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See also:CLAUDE DE See also:FORBIN (1656—1733)
, See also:French See also:naval See also:commander, was See also:born in See also:Provence, of a See also:family of high See also:standing, in 1656
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High-spirited and ungovernable in his boyhood, he ran away from his See also:home, and through the See also:influence of an See also:uncle entered the See also:navy, serving his first See also:campaign in 1675
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For a See also:short See also:time he quitted the navy and entered the See also:army, but soon returned to his first choice
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He made under D'Estreesthe See also:American campaign, and under See also:Duquesne, that of See also:Algiers in 1683, on all occasions
See See also:Forbes's See also:Life and Letters, by See also:Principal See also:Shairp, See also:Professor P
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G. distinguishing himself by his impetuous courage
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The most See also:Tait and A
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