 54-gun
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1009: 1780
953:département
796:Hohenlinden
776:3rd Marengo
766:Iller River
691:Linth River
656:Callantsoog
636:2nd Marengo
606:1st Marengo
369:brigantines
188: /
77:introducing
1473:Categories
1273:References
1054: 500
986:Cephalonia
920:Background
806:Copenhagen
771:Montebello
736:Hohentwiel
696:Muottental
686:2nd Zurich
666:Krabbendam
621:1st Zurich
616:Winterthur
611:Frauenfeld
601:Bassignana
377:canonnière
365:bomb ketch
323:11 frigate
176:19°55′17″E
173:39°37′26″N
1192:Aftermath
1044:Lazaretto
982:Zakynthos
910:occupying
811:Algeciras
781:Höchstädt
761:Chiusella
756:Fort Bard
746:Messkirch
706:Castricum
576:Feldkirch
561:Nicopolis
477:Nicopolis
467:2nd Malta
437:1st Malta
383:captured
330:1 frigate
286:Kadir Bey
1226:chelengk
1208:Admiral
1146:Généreux
1102:Généreux
751:Biberach
726:Wiesloch
721:3rd Novi
711:2nd Novi
671:Mannheim
379:, and 3
314:Strength
151:Location
1439:29 June
1403:Colburn
1386:2763024
1364:Sources
1267:Mosfilm
1224:with a
1210:Ushakov
1199:Leander
1169:Leander
1131:Turkish
1108:Leander
990:Lefkada
978:Cythera
958:Corcyre
934:By the
908:troops
902:Turkish
898:Russian
791:Ampfing
786:Neuburg
701:Alkmaar
631:Trebbia
596:Cassano
591:Magnano
571:Ostrach
556:Butrint
462:Menorca
373:galleys
355:frigate
160:Corcyre
73:improve
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988:, and
942:, the
906:French
801:Mincio
716:Genola
676:Bergen
651:Amsteg
641:Mantua
626:Modena
586:Verona
326:3,500
319:6,150
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226:Russia
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914:Corfu
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566:Corfu
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1456:ISBN
1441:2023
1382:OCLC
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