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    Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis (7 October 1645 – 24 April 1707) was a French admiral and privateer. Pointis was born in Brittany. He took part in naval...
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    the 1697 joint French-buccaneer siege of Cartagena, led by Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis, the buccaneers and the French regulars parted on extremely...
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    Nine Years' War, by Sir Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis and Jean Baptiste Ducasse was a severe blow to Cartagena. The Baron's forces included 22 large...
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    and therefore had switched to privateering – guerre de course. Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis, active in the Caribbean from the beginning of the war...
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    During another sally, on 25 April, the Duke of Berwick and Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis, were wounded and Pusignan killed. On 6 May Brigadier-General...
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    1 – John Alford, English politician (d. 1691) October 7 – Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis, French admiral and privateer (d. 1707) October 10 – Jakob...
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    – General Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis of France carries out an attack and pillaging of the Spanish South American fort of Cartagena de Indias (now...
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  • reales, the equivalent of some 2 trillion dollars today. Sir Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis, (1645–1707), Jean du Casse 1697. The Raid on Cartagena occurred...
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  • president of the cour des monnaies (born 1627) April 24 - Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis, admiral and privateer (born 1645) November 5 - Denis Dodart...
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  • 1 – John Alford, English politician (d. 1691) October 7 – Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis, French admiral and privateer (d. 1707) October 10 – Jakob...
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    his insults. Their morale improved somewhat when Admiral Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis sailed into the bay on 26 February with a force of 18 men-of-war...
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  • the part of the French. A fleet was being assembled under Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis to attack the Spanish West Indian trade. This would adversely...
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    – General Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis of France carries out an attack and pillaging of the Spanish South American fort of Cartagena de Indias (now...
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  • – A French Navy fleet of 18 warships, commanded by Admiral Desjean, the Baron de Pointis arrives in the Bay of Gibraltar to aid the French and Spanish...
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