The Pointe de Grave (in occitan : Punta de Grava) is the northernmost tip of the Médoc Peninsula and marks the Northern end of the pine-clad sandy Landes...

island of Oléron north of the Gironde, and a stretch from Pointe de Grave to Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc and Vensac to its south. The Royan pocket was fully...

southwestern France. The city is mid-way between Bordeaux and the Pointe de Grave, along the Gironde, the largest estuary in western Europe. The town...

of colonel Raymond Chomel. South, pockets of La Rochelle, Royan and Pointe de Grave, 12,000 men under command of colonel Henri Adeline. These French troops...

forces and played a critical role in the Pointe de Grave battle with their Gernika Battalion (Gironde). De Gaulle commented, "France will never forget...

Les poches de l'Atlantique: Les batailles oubliées de la Libération Janvier 1944 - mai 1945, Tallandier, ISBN 979-10-210-0492-4 Sortir de la Seconde Guerre...

Wallace and Ewart in Coalfish had been captured at daybreak near the Pointe de Grave lighthouse where they had come ashore. By the end of the second night...

Cracovie. The other branch starts at Gare de Blanquefort and runs alongside the SNCF line to Pointe-de-Grave [fr] as far as Ausone, from where it follows...

Within the estuary between the Pointe de Grave at the seaward end and the Bec d'Ambès are a series of small islands. The Île de Patiras is 200 ha in size with...

do Castelo, Valença. The EV1 running alongside a tourist railway, Pointe de Grave, France. The EV1 in the coastal pine forest in Médoc connecting the...

the station of La Pointe-de-Grave at Le Verdon-sur-Mer connects through the Médoc region to Bordeaux-Saint-Jean station. The Tramways de Royan provided mainly...

participated in particular in the fighting at Pointe de Grave in April 1945. On April 22, 1945, General de Gaulle awarded the Somali battalion a citation...

via Tours, Limoges and Bordeaux - finally sailing to England from Pointe de Grave. Before embarking on a ship to England he purchased a postcard from...

accuracy in the Eighth Air Force. They destroyed a German battery at Pointe de Grave, on the west coast of France and scored a 100 per cent strike. The...

Bordeaux-Saint-Jean – Langon Bordeaux-Saint-Jean – Hendaye Bordeaux-Saint-Jean – Pointe de Grave Bordeaux-Saint-Jean – Pau Bordeaux-Saint-Jean – Coutras Bordeaux-Saint-Jean...

forest in Western Europe. Forming a vast triangle starting from the Pointe de Grave, north of Soulac-sur-Mer to Hossegor in the south and east Nérac, it...

1945, to participate to the clearing of Royan Pocket and Pointe de Grave (French: poche de Royan). The latter went back east on April 23, 1945, to garrison...

pilot Marcel Doret, one such unit attacked German forces at Royan and Pointe de Grave, performing strafing runs upon enemy artillery positions, as well as...

September 4 – During the ceremony marking the unveiling of a plaque at Pointe de Grave, France celebrating Franco-American friendship, U.S. Ambassador William...

Baptiste Point du Sable (also spelled Point de Sable, Point au Sable, Point Sable, Pointe DuSable, or Pointe du Sable; before 1750 – August 28, 1818) is...

September – During the ceremony marking the unveiling of a plaque at Pointe de Grave celebrating Franco-American friendship, American ambassador William...

on 4 September 1938 at the unveiling of a commemorative plaque at Pointe de Grave honouring La Fayette's departure to America in 1777 and the arrival...

Ravezies–Pointe-de-Grave Saint-Sever–Hagetmau Siorac-en-Périgord–Cazoulès (abandoned beyond Sarlat-la-Canéda) Abandoned: Marmande–Mont-de-Marsan Nérac–Mont-de-Marsan...

Lazaretto, and Chiberta. The sandy coast starts 200 km north at the Pointe de Grave on the shore of the estuary of the Gironde and ends in Anglet. It is...

Rouget 3,435 m Pic de Says 3,421 m Grande Aiguille de la Bérarde 3,419 m Aiguille des Arias 3,403 m Pointe de l'Aiglière 3,308 m Pointe Swan 3,294 m Le Jandri...

chemin de fer de Grande Ceinture et de Petite Ceinture and the two national administrations, chemins de fer d'Alsace-Lorraine (AL) and chemins de fer de l'État...

from Paris. The most important trunk roads begin on the parvis of Notre Dame de Paris at a point known as point zéro (kilometre zero). In order to cover the...

Parempuyre Pauillac Pessac Podensac La Pointe-de-Grave Portets Preignac La Réole Saint-André-de-Cubzac Saint-Denis-de-Pile Sainte-Eulalie-Carbon-Blanc Sainte-Foy-la-Grande...

25 km (15.5 mi) from Pauillac to the east, 45 km (28 mi) from the Pointe de Grave to the north, and 60 km (37.2 mi) from Bordeaux to the south east....

Lachaise, or if the grave Montmartre site belongs to her mother. The local dancers began leaving their worn pointe shoes on the Montmartre grave as a tribute...