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- Raid_on_Lorient abstract "The Raid on Lorient was a British amphibious operation in the region around the town of Lorient from 29 September to 10 October 1746 during the War of the Austrian Succession. It was planned as an attempt to force the French to withdraw their forces from Flanders to reinforce their own coast. At the same time, as Lorient was used by the French East India Company as a base and supply depot, its destruction would serve British objectives in the East Indies.Around 4500 British soldiers were embarked, but the ships carrying them had to wait off the Lorient coast several days, allowing the town to organise its defences and call in reinforcements from other towns in the region. The British troops only arrived in the outskirts of the town on 3 October and negotiations for the town's surrender were ended on by the bombardment of 5–7 October. On 7 October the British force was ordered to retreat. The British engineers' incompetence and losses to disease and fatigue forced the commander to stop his offensive. At the same time, the French commander originally planned to surrender, believing his enemy to have an overwhelming numerical superiority and knowing the weakness of his defences and the poor training and weaponry of his own troops. He made a surrender offer on 7 October, shortly after the enemy's departure, and never received a reply.The raid is notable for its military results, such as forcing the French to develop fortifications in southern Brittany, but also for its cultural consequences, such as starting a controversy between David Hume and Voltaire and giving rise to a cult of the Virgin Mary in the town along with several songs describing the siege.".
- Raid_on_Lorient commander James_St_Clair.
- Raid_on_Lorient commander Richard_Lestock.
- Raid_on_Lorient date "1746-09-20".
- Raid_on_Lorient isPartOfMilitaryConflict War_of_the_Austrian_Succession.
- Raid_on_Lorient place France.
- Raid_on_Lorient place Lorient.
- Raid_on_Lorient result "French victory".
- Raid_on_Lorient strength "1 regiment of dragoons, 4,000-6,000 coast-guards and members of the local militia".
- Raid_on_Lorient strength "16 ships of the line, 8 frigates, 2galiots, 43 transport ships, 4,500 troops".
- Raid_on_Lorient thumbnail Lorient-au-18-eme-siecle.jpg?width=300.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageID "24617626".
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageLength "42530".
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageOutDegree "44".
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageRevisionID "704774230".
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Amphibious_warfare.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Bordeaux.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Category:1746_in_France.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Category:Battles_involving_France.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Category:Battles_involving_Great_Britain.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Category:Battles_of_the_War_of_the_Austrian_Succession.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Category:Conflicts_in_1746.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Category:Lorient.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_history_of_Brittany.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_raids.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink David_Hume.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Duc_dAnville_Expedition.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink East_Indies.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Flanders.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink France.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink French_East_India_Company.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Galiot.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink George_II_of_Great_Britain.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink James_St_Clair.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Jean-Baptiste_Louis_Frédéric_de_La_Rochefoucauld_de_Roye.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink John_Russell,_4th_Duke_of_Bedford.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink La_Rochelle.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Lorient.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Mariology.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink New_France.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Plymouth.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Quebec_City.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Richard_Lestock.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Rochefort,_Charente-Maritime.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Saint_Lawrence_River.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Seven_Years_War.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745).
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Thomas_Pelham-Holles,_1st_Duke_of_Newcastle.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink Voltaire.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink War_of_the_Austrian_Succession.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink File:Lorient-au-18-eme-siecle.jpg.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLink File:Painting_of_David_Hume.jpg.
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLinkText "Lorient was raided".
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLinkText "Raid on Lorient".
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLinkText "capture the Breton port of Lorient".
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLinkText "raid on Lorient".
- Raid_on_Lorient wikiPageWikiLinkText "raid the French port of Lorient".
- Raid_on_Lorient campaignbox "Sea battles".
- Raid_on_Lorient caption "Lorient in the Eighteenth Century".
- Raid_on_Lorient commander "James St Clair".
- Raid_on_Lorient commander "Marquis de L'Hôpital Comte de Volvire".
- Raid_on_Lorient commander "Richard Lestock".
- Raid_on_Lorient conflict "Raid on Lorient".
- Raid_on_Lorient date "1746-09-20".
- Raid_on_Lorient partof "the War of the Austrian Succession".
- Raid_on_Lorient place France.
- Raid_on_Lorient place Lorient.
- Raid_on_Lorient result "French victory".
- Raid_on_Lorient strength "1".
- Raid_on_Lorient strength "16".
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- Raid_on_Lorient subject Category:1746_in_France.
- Raid_on_Lorient subject Category:Battles_involving_France.
- Raid_on_Lorient subject Category:Battles_involving_Great_Britain.
- Raid_on_Lorient subject Category:Battles_of_the_War_of_the_Austrian_Succession.
- Raid_on_Lorient subject Category:Conflicts_in_1746.
- Raid_on_Lorient subject Category:Lorient.
- Raid_on_Lorient subject Category:Military_history_of_Brittany.
- Raid_on_Lorient subject Category:Military_raids.
- Raid_on_Lorient hypernym Operation.
- Raid_on_Lorient point "47.75 -3.3667".
- Raid_on_Lorient type Event.
- Raid_on_Lorient type MilitaryConflict.
- Raid_on_Lorient type Place.
- Raid_on_Lorient type SocietalEvent.
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- Raid_on_Lorient type War.
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- Raid_on_Lorient type Thing.
- Raid_on_Lorient type SpatialThing.