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Sébastien Lespès
Sébastien-Nicolas-Joachim Lespès (; 13 March 1828 – 24 August 1897) was a French admiral who played an important role in naval operations during the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885), as second-in-command of Admiral Amédée Courbet's Far East Squadron. Early career Sébastien Lespès was born on 13 March 1828 at Bayonne (Basses-Pyrénées). He attended the École Navale, passing out as a midshipman (''aspirant'') on 1 August 1846. In 1850, after serving successively on the warships ''Inflexible'', ''Friedland'', ''Océan'' and ''Psyché'' with the escadre d'évolution, he took part in the Senegal campaign aboard the brig ''Aigle''. He received his promotion to ''enseigne de vaisseau'' during the course of this campaign, on 26 October 1850. During the Crimean War (1854-6) he saw service aboard the warship ''Valmy'' in the Black Sea, and also distinguished himself ashore with the French naval batteries at the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855), Siege of Sebastopol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
