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CANCALE

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 174 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CANCALE  , a fishing

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port of
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north-western
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France in the
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department of Isle-et-Vilaine on the
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Bay of Cancale, 9 M . E.N.E. of St Malo by road . Pop . (1906)
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town 3827,
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commune 7o6i . It exports oysters, which are found in its bay in large
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numbers and of excellent quality, and equips a
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fleet for the
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Newfoundland
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cod-
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fisheries . The
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harbour its protected by the rocks known as the Rochers de Cancale . In 1758 an
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English
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army under the
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duke of
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Marlborough landed here for the purpose of attacking St Malo and pillaged the town . It was again bombarded by the English in 1779 .

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