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Hubert de Brienne, Count de Conflans
French admiral
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defeat at Quiberon Bay
- In Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke
14, 1759, the French admiral Hubert de Brienne, Count de Conflans, taking advantage of an opening in Hawke’s blockade, headed southeast from Brest along the French coast to pick up troops for the invasion. Six days later Hawke’s fleet of some 23 ships caught up with Conflans’ 21-vessel squadron and…
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