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Denis Decrès (18 June 1761 – 7
December 1820) was a
French Navy
officer and nobleman.
Decrès was born in Châteauvillain, Haute-Marne on 18 June 1761 and...
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Decré,
named after the
large family of
merchants who
founded it, is the
first department store in the city of Nantes. When its new
building opened in...
- by
Louis de
Freycinet after Baudin's
death referred to the
Island as Île
Decres. A
community of
sealers and
escaped convicts existed on
Kangaroo Island...
- was
never built. In
February 2018,
Decres Bay was
named as a site for a
prospective new "stand-alone" port. "
Decres Bay
camping area,
Ceduna - Explore...
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August 1801,
frustrating Admiral Horatio Nelson himself.
Admiral Denis Decrès, an able
administrator but
unfortunately more of a
courtier than a naval...
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restricted to
Kangaroo Island,
South Australia,
which was
known as Ile
Decrés by the
members of the
Baudin expedition. It
differed from the
mainland emu...
- he
wrote a
letter criticising Willaumez to the
Minister of
Marine Denis Decrès,
warning that the Aix
Roads were
highly vulnerable to
British attack. Although...
- the
command of
Admiral Brueys and Contre-amirals Villeneuve, Du Chayla,
Decrès and Ganteaume. The
fleet was
about to set sail when a
crisis developed with...
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Political offices Preceded by
Denis Decrès Ministers of
Marine and the
Colonies 3
April 1814 – 7
September 1814 Succeeded by Jacques,
comte Beugnot...
- a
steady fire to
which Decrès could respond with only his stern-chasers,
light cannon situated in the
stern of the ship.
Decrès recognised that if he stopped...
