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Septembre 1589.-HENRI
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Knowing that an attack against an army of this size would be pointless, and that staying in the city of Dieppe would be suicidal, Henry (after consulting with the Duke of
Longueville and the Duke d'Aumont) decided to go to the city of
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At that time, the royal army was in a shambles and Henry IV could only count on barely 20,000 men to conquer a rebellious country. In order to accomplish this task, he divided his troops into three commands:
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1576:Histoire et dictionnaire des Guerres de religion
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1590:Artillery: An Illustrated History of Its Impact
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827:2nd Azores
822:Las Palmas
812:2nd Flores
807:1st Flores
802:1st Azores
755:Portobello
712:La Guaira
544:Le Catelet
376:Moncontour
96:49°52′55″N
1511:Cambrésis
1492:Champagne
1309:2nd Sluis
1305:Oostberg
1291:2nd Grave
1276:2nd Meurs
1237:Oldenzaal
1232:Ootmarsum
1197:2nd Hulst
1177:Groningen
1147:1st Hulst
1107:1st Sluis
1082:1st Grave
1057:Eindhoven
1037:Noordhorn
931:Cornwall
921:2nd Cádiz
891:Berlengas
725:Guadalupe
703:Trinidad
693:San Mateo
654:Cartagena
398:Sommières
245:5,250 men
236:8,000 men
99:1°07′37″E
57:at Arques
1557:See also
1496:Normandy
1455:Huguenot
1393:Smerwick
1346:Caudebec
1227:Enschede
1202:Turnhout
1152:Nijmegen
1137:Delfzijl
1132:Deventer
1022:Mechelen
1012:Rijmenam
1007:Gembloux
940:Sesimbra
797:Santiago
782:Terceira
771:Atlantic
716:Caracas
548:Doullens
502:Caudebec
402:Sancerre
368:Poitiers
350:Chartres
224:Strength
195:Henry IV
74:Location
55:Henri IV
40:and the
1484:Picardy
1403:Kinsale
1382:Ireland
1361:Morlaix
1072:Antwerp
1042:Niezijl
977:Haarlem
916:Cawsand
871:Lisbon)
853:Algarve
839:Scheldt
792:Bermuda
750:Tabasco
707:Orinoco
560:La Fère
552:Cambrai
518:Morlaix
457:Coutras
444:La Fère
434:Brouage
430:Issoire
416:Dormans
335:Orléans
163:England
1596:
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1529:Battle
1523:Arques
1504:Dieppe
1460:French
1453:, the
1376:Amiens
1366:Crozon
1321:Arques
1315:France
1281:Ostend
1242:Lingen
1077:Arnhem
1047:Lochem
1032:Kollum
987:Leiden
876:Bayona
735:Panama
698:Recife
674:Havana
568:Amiens
564:Ardres
556:Calais
482:Arques
465:Auneau
461:Vimory
372:Orthez
360:Jarnac
248:35,000
160:
150:France
147:
124:Result
87:France
1356:Blaye
1351:Craon
1341:Rouen
1331:Paris
1212:Meurs
1192:Lippe
1122:Breda
1087:Venlo
1067:Aalst
992:Delft
817:Faial
740:Pinos
514:Blaye
506:Craon
498:Rouen
490:Paris
331:Dreux
327:Vergt
323:Rouen
261:Heavy
258:Heavy
1594:ISBN
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